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If it’s bad to run out of balls, what do you call it when you run out of tees?
Pick up a broken tee and use it. Sometimes a course will require the use of a tee, but the rules of golf do not require it. I believe Trevino often does not use one.
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But if the rules allow you (without causing delay) to go back and get more balls, why the hell would the caddie wait until the player is flat out. Send him back when you get down to two – surely the player isn’t too much of a wimp to carry his own clubs for a hole.
We’ve seen dumber caddies than this. Or at least one caddy dumber than this.
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You may carry as many balls as you can carry. If you loose all of them you will be disqualified because you have nothing left with which to play! At this point, you should consider weather or not you may have made a mistake by taking up this game {8p If it’s bad to run out of balls, what do you call it when you run out of tees?
Time to tee off with a fairway wood… Of course, one could always imitate our forbears by building a tee of sand. Eliyahu
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Anytime a guy has more than 2 balls, they tend to be labeled as a "bragger".
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We don’t do that. We depend on folks like you to supply the rest of us. Now, the salient question might be, "How do you find lost balls?" Answer: "By looking for mine."
Lots of time I don’t remember what I’m playing as I find as many balls as I lose. That’s why I carry a sharpie – I’m playing the ball with mark on it (initial and number). I did find a ball with my mark on it one time – that wasn’t the ball I was playing.
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I think the PGA Tour has a local rule about adding to or changing your equipment after the start of a stipulated round except for replacing a club damaged in normal play.
The PGA Tour has the "single ball" local rule (you must use a single brand of ball during a stipulated round) but no local rules regarding equipment as far as I know. -joseph
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Well, I used 13 in one 18 hole round at Tilden Park in Berkeley, CA some years ago. I wish they would have DQ’d me after 2 holes!
We don’t do that. We depend on folks like you to supply the rest of us. Now, the salient question might be, "How do you find lost balls?" Answer: "By looking for mine." Anyhow, Dave, thanks for the balls. They’re really nice. Peter Staff at Tilden Park
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Well, I used 13 in one 18 hole round at Tilden Park in Berkeley, CA some years ago. I wish they would have DQ’d me after 2 holes! We don’t do that. We depend on folks like you to supply the rest of us. Now, the salient question might be, "How do you find lost balls?" Answer: "By looking for mine." Anyhow, Dave, thanks for the balls. They’re really nice. Peter Staff at Tilden Park
They should be nice – most of ‘em were only hit once 
— Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well, I used 13 in one 18 hole round at Tilden Park in Berkeley, CA some years ago. I wish they would have DQ’d me after 2 holes! We don’t do that. We depend on folks like you to supply the rest of us. Now, the salient question might be, "How do you find lost balls?" Answer: "By looking for mine." Anyhow, Dave, thanks for the balls. They’re really nice. Peter Staff at Tilden Park They should be nice – most of ‘em were only hit once — Joe Cartpath – www.joecartpath.com
how’d you know? Dave
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I borrowed a couple of balls from my son-in-law when I ran out of balls once – was that illegal? Sometimes I might want to try someone else’s balls to see how that ball feels – I hope that’s legal also.
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I borrowed a couple of balls from my son-in-law when I ran out of balls once – was that illegal?
Nope. The rules only limit you from borrowing clubs. Sometimes I might want to try someone else’s balls to see how that ball feels – I hope that’s legal also.
As long as it’s okay with them and it’s not the ball they’re playing, it’s legal. (I’m sure someone will post a reply to this part of your question that makes it sound pretty kinky, though… ) Eliyahu
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I don’t know that there is anything in the Rules of Golf to prevent your sending back to the pro shop for a reload but I expect that in any USGA event you would get hit with so many penalties for undue delay that you might as well hang it up anyway.
That’s where planning ahead would come into play… If someone saw that he was running low on balls, the time to send for more is "now" and not later. I’ll add that I’ve been fortunate enough not to encounter that problem yet. — Eliyahu Rooff www.geocities.com/Area51/Underworld/8096/HomePage.htm RSG Rollcall http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/rooffe.htm
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I remember that a few years ago a pro, Danny Edwards I think it was, was DQ’d at Kingsmill for running out of balls. It was hot, as it usually is when they play at Kingsmill, and his caddy tried to lighten to load. He lightened it too much and Danny ran out of balls on about #16. But, I think the PGA Tour has a local rule about adding to or changing your equipment after the start of a stipulated round except for replacing a club damaged in normal play. I don’t know that there is anything in the Rules of Golf to prevent your sending back to the pro shop for a reload but I expect that in any USGA event you would get hit with so many penalties for undue delay that you might as well hang it up anyway.
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Can you cite a rule for this? I don’t find anything in the rule book that says you can’t send back for more balls.
There isn’t. The only proviso is you can’t unduly delay play under Rule 6-7. Even then it’s a two stroke penalty for a first offence, and only disqualification for a subsequent offence. There is nothing to stop you using a ball from the bag of a fellow-competitor, a playing partner or anyone else if they’ll give you one. I guess if it’s a stroke round or match play, and you can’t get a ball from anywhere at all, then you’re obviously stuffed. In a round such as Stableford or Par you could still hand your card in without DQ and accept zero points/losses for the holes you didn’t complete. Cheers Colin Wilson RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/wilsonc.htm Trentham Golf Club: http://www.trenthamgolf.com
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Whoa!!!! Two dozen. And I thought my personal best of 10 was something to brag about.
Hell,,,that ain’t nothin! I think I posted this before but it still amazes me. Last summer I played Padre Isle Country Club (at the super twilight rate–I’m cheap). It’s a nice course but has lots of water and this 18-inch high grass lining most of the holes. I was playing with one other guy and we were behind five guys in two carts. When we got to #3 they let us play through. Well I had a pretty rough go and at the turn I went to my car to sift through my shag bag for some playable balls. I had already lost six balls and only had a couple left. As I walked by the club house, one of the guys in the group that let us through was coming out of the club house with a bucket of range balls. He asked me how I did and I bemoaned losing my half dozen balls. He said something along the lines of "that ain’t bad–we already lost two buckets and I came back for more!" I found out on a subsequent trip that the guy had been recently hired as a dishwasher and he took a group of his friends out on the golf course to feed range balls to the fishes. He did find out that he could bring one guest and that they had to provide their own balls! Dave Clary/Corpus Christi,TX Home: http://home.stx.rr.com/dclary Never Forget: http://www.politicsandprotest.org RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/claryd.htm
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I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls lef
You may carry as many balls as you can carry. If you loose all of them you will be disqualified because you have nothing left with which to play! At this point, you should consider weather or not you may have made a mistake by taking up this game {8p
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I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls lef You may carry as many balls as you can carry. If you loose all of them you will be disqualified because you have nothing left with which to play! At this point, you should consider weather or not you may have made a mistake by taking up this game {8p
Can you cite a rule for this? I don’t find anything in the rule book that says you can’t send back for more balls. — Eliyahu Rooff www.geocities.com/Area51/Underworld/8096/HomePage.htm RSG Rollcall http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/rooffe.htm
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God I hope not or I’m in serious trouble. — http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/wheltonp.htm
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Do the rules of golf limit the number of golfballs that one can use for a round? I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls left in the bag?
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Not enough in the bag. Arnold Palmer almost took a DQ once because his caddy had cleaned his bag, etc. and forgotten to put extra any balls in the bag. There was one sleeve of balls tucked in a side pocket in addition to the one he tossed to Palmer on the first tee. As it happened, Arnie lost three during the round and had to play the last 2 or 3 holes with the only ball he had left. That’s extra pressure nobody needs! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls left in the bag?
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I once "Tin Cupped" a hole intentionally, to get rid of a bunch of stray balls at the end of the season, trying a ridiculous carry over a lake on a par five. I think I hit about ten balls, losing them all. I had carried the lake a few weeks earlier, and I was a bit obsessed with doing it again. No such luck. — John
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Do the rules of golf limit the number of golfballs that one can use for a round? I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls left in the bag? Nope, no limit, Peter. An interesting New Brunswick story for you though. I was once playing Herring Cove on Campobello Island and a member teed off in front of me who I watched buying two dozen balls in the pro shop. On the 12th hole, he sent a friend in for more! True story. Bruce http://rec-sport-golf.com/members/?rollcall=newmanb http://go.to/bruce_newman
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says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Do the rules of golf limit the number of golfballs that one can use for a round? I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls left in the bag? Nope, no limit, Peter. An interesting New Brunswick story for you though. I was once playing Herring Cove on Campobello Island and a member teed off in front of me who I watched buying two dozen balls in the pro shop. On the 12th hole, he sent a friend in for more! True story. Bruce http://rec-sport-golf.com/members/?rollcall=newmanb http://go.to/bruce_newman
Whoa!!!! Two dozen. And I thought my personal best of 10 was something to brag about. Kenny — Kenny Stultz Troll and Spam Intollerant RSG Rollcall: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/stultzk.htm
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Urban golf tale perpetuated by Cup. As long as you don’t hold up play, you can stop in the golf shop as many times as you have money to load up.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Do the rules of golf limit the number of golfballs that one can use for a round? I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls left in the bag?
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Do the rules of golf limit the number of golfballs that one can use for a round? I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls left in the bag?
Nope, no limit, Peter. An interesting New Brunswick story for you though. I was once playing Herring Cove on Campobello Island and a member teed off in front of me who I watched buying two dozen balls in the pro shop. On the 12th hole, he sent a friend in for more! True story. Bruce http://rec-sport-golf.com/members/?rollcall=newmanb http://go.to/bruce_newman
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Do the rules of golf limit the number of golfballs that one can use for a round? I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls left in the bag?
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Do the rules of golf limit the number of golfballs that one can use for a round? I have heard of people being DQ’d for running out of balls but is that because they exceeded some limit or because they didn’t have any balls left in the bag?
Well, I used 13 in one 18 hole round at Tilden Park in Berkeley, CA some years ago. I wish they would have DQ’d me after 2 holes! — Dave Jones RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/jonesd.htm