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Originally Posted by MrGolf (Post 1040366)

Played Havana today and inadvertently left a pitching wedge somewhere on the course. My bad. The disappointment came when no one turned it in. This is the first time in 60 years of playing that I have lost a club. I have probably found and turned in over a 100 clubs over the years. It is unfortunate that someone obviously picked it up and decided to keep it for themselves. Very disappointed to see this happen.

Good luck with someone turning this in at a later date.

[quote=MrGolf;1040565]What in the world does being a renter have to do with anything??

I must have missed that you said you were renting, not that it matters, it doesn't.
I'm so sorry for you...for both the club and the rude responses.
I hope you get your club back.

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Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 1040585)

I didn't take it as a slam against TV. I took it as a slam against whomever took the club and anger at himself for leaving it from the very beginning. We all post negatively when upset.

How about folks quit trying to blame MrG? It sounds like he is doing enough of that himself. We all forget things at times. Most of the time, we are able to recover the forgotten item but not always. Don't know about you, but I get seriously upset if I leave something behind while playing bridge and it isn't turned in to lost and found. Let's ignore the tone and give the poor guy some sympathy and advice how he might get lucky (which several have done).

MrG, I think Gracie put the renter line as a way you could show you're relatively new to TV, not as a slam for being a renter. I'm sure you're disappointed in TV since this isn't what you expected from all of the hype and I'm even more sure you didn't expect to get slammed here for posting about the incident. You'll find that most of TV lives up to the hype. People are mostly honest, kind and friendly. Ditto for TOTV. So, on behalf of TOTV, my apologies. I don't think you deserved some of the responses given. Nothing I can say about the individual who took your club other than I sincerely hope it was done by accident and will be returned.

PS. I do think labeling your clubs is a good idea. Certainly can't hurt.

Nice post redwitch!:BigApplause:

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Originally Posted by MrGolf (Post 1040565)

What in the world does being a renter have to do with anything??

I must have missed that you said you were renting, not that it matters, it doesn't.
I'm so sorry for you...for both the club and the rude responses.
I hope you get your club back.

How would anyone know the OP is a renter and who would care?

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Originally Posted by Lovey2 (Post 1040597)

How would anyone know the OP is a renter and who would care?

My point exactly!! It took me more time than I chose to be on here to write that response without being rude myself. I find it unbelievable that would be an issue, and I found nothing wrong with his post...he said he was "disappointed", not hating the Villages and everybody in it and running out to buy an Uzi to take on the golf courses. Cripes....it's Easter people. Let's try not to be too condescending and righteous on today of all days. Now...back to my egg hunt...:wave:. Hope everyone has a nice Easter!

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1040515)

And the usual crew support negativity.

I have played with the same pitching wedge for twenty years. It and I have stayed together. Someone loses their pitching wedge and it is the people here who are to blame??? We will never know if it is found, but I bet it will be.

Because it isn't The Villages only, it is the game of golf and the age of most of us. YES there are dishonest thieves among us. But who on God's green earth would want a pitching wedge enough to not return it? I don't know anyone. I don't know anyone who wouldn't return it if it were found by them. Thank God.

I agree---just don't know anyone who wouldn't return a club if found by them. Once on the last day of a golf trip, I left an eight iron on the eighteen hole. The course mailed it to me at no charge from Myrtle Beach.

The first thing I do is put my name, address and phone # on a new club or clubs. A couple of times I found a "strange" club in my bag---my playing partners! Like I said---I found Golfers to be some of the very best people in this old world. OP, good luck and keep swinging. :thumbup:

What I said in my earlier post was that I was renting (a golf cart) i guess you read into that I was also renting a residence. However I was surprised you raised that as an issue.

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Originally Posted by MrGolf (Post 1040628)

What I said in my earlier post was that I was renting (a golf cart) i guess you read into that I was also renting a residence. However I was surprised you raised that as an issue.

As you asked, Where has all the honesty gone ????? Is this your post?

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...12/#post992943

I could care less whether you rent or own a home here, but since you suggested I may have some things in my bag I didn't pay for, you may want to think before making inaccurate statements. Makes it hard to keep the stories straight.

I hope you get your club back.

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Originally Posted by gomoho (Post 1040544)

WOW - can't believe how so many are beating up the OP over this post. The Villages is a wonderful place, but for pete's sake it is not heaven - there are liars and cheats living there as well as anywhere else in the world. Give the guy a break - he forgot a club - someone probably took it - it's a shame.

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Exactly. Well said. A friend of mine works in one of the Villages pro shops and every so often they catch someone trying to steal things from the shop. So you know if people like that are around, a club left on the green is going to be fair game. That's not being negative, it is being realistic.