Lost ball ownership rights

[The_ACE]

After my round on Saturday me and my mate decided to go out and go ball hunting (finding). After a rather unsuccessful hour we returned and showed our pitiful loot to the other juniors. It quickly became apparent that one of my balls was clearly had been my brothers before it was lost (markings and model). He then asked for it back, and I refused.
Now who was in the right? Clearly I have just spent an hour searching and finding balls and he has clearly lost and forgotten about it. However it is technically his property and he has brought it, if you lost any other item you would expect it to be returned if found.

Thoughts?

 

[CMAC]

possession is nine tenths of the law

 

[Oddsocks]

if i found a ball that clearly had a friends markings on i would return it, and hope they would do likewise. feck me its a ball.. at most if it was a new prov1 its only £3 max...

one of our members come up to me a few weeks back

" ere bazza, you play with 4 orange dots dont ya "
handed me 2 balls, one ad333, which must be a recent losts ball, and a dx3, must have been a summer loss.

both found on the same hole, our 13th. Bloody hate that hole!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I had some Pro V's with Homer on the side that HID got for my birthday. A guy in the locker room said he'd found one and he'd give it back the next time he saw me as the clubs were in the boot. Never got it back.

If it was clearly his just give it back. Being nice costs nothing and it wasn't as though you came back totally empty handied

 

[thecraw]

Theft by finding, prepare for a loud knock on the door from the old bill!

 

[connor]

Theft by finding, prepare for a loud knock on the door from the old bill!

stupid question i know but is that real

 

[thecraw]

stupid question i know but is that real

Its a crime under Scots Law, south of the border I don't know. However would it ever see a court room over a golf ball, I very much doubt it!

 

[Tommo21]

After my round on Saturday me and my mate decided to go out and go ball hunting (finding). After a rather unsuccessful hour we returned and showed our pitiful loot to the other juniors. It quickly became apparent that one of my balls was clearly had been my brothers before it was lost (markings and model). He then asked for it back, and I refused.
Now who was in the right? Clearly I have just spent an hour searching and finding balls and he has clearly lost and forgotten about it. However it is technically his property and he has brought it, if you lost any other item you would expect it to be returned if found.

Thoughts?

Clearly had been your brothers ball, your words..........and you refused give him it back. He'll get you back for that.

 

[Mick47]

stupid question i know but is that real

Yeah reckon it is, if you found say a gold ring on the fairway would you think you could keep it? Of course not. The only difference I can see is the value of the item, suppose what you should do is hand them into the police station , if nobody claims ownership within 6 months you can then legally lay claim to the item/s. Having said that I'd like to be a fly on the wall of the cop shop as you hand in a hatfull of Top flights.

 

[The_ACE]

I'll probally give it back to him now due as it seems I'm a immoral tight ****. the thing is however with most juniors 90% of our balls seem to have been found and re used. Therefore we never really owned any of them. I for one know that I have only ever have brought about 2 dozen premium balls.

It was a mint pro v1x, if it was a lesser ball he could have had it straight back ( or scuffed as it would go in the joint practice bag)

 

[Oddsocks]

see, that said the fact he;s your brother shed a different light on it, personally, if i had a brother i would scribble he's name out, put your over the top and in your next match together...

"im playing a prov1x, one just like yours, even has your name on it just like yours did, but also has mine too."

if he is that fond of it, then it could make great gamesmanship for the first.. or around the 9th if the game is close.

 

[USER1999]

Lost balls belong to the course. Not sure how that works.

Lost jewelery belongs to the original owner.

Bizarre.

If I find a ball that I know belongs to a mate, then it is fair game to play with it in the bar, balance it on my head, juggle with it, etc. Next time I play with him, I will declare that is what I am playing with, so he has to change what ever he was going to play with.

Part if the fun of golf.

Is he getting it back? Is he heck.

 

[johnboywalton]

If your brother is bigger than you, give it back.......if you are bigger keep it

 

[welshjim22]

At the end of the day we all lose some balls and we all find some balls. If a ball clearly has the markings that identify it as a friends and you happen to notice it in your bag when with that friend just give it to him. In fact the groundstaff recently cleared out a pond at my local course and whilst walking down a fairway one of the staff drove up to my friend in a buggy and passed him a bag of his marked balls that he had lost in that said pond. Very nice of them.

 

[RobbOnTheRock]

see, that said the fact he;s your brother shed a different light on it, personally, if i had a brother i would scribble he's name out, put your over the top and in your next match together...

"im playing a prov1x, one just like yours, even has your name on it just like yours did, but also has mine too."

if he is that fond of it, then it could make great gamesmanship for the first.. or around the 9th if the game is close.

Lol, that's what I would have done if it were my brother.........even if we are both in our 30's...........

 

[chrisd]

I played two friendly knock rounds with different people a while back, and during the round, both of them used one of my lost balls ........ I wondered whether I needed to sharpen up my game?

I lost a ball 2 weeks ago on a par 3 on the Sunday and hit and hit one in the same cabbage on the Wednesday after and we found both of them - result!


Chris

 

[Tommo21]

see, that said the fact he;s your brother shed a different light on it, personally, if i had a brother i would scribble he's name out, put your over the top and in your next match together...

"im playing a prov1x, one just like yours, even has your name on it just like yours did, but also has mine too."

if he is that fond of it, then it could make great gamesmanship for the first.. or around the 9th if the game is close.

Thats not gamesmanship.

 

[Oddsocks]

Care to expand on that tommo?

 

[Whee]

I reckon i've lost and bought the same ball at least 4 or 5 times.

If I found a ball (other than my own), regardless of markings on it, i'd give it to a playing partner. I'm not fussed for finding balls, unless it's the one i've just spanked into the rubbish.

 

[CallawayKid]

Found a mates ball on the course and left it in the 18th just as they were teeing off...his face was a picture trying to figure out how it got in there...!

CK