Range balls stolen

[Captain_Black.]

Not the brightest crooks in the world, nicking 10,000 range balls!

‘Thieves stole 10,000 golf balls from my club, then left a trail of them in their wake’

More than 10,000 golf balls, a wheel barrow and specialist equipment have been stolen from a golf club after it was targeted overnight.

www.kentonline.co.uk

 

[Tashyboy]

What does me is when you find a ball on the course and it is a range ball

 

[patricks148]

Nicking range balls was quite common here. One year on our range, the club bought a load of pinnacle none range balls. You used to find them all over the course where people would play with them. Was having a lesson with my old coach at fairways in sneck and he was proud to tell me they had just replaced the rather scabby old balls with new ones all logo'd and sponsored by The local bus company. My lesson was on the Friday morning, I played an open at Muir of Ord the next day and their practice chipping green and net was full of fairways balls already.

 

[mikejohnchapman]

I remember hitting some balls on a range which were bright yellow and over-printer with "stolen from XXXXX"

Apparently people took them for their novelty value!

 

[rudebhoy]

What does me is when you find a ball on the course and it is a range ball

One of my regular PPs was playing with a range ball recently. He didn't believe me when I told him they don't go the same distance as regular ones.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I remember hitting some balls on a range which were bright yellow and over-printer with "stolen from XXXXX"

Apparently people took them for their novelty value!

I did that in the 1990's

In the local junkshop I found about 50 in a bucket.
The guy was not pleased when I told him that I either take them away or call the police on him for selling stolen goods.

 

[Dando]

Pedham place had thousands stolen a few years ago

 

[PJ87]

One of my regular PPs was playing with a range ball recently. He didn't believe me when I told him they don't go the same distance as regular ones.

So basically give tour pros range balls to solve the whole distance issue

 

[D-S]

So basically give tour pros range balls to solve the whole distance issue

Or confine them to the 30% of balls that apparently already conform to the proposed standard.

 

[Jigger]

Our club had their mats stolen one year!

 

[sunshine]

Our club had their mats stolen one year!

I have a lovely astroturf patio, although you need to be careful you don’t trip over the tees when walking on it.

 

[chrisd]

That's my local range!

Can't believe they'd have a ready market for them as any range is likely to know where they've come from