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Bjeanj 01-10-2021 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ohiosbestus (Post 1884641)
Golf balls should not be picked up out of another persons yard. It also says if you break another persons window the golfer is not responsible for it. If you do go into another persons property you are actually trespassing. I also think about 99% of the people dont care if you come into their yard to get your golf ball but dont hit it out of their yard.

This is my opinion: if the ball is on someone’s property and you can reach it with your club, then you should pull it out with your club (not hit it), then take the penalty.

If you break someone’s window, hold harmless or not, you should fess up and make a claim under your Homeowner’s insurance to pay for it.

That’s in the spirit of good sportsmanship, isn’t it?

DaleDivine 01-10-2021 09:33 AM

If one of the guys(including me) hits a ball into someone's yard we will try to get it with a ball retriever. If we can't reach it, the ball stays in the yard.
Playing at Bonifay, on Ft. Walton a person has a sign in their yard that says "Feel free to retrieve your golf ball". Nice. On the other hand playing Bogart executive par 4 hole, if you slice into yards there are signs in several yards that say "KEEP OUT". And they will yell at
golfers who try to get their golf balls.
:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

Nell57 01-10-2021 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1884698)
I've heard the FL law one before. I've also heard that in signing at closing you are agreeing to golfers coming on to your property. Noe it seems that TV doesn't allow it. I wonder which of these three takes precedence.



Can TV rules override FL law?

The fact that you “heard” that in signing at closing you are agreeing to golfers coming on your property is completely wrong.
I live on a golf course and that is not done on closing.
The poster who stated that this is trespassing is correct.
That being said, I am also a golfer who occasionally hits a ball in someone’s yard.,
If it’s close and clearly visible I’ll go pick it up. Most property owners feel the same way.
What we resent is golfers who walk in our flower beds, dig through our bushes and walk on our patios.
You wouldn’t want a neighbor doing that in your landscaping ...don’t do it over some dumb little ball you can’t hit straight.

EviesGP 01-10-2021 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DaleDivine (Post 1885047)
If one of the guys(including me) hits a ball into someone's yard we will try to get it with a ball retriever. If we can't reach it, the ball stays in the yard.
Playing at Bonifay, on Ft. Walton a person has a sign in their yard that says "Feel free to retrieve your golf ball". Nice. On the other hand playing Bogart executive par 4 hole, if you slice into yards there are signs in several yards that say "KEEP OUT". And they will yell at
golfers who try to get their golf balls.
:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

That's funny(NOT). Speaking of the One Percenters(and Bonifay), I've played there with my Weds group, and there is a guy on one of their courses(it escapes me which one, but I think it's Pensacola?), and his backyard is full of cameras?! I've never met him, but the guys say he's a real jerk?! He comes out and yells at people, if they get anywhere near his line. You'll know it when you drive by it(he's on the left). FORE!!!

toeser 01-10-2021 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ohiosbestus (Post 1884641)
Golf balls should not be picked up out of another persons yard. It also says if you break another persons window the golfer is not responsible for it. If you do go into another persons property you are actually trespassing. I also think about 99% of the people dont care if you come into their yard to get your golf ball but dont hit it out of their yard.

I do not care if a golfer comes into my yard to pick up a ball. I certainly do care that he/she pays for a broken window.

OhioBuckeye 01-10-2021 11:12 AM

Ohiobuckeye
 
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Originally Posted by ohiosbestus (Post 1884641)
Golf balls should not be picked up out of another persons yard. It also says if you break another persons window the golfer is not responsible for it. If you do go into another persons property you are actually trespassing. I also think about 99% of the people dont care if you come into their yard to get your golf ball but dont hit it out of their yard.

I agree with you about breaking a window. People that buy homes on G.C. know they could get a window broke out. Do they think, “Oh good I can get that bad window fixed for FREE if someone puts a golf ball through it”. It’s alright for the home owner to think he can make someone pay for a window but you can’t get your ball even if it’s on the property line. I’ve golf courses where people will have a bucket full of balls & they’ll say help yourself. If people don’t want to get a window knocked out, “Don’t buy a home on the Golf Course”. I bet nobody complained about paying 100 to $150,000. more for a home to have a Golf Course view.

billthecpa 01-10-2021 12:23 PM

On one Executive course....(Mira Mesa, I believe).....a homeowner has a sign outside their lanai. It says, simply...."If you hook...you may look." It's nice that some folks are that thoughtful.

bilcon 01-10-2021 12:29 PM

If any of you lost ball golfers read the Common Etiquette Rules Printed by the Villages a few years ago you would know the Etiquette:

NEVER RETRIEVE A BALL from the yard of a resident. Report any damage to private property to the homeowner.

PLAYING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED beyond the property line of our resident homes, even if not designated by white out-of-bounds stakes.

It is private property...

bilcon 01-10-2021 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye (Post 1885147)
I agree with you about breaking a window. People that buy homes on G.C. know they could get a window broke out. Do they think, “Oh good I can get that bad window fixed for FREE if someone puts a golf ball through it”. It’s alright for the home owner to think he can make someone pay for a window but you can’t get your ball even if it’s on the property line. I’ve golf courses where people will have a bucket full of balls & they’ll say help yourself. If people don’t want to get a window knocked out, “Don’t buy a home on the Golf Course”. I bet nobody complained about paying 100 to $150,000. more for a home to have a Golf Course view.

That's a pretty callous point of view. Yes, you don't have to pay according to the legal system, but there is also such a thing as a Moral Code. Obviously you forgot it.

golfing eagles 01-10-2021 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by EviesGP (Post 1885142)
That's funny(NOT). Speaking of the One Percenters(and Bonifay), I've played there with my Weds group, and there is a guy on one of their courses(it escapes me which one, but I think it's Pensacola?), and his backyard is full of cameras?! I've never met him, but the guys say he's a real jerk?! He comes out and yells at people, if they get anywhere near his line. You'll know it when you drive by it(he's on the left). FORE!!!

about 100 yds. down on the left of Destin #4

John_W 01-10-2021 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1885215)
about 100 yds. down on the left of Destin #4

They couldn't of built the homes any closer to the fairway then they did on that hole. Good thing it's one of the widest fairways and the traps are out of range, if you hit it out of bounds, that's a big hook.

golfing eagles 01-10-2021 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1885219)
They couldn't of built the homes any closer to the fairway then they did on that hole. Good thing it's one of the widest fairways and the traps are out of range, if you hit it out of bounds, that's a big hook.

I don't think so. I routinely hit it 30-40 yds. past the left bunker, more if I play the white tees. The right bunker isn't even really in play, unless you tee off with a 9 iron. You basically have to hit a duck hook or a really short pull to get it on this jerks property, but I've seen it happen.

Sunflower33 01-10-2021 02:03 PM

I live on Seminole golf course snd get many balls in my yard. I do t mind golfer picking up their ball just don’t hit it from my yard. Once a year I put my bucket of balls out that I have retrieved to give back to golfers.

Nipper 01-10-2021 05:16 PM

When I was a golf ambassador, we were told that golfers could not go on private property to retrieve a ball. I live on a golf course and I do not want strangers in my yard.

sipops 01-10-2021 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mel6054 (Post 1884838)
What does “OB” mean? ������

Out of Bounds

Topspinmo 01-10-2021 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki (Post 1884610)
What is the etiquette if you hit a ball “out of bounds” and it lands in someone’s yard? do you leave it or go and grab it? Is having some random balls getting picked up from your yard part of the price of living on the golf course?

Leave it, it private property.

Topspinmo 01-10-2021 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye (Post 1885147)
I agree with you about breaking a window. People that buy homes on G.C. know they could get a window broke out. Do they think, “Oh good I can get that bad window fixed for FREE if someone puts a golf ball through it”. It’s alright for the home owner to think he can make someone pay for a window but you can’t get your ball even if it’s on the property line. I’ve golf courses where people will have a bucket full of balls & they’ll say help yourself. If people don’t want to get a window knocked out, “Don’t buy a home on the Golf Course”. I bet nobody complained about paying 100 to $150,000. more for a home to have a Golf Course view.

So, if hit you’re car parked in street or in parking lot I don’t have to pay for it cause you parked on street or in parking lot. You damage, you pay, if you got ANY integrity.

OhioBuckeye 01-11-2021 09:49 AM

Ohiobuckeye
 
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Originally Posted by bilcon (Post 1885206)
That's a pretty callous point of view. Yes, you don't have to pay according to the legal system, but there is also such a thing as a Moral Code. Obviously you forgot it.

Yes it’s a callous point but I didn’t say it’s writing in stone what I said but you would be amazed how many people agree with me. I’ve hit balls in yards but if wanted my ball back I would ask & if I broke a window out I would go to that home & tell them. That would be the moral thing to to do. But I still think golf balls will get in their yards & the home owner should know that when they buy that home. I’m just being realistic not callous!

John_W 01-11-2021 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1885222)
I don't think so. I routinely hit it 30-40 yds. past the left bunker, more if I play the white tees. The right bunker isn't even really in play, unless you tee off with a 9 iron. You basically have to hit a duck hook or a really short pull to get it on this jerks property, but I've seen it happen.

I was thinking of #3 that has the homes close on the left side. On #3 hole and #4 there is so much room on the right, I just aim for the right side and if it goes in the rough, you really can't tell the fairway from the rough on a lot of the holes at Bonifay. Sometimes the rough is a better lie. Destin to Bonifay is my favorite 18, I do not care for Pensacola. Kenya to Hemingway is my other favorite if I had to pick a couple of setups.

photo1902 01-11-2021 03:51 PM

Personally, I would never enter someone's yard to pick up one of my golf balls. To me it is common courtesy. On several occasions, I've had a homeowner actually grab the golf ball and hand it to me.

Either way, the cost of a golf ball I buy at Walmart is not worth the invasion of privacy.

OhioBuckeye 01-12-2021 09:33 AM

Ohiobuckeye
 
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1885408)
So, if hit you’re car parked in street or in parking lot I don’t have to pay for it cause you parked on street or in parking lot. You damage, you pay, if you got ANY integrity.

Now you’re talking about cars not homes! You’ll have to ask someone else about this. I know what happens if you break a car window out, this happened to me. So I don’t have to agree or disagree. Have a nice day Topspinmo!


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