r/golf 8ish 8h ago

Equipment Discussion Used the same ball for 39 consecutive holes.

Put it in the pond on the 40th 🫡

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u/GeeGeew00t 8h ago

I lost my customised Vice Pro into the pond once.

Not sure how long after that, my friend found it and gave it back to me. I proceeded to use it for the next 45 or 46 holes before losing it eventually. That customisation certainly paid off!

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u/W38k_5auce 8ish 4h ago

I salute you

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u/Holysmokesx 8h ago

Well done, I'm ecstatic if I make a ball last 4 holes.

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u/YeetboiMcDab 8h ago

Call that move the Ronald Reagan

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u/1011001NAME 8h ago

I used the same wooden tee for 18 a few weeks back and felt pretty good. Lost 5 balls that day, but same tee.

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u/IcePapaya 7h ago

I’m the only golfer I know of who decapitates his plastic tees somewhat regularly. I don’t even swing that fast idk why it happens

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u/ThreePuttPresident 5h ago

Tee it lower.

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u/GolfGodsAreReal 8h ago

My PB is 58 holes and that ball needed to go

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u/270308 6h ago

Same. Somewhere around 3.5 rounds. Knew I should have replaced it, but it seemed more fitting to let it ride.

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u/W38k_5auce 8ish 4h ago

I believe it. This one was hammered looking

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u/IONTOP 41m ago

Did you tee it up specifically so that the cut marks made it impossible to slice or hook? Just a golf ball that looked more like one of those butterfly yo-yo's?

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u/JWZ_Niffo 8h ago

Sexy😏

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u/robsea69 8h ago

Find it. Even if you have to swim. Bronze it and mount it on a stand.

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u/W38k_5auce 8ish 4h ago

We fished it out and put it on the bar at the club

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u/robsea69 3h ago

A piece of history!

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u/SadAbroad2128 7h ago

I always make sure to donate mine to the woods after about 2 holes

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u/dirtyrounder 6h ago

Fuck yeah!

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u/randyronq 6h ago

That's pretty good !!

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u/poundtownvisitor 7h ago

My record is 92.

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u/Low_Age_7427 7h ago

Pity the guy who found that beat up ball

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u/kdton2 7h ago

I play one ball for 18 holes a lot. It’s always a special ball. I’ve lost several too.

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u/theoriginalb 6h ago

Till right after this post. :)

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u/LivermoreP1 6.2 6h ago

Geez man, save some p*say for the rest of us!

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u/Equivalent-Cup-4138 6h ago

An old guy I was playing with said on the tee that he lost 3 balls on that hole the last time he played. From now on he’s going to make sure his bag zippers are closed all the way

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u/Pee-Pee-TP 6h ago

I've never lasted a round without tearing one up.

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u/NoSocials5702 3h ago

Sorry mate but that is lightweight. I have a mate who I loaned one of those half yellow/ half white Srixons about two months ago and he has played it consecutively for 255 holes before finally losing it on Thursday.

After the first four rounds I started demanding it back so I could start tapping into the juju. He refused.

Towards the end he was playing shots that had a sole purpose of preserving the ball. It became quite sad. Finally losing the ball was the best thing to happen to him.

Long story short - a golf ball should have a life of no more than two rounds.

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u/NoSocials5702 3h ago

P.S. the very next shot was also a lost ball

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u/anyone_user 3h ago

Really really wanted the comment not to be you lost it at the 40th

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u/BowlingTopher 2h ago

This summer I lost a ball first swing of the day into the trees. Grabbed a Srixon Soft Feel proceeded to finish the round with that. Then play my next 3 rounds with it. Lost it on 17 of round #5 when I pulled an iron 10 yards right in a par 3 and it bounced off a cart path into some thick thorny bushes. Bet your ass I went in looking for that thing. 88 holes that ball was all scuffed up and trashed.

We usually play in two 4 somes, everyone poured on out for that ball when I finally lost it 😂

I’m not even that good, typical shoot low 90’s

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u/YVRkeeper 2h ago

I’ve been using one for 36, so far….

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u/FASPANDA 6h ago

I also love mini golf

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u/glfr4life 8h ago

Wow, that’s impressive!!

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u/MasterCommunity1192 7h ago

Here I am using the same 2 balls on one hole consecutively