How many balls?

[fenwayrich]

I play at a parkland with no water, and about 10 years ago I got to October without losing one, playing about 3 times a week. My average would be around 4 every year. Basically short but straight. Used to find loads, but I'm unsteady on my feet now, so I don't bother venturing into the long grass for fear of tripping and falling.

 

[rksquire]

in the last 7 months ive not lost a single ball

Sorry, I got mixed up and thought you were the OP for some reason, who said they hover around 10.

Made it through the weekend with the same ball! To answer your question, the course is not 'open' - there are very few holes where the other holes are adjacent on both or even one side, so missing right on 4 of the first 5 holes is OOB; missing left on 2 of them is overgrown wooded areas. Water hazards are placed in my landing zones (220-240) on the first 2 holes and course maintenance is a bone of contention (3 minutes goes in very fast when trying to find a ball a few feet from the fairway). All to say, hitting it where I think I'm going to hit it would fix it. I am committing to using the same ball at least for the first month or 2, hopefully it won't end up costing a fortune in balls per round!

 

[patricks148]

Made it through the weekend with the same ball! To answer your question, the course is not 'open' - there are very few holes where the other holes are adjacent on both or even one side, so missing right on 4 of the first 5 holes is OOB; missing left on 2 of them is overgrown wooded areas. Water hazards are placed in my landing zones (220-240) on the first 2 holes and course maintenance is a bone of contention (3 minutes goes in very fast when trying to find a ball a few feet from the fairway). All to say, hitting it where I think I'm going to hit it would fix it. I am committing to using the same ball at least for the first month or 2, hopefully it won't end up costing a fortune in balls per round!

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[sjw]

I thought I was going to manage two rounds this weekend, but lost it on the 14th of the second round. Probably for the best. The poor thing looked like it had been paintballing.

 

[SteveJay]

Lost 1 ball in maybe the last 6-7 rounds (when I hit it in a gorse bush).

Despite usually playing in wind, being a links course, over the winter the rough is far more friendly and wayward drives can usually be found. In the coming weeks it will start to grow so the ball lost ratio might start to increase - but hoping my new driver might make hitting fairways a bit easier!

 

[clubchamp98]

Hit a tree today and went in the pond.
Behind us were two tree surgeons who then pollarded the tree I just hit.
Ten mins early I would still have my ball.

 

[Crow]

Played yesterday and lost four balls, all in the space of four holes.
Three into different water hazards and one OB.

 

[sunshine]

In winter I can use the same ball for ages. The ground is soft so it doesn’t get scuffed up, rough is cut back and no roll so the ball stays in play (largely).

In summer I find that after about 3 rounds the ball starts to look worse for wear and is relegated to the bottom of my bag, although it’s a rare event when I manage to go 3 rounds without losing a ball.

 

[AussieKB]

Playing in Thailand one trip and people were talking about how many balls they lost after five rounds, when I said none....they were stunned, don't know why as I am off single figures so what did they expect ?

 

[Orikoru]

In winter I can use the same ball for ages. The ground is soft so it doesn’t get scuffed up, rough is cut back and no roll so the ball stays in play (largely).

In summer I find that after about 3 rounds the ball starts to look worse for wear and is relegated to the bottom of my bag, although it’s a rare event when I manage to go 3 rounds without losing a ball.

I lost a ball a few weeks ago that landed directly in plain sight. It must have plugged so badly that it went into the earth's core.

 

[Imurg]

Once lost a ball at Whipsnade....a Red Kite decided it looked suspiciously like an egg, swooped down onto the green, scooped ot up and buggered off....
Bloody birds.....

 

[sunshine]

Once lost a ball at Whipsnade....a Red Kite decided it looked suspiciously like an egg, swooped down onto the green, scooped ot up and buggered off....
Bloody birds.....

I've watched my ball stolen by a fox, a gull (who dropped it in a lake the b*strd) and a crow.