What to do with old golf balls?

[delc]

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?

 

[Leereed]

I use mine on the range. When I can be bothered going.

 

[delc]

I use mine on the range. When I can be bothered going.

Won't having range balls that actually go a reasonable distance confuse the hell out of practising golfers though? Not a bad suggestion though!

 

[rickg]

Won't having range balls that actually go a reasonable distance confuse the hell out of practising golfers though? Not a bad suggestion though!

I think most golfers can tell the difference between a range ball and a real ball.

I also use my spares in case I go to a range

 

[Imurg]

Apparently the club has a 40 gallon drum full of old balls that get given to any Juniors that need them so mine find their way to the range..
Down to my last 2 shoe boxes worth now...and I've stopped picking up balls I don't use...

 

[delc]

Apparently the club has a 40 gallon drum full of old balls that get given to any Juniors that need them so mine find their way to the range..
Down to my last 2 shoe boxes worth now...and I've stopped picking up balls I don't use...

Yes I used to give my pre-owned golf balls to our club's juniors, but they were getting many more from club members than they could ever use, and in any case they apparently turn their noses up at anything less than a Pro V1 in pristine condition!

 

[Jacko_G]

Donate to the pro for teaching?

 

[AmandaJR]

I call them "one hit wonders" and use them on the range!

 

[Pin-seeker]

I lose them before they get old.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Go into the juniors box or give them to one of the guys who cleans them then gives them away with raffle tickets he sells for chairty

 

[Fish]

I think juniors are too fussy these days and most turn their noses up at scabby or non top of the range balls, I've stopped picking any up that I won't play with myself, I'll just throw them out into the open for someone else to claim.

 

[srixon 1]

Whack em down the range. I don't have to pay and the range gets free balls.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Give them to juniors. We have a junior academy with some very young players and they wouldn't know the difference between a Pro V and a Pinnacle but would be made up getting any make of ball in half decent nick. Other than that smash them on the range

 

[patricks148]

smack them in the Moray Firth

 

[delc]

smack them in the Moray Firth

A bit impractical as I live in Hertfordshire! :mmm:

 

[patricks148]

A bit impractical as I live in Hertfordshire!

post them to me and i will smack them in for you

 

[delc]

post them to me and i will smack them in for you

Will you pay for the postage?

 

[fundy]

our range is almost all normal balls not range balls, so only fair to do my share and add some more

 

[Toad]

Gave them away on here last time I had a batch.

Was mostly ones I found when playing and they were like new but not my type of ball. Old tatties get hit down the range at Murryshall, anything would be better than the ones they make you pay for.

 

[nickjdavis]

smack them in the Moray Firth

When I was a kid back in the 70s I used to walk along the beach in Lossiemouth collecting golf balls....Slazengers, Penfolds, Dunlops... all the old classics.... and I'd sell the best conditioned ones back to the local golfers!