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Old 08-31-2025, 05:27 PM
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Seriously? Pickleballers don’t supply their own pickleballs?

Hmmm 🤔. Why aren’t golf balls supplied to golfers?
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You should see the amount they spend on softballs. We get 2 brand new balls for every game.
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Seriously? Pickleballers don’t supply their own pickleballs?

Hmmm 🤔. Why aren’t golf balls supplied to golfers?
Golf courses are waaaaaaay more expensive to maintain than PB courts.
Why don't swimmers have to supply their own chlorine?
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Why aren’t golf balls supplied to golfers?
1 - Some golfers are particular about which brand of balls they use.
2 - Many golfers would probably leave the course with them.
3 - Golf balls are more expensive and they get "lost"

Pballs
1 - Not brand specific
2 - We leave the balls at the courts
3 - They don't get "lost" (but, some eventually crack)
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Seriously? Pickleballers don’t supply their own pickleballs?

Hmmm 🤔. Why aren’t golf balls supplied to golfers?
IMO for the millions villages spends on golf course maintenance and over 700 holes to play I wouldn’t be calling out activities I know nothing about? But, that me….
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Seriously? Pickleballers don’t supply their own pickleballs?

Hmmm 🤔. Why aren’t golf balls supplied to golfers?
You should see what they spend on coffee.
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They do provide balls (and clubs) for the putting courses…
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Exactly stop complaining about what you don’t get. Enjoy life with the time you have left. And you don’t get 2 new softballs 🥎 every game. You get one stop it.
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Working within operations and maintenance of other companies it’s staggering what things can cost now to maintain and I am not paying for it. Sounds simple on paper but what is the price?
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Seriously? Pickleballers don’t supply their own pickleballs?

Hmmm 🤔. Why aren’t golf balls supplied to golfers?
Because you don't share you golf balls with other players
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Obviously, like me, you don't play pickleball.
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Maybe because golf ball are not hit at other people. Supplying pickle balls ensures no one gets hurt from harder balls that some might naively bring to the court.
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If you think Pickle Ball's are expensive, you should see what they spend on themselves.
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Seriously? Pickleballers don’t supply their own pickleballs?

Hmmm 🤔. Why aren’t golf balls supplied to golfers?
AS I recall , horse shoes , bean bags, bocce balls ,pickleball paddles etc. are all furnished at the facilities , pickle balls are probably thr mpst used, lost, stolen etc. Golf balls would be impossible to supply , considering the those lost and in the water at every golf couurse. Plus all golfers has plenty of their own favorite brand.
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I think its because pickleball is an amenity as is Bocci ball, shuffleboard, tennis, pool tables, the simming pools. The pickleball is also being used by many people and are only replaced when worn out or broken.
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