Most golf balls lost in a single round ?

I played a golf course last Sunday .... Headfort which is about 30 miles north of Dublin. The New Course - 7000 yards par 72, SSS 74 was designed to USGA standard by Christy O'Connor Jr, he of the 3 iron at the Belfry, Ryder Cup 1989 vs Fred Couples.

It was a fantastic test - island greens, long carries over water and greens running probably 12 on the stimp. One of the guys in our fourball with an index of 10.3 - so no dog, lost 14 golf balls on the 1st 12 holes, he finally got his act together in and scored 2 under on the last 6.

So it got me thinking, I can remember discarding 2 sleeves of golf balls on a truly forgetful day, but can anyone come even close to this feat? <=== if that's the correct word

Cheers Dave

I don't know what my personal record for a total round is but I do remember an incident about 15 years ago during our traveling tournament.

At that time - we played a 108 hole tournament by the Rules of Golf. If you lost a ball - take Stroke and Distance etc.

One of my best friends is 6' 7" and sometimes struggles with control. His last two rounds this month are 77 and 92....

Well we faced a fairly decent water carry off the tee - ball probably had to travel 180 yards to stay dry.

He hits the first in the drink. Has a ball in his pocket. Hits a second in the water. We through him one from the cart. Hits it in. Another from his bag. Hits the fourth in the water. Another from the second pocket in his bag. Fifth in the water.

The sixth ball was a beautiful drive right up the middle.

As you can imagine with plenty of beer and vodka - we were laughing like hell after the 3rd ball hit the waves.

I can't beat 5 in a row, but I did do 3 in a row. 1st hole elevated tee 20 yards to lake with a 50 yard carry - topped the 3 of them. Shame and embarrassment came to my rescue aswell as a double duvet over my head as I plodded down off the tee-box :D

[QUOTE=Dave Ireland]I played a golf course last Sunday .... Headfort which is about 30 miles north of Dublin. The New Course - 7000 yards par 72, SSS 74 was designed to USGA standard by Christy O'Connor Jr, he of the 3 iron at the Belfry, Ryder Cup 1989 vs Fred Couples.

It was a fantastic test - island greens, long carries over water and greens running probably 12 on the stimp. One of the guys in our fourball with an index of 10.3 - so no dog, lost 14 golf balls on the 1st 12 holes, he finally got his act together in and scored 2 under on the last 6.

So it got me thinking, I can remember discarding 2 sleeves of golf balls on a truly forgetful day, but can anyone come even close to this feat? <=== if that's the correct word

Cheers Dave[/QUOTE]


I'm sorry to say that I have beaten your friends record of 14 balls. I am a very high handicapper but just love the game so much regardless of how poorly I play. I recently played at Ko'olau golf course where I live in Hawaii. Basically this course was designed to be the toughest course in the U.S. It sits in the middle of a rain forest area of the island. If you hook, slice, or dont carry over the ravines or hazards, you've lost one for sure.

I was warned by others who have played the course to bring plenty of balls. The course was very wet and you could lose balls if the balls sinks too much into the ground! To matters worse, I was starting to slice my shots and I couldn't correct it.

Basically... I lost somewhere in the neighborhood of 30+ balls. I had to borrow from others in my group just to finish my round. A majority were lost due to slicing it into the "jungle" but I did have a few that got lost in very deep rough.

My worst round ever.

[QUOTE=Dave Ireland]I played a golf course last Sunday .... Headfort which is about 30 miles north of Dublin. The New Course - 7000 yards par 72, SSS 74 was designed to USGA standard by Christy O'Connor Jr, he of the 3 iron at the Belfry, Ryder Cup 1989 vs Fred Couples.

It was a fantastic test - island greens, long carries over water and greens running probably 12 on the stimp. One of the guys in our fourball with an index of 10.3 - so no dog, lost 14 golf balls on the 1st 12 holes, he finally got his act together in and scored 2 under on the last 6.

So it got me thinking, I can remember discarding 2 sleeves of golf balls on a truly forgetful day, but can anyone come even close to this feat? <=== if that's the correct word

Cheers Dave[/QUOTE]

I got a friend lost 7 on one hole, sliced 4 off the tee into a pasture (liberal use of the provisional clause), finally dropped up the fairway and put two more in the same pasture, hit his 7th over the green into the typical british rough, never saw that one again either. Luckily he had bought 2 boxes prior to teeing off.

[QUOTE=keokiboy].........Basically... I lost somewhere in the neighborhood of 30+ balls. I had to borrow from others in my group just to finish my round. A majority were lost due to slicing it into the "jungle" but I did have a few that got lost in very deep rough.

My worst round ever.[/QUOTE]

Wow Keo .....emmmmmm....... I dunno whether to applaud or cry. I think for the time being you should look for another course - fair play to ya for persisting

[QUOTE=von]I got a friend lost 7 on one hole, sliced 4 off the tee into a pasture (liberal use of the provisional clause), finally dropped up the fairway and put two more in the same pasture, hit his 7th over the green into the typical british rough, never saw that one again either. Luckily he had bought 2 boxes prior to teeing off.[/QUOTE]

That's why I think there's a Kevin Costner "Tin Cup" in us all. First time I saw the film, I was "ok ok come on just lay up" then "come on kevin just take the drop up at the drink" .... having watched it 3 or 4 times now I still say he shoulda layed up !!

[QUOTE=Dave Ireland]That's why I think there's a Kevin Costner "Tin Cup" in us all. First time I saw the film, I was "ok ok come on just lay up" then "come on kevin just take the drop up at the drink" .... having watched it 3 or 4 times now I still say he shoulda layed up !![/QUOTE]

It was so funny watching them fly into the field I didn't even try to convince him to take a drop up the fairway. At the end he had his clubface closed, stance closed and he was still pelting them out into cow land. I have never seen Tin Cup, looking for it to rent though.

[QUOTE=von]......... I have never seen Tin Cup, looking for it to rent though.[/QUOTE]

Hope didn't spoil it, I found it very enjoyable. It's the sort of film that you could get the missus to watch with you aswell, something in it for everyone

I may have mentioned that may years ago (1990ish) I spent 2 very enjoyable summers caddying in Long Island at Shinnecock Hills. Pretty tough course played on by mostly rich NY City finance men. Anyhows I have some vivid memories of looking for lost balls in knee high rough and in woods etc.

On one infamous occasion one of the Guests arrived (just like the guy out of Caddyshack) and bought clubs, bag, shoes etc. all very gaudy). Turns out he was a golfer with no gear. But he came out of the pro shop with 6 dozen balls!!! A box each for the playing parters and 3 dozen for him. I swear to god it was like a scene from aforementioned film.

He then stands up on the 1st and whacks off a massive slice into the hay, way right. I sighed as I could see the next 5-6 hours being very slow. His partner then hooked the bejasus out of his drive left into the bundi and all of a sudden there was a 200 yard gap for me to fill (Caddies carried two bags).

I was in the process of setting off in search when they called me back, with an almost quizzical look on their faces. "We don't do rough!" was their retort. So about 6 drives later they both managed to find the first fairway. I hinted that some of the previous efforts were probably easy to find and again they gave me a look of scorne. "We don't do rough!"

These guys were "Hacker Dudes" playing a US Open Couse "Range Style" with brand new balls. I swear to God I reckon they went through the entire stock of balls and not once was I dispatched to look for any of them. They went into for a 2 hour lunch (with I'm sure a load to drink) slipping me a $50 bill to "go and put on some weight". Then at the end I got an extra $100 for my troubles. Although it had taken the best part of the day, I was up $150, I had learned some new swear words and had great fun in the process. It was like a day out at the Zoo.

So I am laying down 72ish brand new balls lost in one round by a fourball.

btw I was out later that nigh looking for aforementioned balls. I reckon I got about 20 of them to boot ;)

[QUOTE=Irishgolfer]I may have mentioned that may years ago (1990ish) I spent 2 very enjoyable summers caddying in Long Island at Shinnecock Hills. Pretty tough course played on by mostly rich NY City finance men. Anyhows I have some vivid memories of looking for lost balls in knee high rough and in woods etc.

On one infamous occasion one of the Guests arrived (just like the guy out of Caddyshack) and bought clubs, bag, shoes etc. all very gaudy). Turns out he was a golfer with no gear. But he came out of the pro shop with 6 dozen balls!!! A box each for the playing parters and 3 dozen for him. I swear to god it was like a scene from aforementioned film.

He then stands up on the 1st and whacks off a massive slice into the hay, way right. I sighed as I could see the next 5-6 hours being very slow. His partner then hooked the bejasus out of his drive left into the bundi and all of a sudden there was a 200 yard gap for me to fill (Caddies carried two bags).

I was in the process of setting off in search when they called me back, with an almost quizzical look on their faces. "We don't do rough!" was their retort. So about 6 drives later they both managed to find the first fairway. I hinted that some of the previous efforts were probably easy to find and again they gave me a look of scorne. "We don't do rough!"

These guys were "Hacker Dudes" playing a US Open Couse "Range Style" with brand new balls. I swear to God I reckon they went through the entire stock of balls and not once was I dispatched to look for any of them. They went into for a 2 hour lunch (with I'm sure a **** load to drink) slipping me a $50 bill to "go and put on some weight". Then at the end I got an extra $100 for my troubles. Although it had taken the best part of the day, I was up $150, I had learned some new swear words and had great fun in the process. It was like a day out at the Zoo.

So I am laying down 72ish brand new balls lost in one round by a fourball.

btw I was out later that nigh looking for aforementioned balls. I reckon I got about 20 of them to boot ;)[/QUOTE]
You've led a charmed like Irish. Charmed indeed. :)

[QUOTE=Irishgolfer]...........btw I was out later that nigh looking for aforementioned balls. I reckon I got about 20 of them to boot ;)[/QUOTE]

As I was reading thru the mail, I was asking myself, did he get them later? I tell ya one thing tho, it speaks volumes for the quality of used golf balls that come from America over here, especially if there's plenty of guys like those that have the same attitude "we don't do rough" -

-side bar - wasn't it Jennifer Lopez that refused to hand out an award at one of those glitzy do's, with the quote "I don't do stairs" ......

[QUOTE=Dave Ireland]As I was reading thru the mail, I was asking myself, did he get them later? I tell ya one thing tho, it speaks volumes for the quality of used golf balls that come from America over here, especially if there's plenty of guys like those that have the same attitude "we don't do rough" -

-side bar - wasn't it Jennifer Lopez that refused to hand out an award at one of those glitzy do's, with the quote "I don't do stairs" ......[/QUOTE]

Dave
When I came back to Ireland I had my golf bag stuffed to the gills with balls. The guy at customs wanted to look it my bag (checking for undeclared new clubs) and when I zipped over the hood the balls poured out and started bouncing all over Customs. The guy laughed his ass off as I scurried all over the place to pick them up. Putting aside that massive embarassment, I reckon I had a couple of hundred Pearls collected over the Summer. Every time I went out I would find 5-8 balls. The rough was that bad. I was Mr. popular when I got back home. "Here have a few new Titliest 384s 4 nuttin!!

[QUOTE=Irishgolfer]Dave
When I came back to Ireland I had my golf bag stuffed to the gills with balls. The guy at customs wanted to look it my bag (checking for undeclared new clubs) and when I zipped over the hood the balls poured out and started bouncing all over Customs. The guy laughed his ass off as I scurried all over the place to pick them up. Putting aside that massive embarassment, I reckon I had a couple of hundred Pearls collected over the Summer. Every time I went out I would find 5-8 balls. The rough was that bad. I was Mr. popular when I got back home. "Here have a few new Titliest 384s 4 nuttin!![/QUOTE]

LOL... Oh the old bouncing golf balls at the customs trick, sorta acts as a diversion for the pound of coke up yer jacksie ;) . naw I wasn't that solider b4 ya ask !!

Not sure what my worse day ever would be, but recently had three in row go OB left. I'm in the middle of a swing change, trying to eliminate over the top move. This was first hole on the first day of trying this out.

You'd think I might of thought about aiming to the right after the second one until I got it worked out but I didn't.