[rjn5656]

I have hit into yards, usually go over and retrieve my ball, and apologize to the homeowner if they are around. They are always pretty good about it.

[CFrance]

Some people have no "couth."

[scottiee]

You are nice he is not. Whats worst he knew better.

[Cisco Kid]

Replace it with a fake exploding golf ball.


Man pranked with fake golf ball - YouTube

[asianthree]

Husband wanted golf view..I didn't want hundreds of people coming by the house every day some with this attude.. So did not buy on the course

[OCsun]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl

Nobody tries to hit it into someone's yard. Even good golfers sometimes hit an errant shot. And a lot of us aren't good golfers. I think it's nice, and friendly, to put up a sign saying to feel free to retrieve your ball, but you don't have to. I also understand why some don't want people trampling thru their yard all the time.

I don't understand why some homeowners would stand on a ball, or hit or throw it far away. What's with that?

I think that when you have a lot on the golf course, you should expect some balls in your yard/lanai, etc. Maybe non-golfers who buy golf-course lots are surprised by balls in their yard, but they should have anticipated this. Plantings can help divert them from your house.

I live on a golf course and I agree with you. I would prefer they not hit the ball from my yard, but hey, it's just grass.
Life is good!

[Cisco Kid]

If It Ain't One Thing,It's Another,or dog poop.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Unfortunately, we have a lot of uneducated golfers in TV. This is not unique to TV, it happens everywhere. This may happen on occasion and you can keep doing what you did or fighting it.

If it were me, I'd have some kind of sign made up for my yard saying something like;

"This is private property. You may enter to retrieve your ball, but play is prohibited from this property."

It won't stop everyone, but it will stop the vast majority of them.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

If It Ain't One Thing,It's Another,or dog poop.

Maybe she should have put poop on his bal,l and then he wouldn't want to play it where it lies.

Seriously, this guy sounds like a jerk who takes himself too seriously.

You acted with class and he didn't.

[George Bieniaszek]

Originally Posted by xkeowner

I would buy an air horn and blast it when the golfer reached the top of his/her back swing. The golfer should get the message LOUD and clear.

Best advice in this post

If you play golf, you will hit an errant shot. When I do and it lands on a homeowner's property, I will go over and ask permission to enter their property and retrieve my ball if the owners are outside. In every case, the home owners were very pleasant and thanked me for asking permission. If they were not home, I would look to see if it was easily retrievable, if not, I kiss it goodbye.

I NEVER played a ball on their property. That just shows how class-less the golfer was.

[perrjojo]

We do not live on a golf course in TV but have lived on 2 courses for a total of 20 years. In all that time we only had one really rude golfer. If a golfer played from your yard he was out of bounds. He was violating golf rules. He was cheating on his score. He was trespassing. Most of all, he was a jerk. You were NOT wrong.

[TheVillageChicken]

Is this the guy?

[Topspinmo]

I NEVER look for or retrieve ball I hit out of bounds period. I take the penalty and hit where it crossed the out of bounds line. THAT is the rules. You don't waste time looking or retrieving Balls out of bounds slowing down play. But, some so called seasoned golfers think they are on the pro tour. Not only do NOT chase balls off the golf course I would be too embarrass to go on private property mulling around looking for golf ball. If I needed balls that bad I would buy the water balls someone has fished out of the ponds. Heck it I was that bad golfer in may improve my Game.

[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by Rc Moser

I NEVER look for or retrieve ball I hit out of bounds period. I take the penalty and hit where it crossed the out of bounds line. THAT is the rules. You don't waste time looking or retrieving Balls out of bounds slowing down play. But, some so called seasoned golfers think they are on the pro tour. Not only do NOT chase balls off the golf course I would be too embarrass to go on private property mulling around looking for golf ball. If I needed balls that bad I would buy the water balls someone has fished out of the ponds. Heck it I was that bad golfer in may improve my Game.

That is not the rule. OB is a stroke and distance penalty. You have to go back to where you struck the OB ball.

[LndLocked]

It was a bad golf hat trick:

Hit from out of bounds
damaged your property
rude and flippant remark

A couple of months ago I was walking back from the postal center along a street that borders a green. A golfer hooked his approach shot and it went out of bounds, across the cart path and into the road, bouncing right at me (I was on the far side of the road from the green). I caught the ball and just as I started to toss it back across the street onto the grass between the street and the cart path ... Captain Hook yells at me that I "should have let it go so he could play it from there"

I looked at him in amazement and then as I fired his ball down the street I said ... "play it from there, that is where it was headed!" and gave him the single digit salute. His ball was last seen bouncing toward BVB.

I am pretty sure that Captain Hooks real name was ...... Richard.