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Old 08-21-2012, 10:48 PM
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The older BagBoy Revolver bags with the clips are especially vulnerable to losing clubs, especially putters. The clips often break or stretch and the club just falls off. Can happen easily when going over a speed bump or curb on the way to or from a course. Putters with the newer, bigger grips don't fit in the smaller holes of this bag.

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Old 08-22-2012, 10:51 AM
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I've found that name tags keep "honest" people honest, the crooks, not so much!....I just take them home and if we have lunch, I drive car instead of cart....IMHO, works for me!




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I've been playing golf a long time and never had a club stolen. Lucky? Maybe---- but I believe it is rare. I always have name tags on my clubs and strongly suggest that to everybody. I've left clubs----if you play enough golf you will. Once I even had a club UPS to me free of charge from a course we played in Myrtle Beach. Bottom line----good golf clubs are very "individual" and only someone not knowledgeable about golf would be foolish enough to steal one. That is why they are reasonably safe around the golf course. Of course, keep them out of public parking lots.
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Old 08-22-2012, 11:05 AM
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Tape your address labels or phone numbers on all your clubs

If someone finds them accidently left behind, they can contact you.
I use return address labels and use the computer to put our name and phone number on labels. Attach them to the clubs and cover with clear packing tape.
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After having my clubs stolen while we were eating lunch at Mallory Country Club, I learned some important lessons. The pro shop personnel at Mallory were very helpful when I was trying to assess value of the clubs and bag to the police officer. They also went around the parking lot checking and went all the way to Bacall where we had played to see if I had perhaps dropped the clubs off the cart. I checked all the lost and founds, posted here, checked pawn shops, etc. and finally posted a claim with my insurance co. which at first tried to discourage me from doing so. After talking with a different adjustor, the company was great. I do recommend that everyone save your bill of sale, and/or take pictures of your clubs. Definitely put name tags on them, park in the back with just the carts,and don't leave your garage doors open if you store them there. I also bought a locking cover from the pro shops and use that if I have to leave them on a cart that is in a regular parking lot. The advice given to be aware of our surroundings and know that most of the thieves are not Villagers is true. This is a large, growing place, that attracts all kinds of people...thinking that we have money, etc. I still feel quite safe here compared to other places I have lived, but I am not naive enough to let my guard down anymore.
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Old 08-22-2012, 01:47 PM
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I feel your pain. "Lost" a set of golf clubs myself at Mallory. I am too lazy to retype the details, but they are here if you are interested.


https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...19-post42.html
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Old 08-22-2012, 07:32 PM
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I also bought a locking cover from the pro shops and use that if I have to leave them on a cart that is in a regular parking lot.
Just curious - what kind of a locking cover?
Not yet in TV but can't the clubs just be unstrapped from the cart?
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Old 08-22-2012, 08:05 PM
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Just curious - what kind of a locking cover?
Not yet in TV but can't the clubs just be unstrapped from the cart?
It's a cover that goes over the top of your clubs and two cable ends wrap around your bag thru the loops and around the frame of the golf cart and then the loops are locked together with a lock & key. I saw them in Cane Garden pro shop for sale for around $60.
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About 6 years ago my brother had his new pitching wedge stolen. How we know it was stolen is he left it at a hole. Realized it and after playing a hole we circled back to where he left it. Not there. We asked the 4 who were behind us if they had seen it. They said No.
This was at Churchhill. Told the starting shack and went back and back and everywhere else for weeks. Never turned in anywhere, We are sure it was picked up by the foursome behind us.

Good news is I've never lost any club. My brother is still not over the way that club disappeared. He was visiting and it colored his opinion of the Villages. He has golfed for over 45 years and has never lost a golf club anywhere else.

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Old 08-22-2012, 08:37 PM
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Lost my lob wedge a month ago (first loss in 40 years). I probably left it near a green.

Didn't realize it until the next day. Went to the golf course, trusting the 'finder' turned it into the pro shop 'lost & found' department -- as I have done many times (after finding a club or head cover). Not to be.

So I went back in a couple of days to inquire again. Not to be. I even called a week later with my fingers crossed. Not to be.

I had my name label (name, address, phone number) on the wedge.

Realization: The wedge is permanently gone from my bag into someone else's bag. It wasn't taken by someone in a parking lot. It was found and KEPT by a fellow golfer. What a disappointment.

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Old 08-22-2012, 10:33 PM
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I wonder how anyone could enjoy golfing with a club that they know they stole. Or do you think they sell them?? Just thinking......how does a thiefs mind work.........?
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I wonder how anyone could enjoy golfing with a club that they know they stole. Or do you think they sell them?? Just thinking......how does a thiefs mind work.........?
I think they are missing a very import section of the brain that makes a complete person.
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As much as it pains me to say this because we think The Village People as a whole are just wonderful, apparently there is someone who liked my husband's putter and decided to put it in their collection. Very disappointing. While he and his buddy were in having breakfast, someone took it. I had heard something about this through the grapevine but dismissed it as unfounded gossip. Oh well, guess not.
I don't and can't believe it was a villager
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Nobody wants my clubs. They are too old andd cheap. LOL
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Nobody wants my clubs. They are too old andd cheap. LOL
My putter doesn't work right. If anyone took it, they would bring it back.
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Old 08-23-2012, 06:14 AM
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It's a cover that goes over the top of your clubs and two cable ends wrap around your bag thru the loops and around the frame of the golf cart and then the loops are locked together with a lock & key. I saw them in Cane Garden pro shop for sale for around $60.
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A few years ago, we had a rash of golf clubs being stolen while people were lunching, and these security bags were suggested by many TOTV members. There are times when we become complacent about our friendliest home town, but I don't care where you live, you must be aware of your surroundings and be alert to the possibilities of what "might" happen. I've lived in big cities all my life and an ounce of prevention is worth its weight in gold.
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