What to do with old golf balls?

I put mine in a box and leave them at the door of the changing room of my club for juniors/beginners.

Failing that, give them a wash and put them in a charity shop

Pay it forward.
 
I don't do this much now as i prefer just going off without hitting balls, but when i went to an open comp i would take a bag of old balls hit them on the range or chipping green and just leave them there. We also used to use our own balls on the practice ground so again used to just leave them on there.
 
I tee mine up on a long wide hole at the club when no-one is around and hit them as hard as I can, if they go to the fairway I pick them up, if they stray into the rough, it's goodbye.
 
Maninblack4612 said:
I'm good friends with the guy who runs our local range & people who do that drive him mad. Nor sure why but he sorts out all the non range balls & disposes of them. I would have thought he would appreciate people supplementing his stock.
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Is it a short range? I can see why it would be a potential issue if so due to the balls going further than normal range balls. He might be worried about potential claims if balls go over the end of the range.
 
I use them in the garden. I tend to use the same one over and over till it splits or finds its way over the net and into the field.
 
Mine go in the practice bag as well, either that or I use them to warm up with before going on the course, then I don't need to bother going to pick them up.
 
delc said:
Being a not very long straight hitting senior, I very rarely lose golf balls, and often find more than I lose. I have been playing with the same ball for the last 3 rounds and it is starting to look a bit tatty. I checked in my golf bag last week and found that it contained 25 used golf balls in various states, plus 2 racks of new unused balls. I managed to give a handful of pre-owned balls in reasonable condition to a fellow senior who loses a lot of golf balls, but I am still stuck with the really tatty ones. Does anybody know of a good way to recycle them without harming the environment?
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I'm like Del. My golf balls die of old age, rather than getting lost.
The few that do go OOB or into water are invariably only a couple of holes old!

I have bags of worn out balls in the garage!
 
North Mimms said:
I'm like Del. My golf balls die of old age, rather than getting lost.
The few that do go OOB or into water are invariably only a couple of holes old!

I have bags of worn out balls in the garage!
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Yes, the only time I seem to lose golf balls is when I have just put a brand new, premium grade ball into play! If they survive the first few holes, they then seem to go on for ever! :mmm:
 
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rickg said:
Is it a short range? I can see why it would be a potential issue if so due to the balls going further than normal range balls. He might be worried about potential claims if balls go over the end of the range.
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More likely to be worried about you hitting practice balls you haven't paid for! :)
 
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