[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by ohiosbestus

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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

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]

Originally Posted by EviesGP

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]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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]

Originally Posted by John_W

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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Mel6054

What does “OB” mean? ������

Out of Bounds

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

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]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

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]

Originally Posted by bilcon

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]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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]

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.