[Bassdeer]

Stop drinking at the driving range.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by thevillages2013

It’s a miracle! If the cart wasn’t driven between the time the driving range session ended and the clubs were missing then they couldn’t have fallen off. Why now say they were found too far away to have fallen off?

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by jimhoward

This is very disheartening to hear about.

In the many years I've been playing golf I have never had anything stolen and I have left things all over the place. I've probably left expensive wedges or putters on greens 50 times and never failed to get one back. I have found and returned an equal number. I've left golf bags overnight at the practice facility or bag drop (went to the clubhouse for food and drinks, forgot, went home). Got them back.

But here at the villages, Americas friendliest hometown, I hear about theft at the golf course. Kind of sad.

50 times you have forgotten a club on the course? Not once in more than 50 years has any of our eleven golfing family left a club.

Easy system always leave extra clubs on edge of green in direct line of cart or bag. Our second lesson after golf etiquette from my dad at age 6.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Vickisharp

Yay. Last night the bag and clubs were found by a man and woman, and the woman called this am. Apparently, the bag and clubs were thrown in bushes too far away to have fallen off the cart. I am ever so grateful.

How far was the bag and clubs from where the cart was parked while you were in the golf shop?

Was anything missing?

It seems odd that someone would steal a bag and clubs and then just throw them in the bushes.

[mikeltry]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

How far was the bag and clubs from where the cart was parked while you were in the golf shop?

Was anything missing?

It seems odd that someone would steal a bag and clubs and then just throw them in the bushes.

Not that strange. Having spent a career in law enforcement one sees many things that don't make sense. Maybe the person or persons weren't interested in the clubs or the bag but maybe in the pockets of the bag ie money or jewelry.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

That absolutely sucks, I’m very sorry to hear that! I have always assumed our clubs were safe if the cart was not parked in the parking lot commingled with automobiles in front of the clubhouse. I typically leave the keys in the ignition and my cell phone in the holder in the dash when going into the pro shop. It’s very sad if you can’t trust folks at a golf course (a gentleman’s game of honor) when your cart is parked at a spot only accessible by golf carts or walkers. I sincerely hope whoever stole your sticks is caught and brought to painful justice.

Leave your keys and cell phone. This is the epitome of laziness IMHO.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by Braden

After hitting a couple buckets of balls at driving range, I went inside pro shop to buy a visor. My clubs were securely fastened to my golf cart. I believe they were stolen while I went inside. The golf bag is quite unique with turquoise background with yellow banana pattern and a large B monogram and small plastic bananas on zippers. The clubs were Taylor Made and fairly new. The clubs did not fall off my cart! Reward 317-374-6446 or please call Sumter County Sheriff at 352-569-1600.

Seems normal to me. I have seen guys leave a full bag and go and have dinner in one of the squares. This is the epitome of laziness IMHO.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by Vickisharp

Yay. Last night the bag and clubs were found by a man and woman, and the woman called this am. Apparently, the bag and clubs were thrown in bushes too far away to have fallen off the cart. I am ever so grateful.

They did it for spite.

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

How far was the bag and clubs from where the cart was parked while you were in the golf shop?

Was anything missing?

It seems odd that someone would steal a bag and clubs and then just throw them in the bushes.

maybe you had a bad day at the range and tossed away your clubs.

[Guinness835]

Originally Posted by mikeltry

Not that strange. Having spent a career in law enforcement one sees many things that don't make sense. Maybe the person or persons weren't interested in the clubs or the bag but maybe in the pockets of the bag ie money or jewelry.

Second this. I have 30 years in law enforcement and people often leave money, watches, phones etc… in golf bags. Probably just looking for quick items and not interested/knowledgeable in dealing with clubs

[jarodrig]

How much was the reward ?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by HIgolfers

All lost and found stuff eventually goes to Eisenhower.

Clarification, not true.
https://www.districtgov.org/images/L...Guidelines.pdf

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Guinness835

Second this. I have 30 years in law enforcement and people often leave money, watches, phones etc… in golf bags. Probably just looking for quick items and not interested/knowledgeable in dealing with clubs

A couple years ago, a lady lost thousands and thousands of dollars of jewelry out of her golf bag while parked at Mallory.

(may have lost something, but not buying the value put on the jewelry)

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Clarification, not true.
https://www.districtgov.org/images/L...Guidelines.pdf

It says “After the end of each month all remaining items
will be donated to a local charitable organization
as designated by the District.”

I would hope they would keep it for at least 30 days. The way it is written, something could arrive on July 28 and be donated on August 1.

[lawgolfer]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

I'm sure it happens, but in 5 years in TV, I'd never seen a credible report of theft of anything, on social media or anywhere else.

In somewhere around 4000 rounds of golf, all over the world, I've never seen, heard of or experienced, a stolen piece of golf equipment.

You've lead a blessed life. You might have a different view had you played some of the courses I have over the past 60 years.

In Stockton, CA, Van Buskirk was a public course alongside a Section 8 housing project. There was a period of time in the 1970's when several denizens of the project committed armed robberies of players on the course. The local joke was for one player to ask another if he wanted a 7 iron or a Winchester for the next shot.

The last known players who were robbed on the course were a 64 year old couple in 1994. Eventually, the city of Stockton closed the course. One appropriate proposal was to turn it into a public campground for Stockton's homeless, of which it has a plethora. Another proposal was to make it a public park--which would serve the same purpose.

It's been the same at the Gleneagles course in San Francisco. This course borders the infamous Geneva Ave. public housing project. In one incident in 1995, three teenagers robbed a foursome at gunpoint, firing 3 shots into the ground to get the players full attention. Since that incident, I never played the course without having a gun in my bag.

The course, which is a genuine gem the city owns and leases to an operator, may not have long to worry about it as the city has cut off the public water supply.