Guy calls the pro shop today, “ I lost my wedge yesterday “….

Typhoon · 2024-08-25T22:22:48+00:00

Me: “ what kind was it “ Him: “ grey”

sdandrea1

I left a SW once at a course. It had my name and phone number on a shaft label (back when I kept clubs for a few months). When I discovered the wedge was missing I called the course. They said "yeah it's right here - has your name and phone number on it".

could........you.......have.......maybe.......contacted.............me...............possibly? (probably expecting too much from mankind, but I would have called if I was working there).

Typhoon

sdandrea1 left a SW once at a course. It had my name and phone number on a shaft label (back when I kept clubs for a few months). When I discovered the wedge was missing I called the course. They said "yeah it's right here - has your name and phone number on it".

could........you.......have.......maybe.......contacted.............me...............possibly? (probably expecting too much from mankind, but I would have called if I was working there).

So… can you guess how that works around here? Yeah, goes both ways. We had a Cally x forged 7 iron with a project x shaft in lost and found a few years back. It was there for a while and I happened to pull it out and it had a label on the shaft with an email address. I sent him an email…. Crickets. The following season, after we took all the previous years lost and found to the golf school, the guy comes by… and I was working. So it was a year later when he decided to come for it.

ptjn1201

Somebody left behind a XXIO 9 iron in June or July, had the phone number on it, a local number. I call and say somebody turned in your 9 iron, it's at the pro shop, behind the counter. Person thanks me very much. Weeks later, it's still there. I call again. Oh, thank you very much. Still there in November, I give another call. Thank you very much. We closed, the pro retired, who knows what happened to that 9 iron.

Spartan

I left one or two wedges on the course but I got them back. But it's been many years since I did that (knock on wood). Once I managed to forget to take my bag off the cart but I realized it when I got home. I went back immediately and got them.

Stu1961

Typhoon

Typhoon Yup, we’re flypaper for morons. Our pro says “hard to believe but every year they are dumber than the last”.

Well, that’s reassuring to know, as I haven’t played there in about twenty years. Back then it was just a no pest strip for morons.
My buddy and I would always show up, early, as walk-ins and go right to the back nine (old course configuration) to play a reverse. We joked for years about whether they would ever pair us with golfers.

backinit

If the people ID it as a grey or silver club just put it in the bag of sh!tty clubs and be done with it.

Typhoon

backinit That and the 30 other clubs in there… 90% are PW’s. It was funny that day because there is a black one in there. I said to him, thanks for narrowing it down, we have a black one in there🙄. I think you saw the lost and found bag when u came by.

It’s all shit clubs… Top Flite irons… just like 75% of the Headcovers we get are from the Top Flite Boxed sets. Nobody comes back for anything. They have no idea anything is missing because they know nothing about golf. My thinking is they don’t know they are missing the P because all the other clubs have numbers on them… who would think there is a club with a letter on it?

What DOES make me laugh is when a putter sits there. Right now we’ve had a TM Spider Tour putter in there for going on 3 weeks. Also a lot of clubs end up in the other bag on the cart. A lot of the lost clubs that never get turned in are in the other drunks golf bag.

potbunker

Rickochet I am a believer in shaft labels.

Rickochet I also never leave a club laying off of a green. I lay it well on the the putting surface or near the flag where it will be seen.

I wonder how many people do not turn in clubs they find on the course? Many think it is finders keepers. I would like to kick them square in the ass. 😡

Shaft labels! 100% If someone keeps my club, I want them to be forced to take the label off or be reminded they screwed someone over.
I do the same thing with clubs on the green and plus leave them on the way to the cart.

Best tip I've heard to avoid losing clubs......put your golf glove with them. You will be looking for your glove on the next tee.

sdandrea1

Typhoon

I'm not surprised. You have people leaving brand new shit in the parking lot. I really do need to come visit that place. 😉

KCee

Typhoon If you get a nice 5 wood keep me in mind 😁

DC300

Easiest way to eliminate the “shooters” is to eliminate alcohol sales, boom, they’re gone.

potbunker

DC300 Easiest way to eliminate the “shooters” is to eliminate alcohol sales, boom, they’re gone.

My wife and I were in the pro shop before our tee time along with two guys in wife beaters holding a bag of ice keeping mega beers cold.

One said to the other...."We have money left over. Should we buy more beer or golf balls?"

They played in front of us, were wrestling on the ground on the 9th tee, before they proceeded to tee off across a fairway to the wrong green.

Beer is a big part of the experience for too many.

KCee

DC300 No carts and no booze = no shooters. Also probably not much profit unless you are Bandon Dunes.

sdandrea1

DC300 Easiest way to eliminate the “shooters” is to eliminate alcohol sales, boom, they’re gone.

Those clowns would just stuff their golf bags with beers, if they don't already.

Typhoon

potbunker So you were at my course?😂😂

We’re not the only course out there like that. This is the new breed of people we got by “growing the game🙄”

DonM

But if you find a club in the cattails next to a pond, you can assume it is free for the keeping, right?
Asking for a friend.

sdandrea1

DonM But if you find a club in the cattails next to a pond, you can assume it is free for the keeping, right?
Asking for a friend.

Except for Rory. He retrieves his.

DC300

sdandrea1 then you kick them off the course, it’s simple. If you want to get rid of the rift raft you have to take away the appeal. Make it an alcohol free facility for non-members. Can’t buy it, can’t consume it and ENFORCE IT.

That said, nobody is going to because they want the money.

bigshank

They’d just bring a flask. You’d never see it

DC300

bigshank the truly dedicated ones yes, but it would cut at least 75% of the non-sense. People inherently follow the rules, even if they don’t make sense. There will always be the “outlaws”, but if they are worried about being caught and kicked out, they will keep it to themselves and behave (for the most part), which is the whole point anyway.

Typhoon

DC300 I don’t get the whole “getting hammered while golfing “ bit. I might have a drink when I’m done, but don’t see the fun in playing like crap because beer was more important… oh, and driving a cart. Leagues are amazing. I always wonder why people think they can being their own beer. Do you bring your own 24 pack to Yankee Stadium?

Can’t wait to see the Lost and Found when I get back next week after a week off🙄.

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