darthtang aw
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/11/04/...lls/index.html
I foresee a 4 dollar per ball tax....
I foresee a 4 dollar per ball tax....
Golfers!!!! You are next.
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bionicarm
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It'd never fly in the US. Pulling balls out of golf ponds and streams is too big a business here in the US. A retired military golfing buddy of mine has a pretty lucrative business collecting golf balls out of the local water hazards. He has about ten 55 gallon drums in his garage full of them. He separates them by 'class' based on their wear, and how long they've been underwater. He has a couple of guys that are PADI certified that go out all week plucking these things out. The golf courses take a cut, or he gives them buckets of them to use for either range balls, or seconds to sell at their front desk. He packages the others and sells them on The Bay or other golf outlets for a pretty nice profit. The only problems the retrievers have had is dodging the water moccasins and snapper turtles. One guy was about to go into one tank, and turned and saw a 5 foot alligator looking at him. He decided the balls weren't worth that much.
rigdon87
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Originally Posted by Darthtang AW
http:///forum/post/3169691
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/11/04/...lls/index.html
I foresee a 4 dollar per ball tax....
I think that would be a ignorant move on their part as im sure alot of us would most likely be forced to thrown in the towel..especially the amateurs
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3169693
I think he'll sympathize with guy guys who can't hit straight.
http:///forum/post/3169691
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/11/04/...lls/index.html
I foresee a 4 dollar per ball tax....
I think that would be a ignorant move on their part as im sure alot of us would most likely be forced to thrown in the towel..especially the amateurs
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3169693
I think he'll sympathize with guy guys who can't hit straight.
reefraff
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Too many politicians play golf, never happen.
My aunt and uncle lived on a golf course. You'd be amazed the number of people who would climb over the fence to go after a ball that ended up in their yard, until they got the German Shepard.
I used to shag balls at a driving range once in a while. I think we got like a quarter a bucket.
My aunt and uncle lived on a golf course. You'd be amazed the number of people who would climb over the fence to go after a ball that ended up in their yard, until they got the German Shepard.
I used to shag balls at a driving range once in a while. I think we got like a quarter a bucket.
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3169719
Too many politicians play golf, never happen.
My aunt and uncle lived on a golf course. You'd be amazed the number of people who would climb over the fence to go after a ball that ended up in their yard, until they got the German Shepard.
I used to shag balls at a driving range once in a while. I think we got like a quarter a bucket.
You're forgetting, all they have to do is write in an exemption for politicians. Like they did for that healthcare bill...
http:///forum/post/3169719
Too many politicians play golf, never happen.
My aunt and uncle lived on a golf course. You'd be amazed the number of people who would climb over the fence to go after a ball that ended up in their yard, until they got the German Shepard.
I used to shag balls at a driving range once in a while. I think we got like a quarter a bucket.
You're forgetting, all they have to do is write in an exemption for politicians. Like they did for that healthcare bill...
fishtaco
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I don't see a tax anytime in the future, but people who hit them into lakes or the oceans need to be educated that they are actually polluting since they are not smart enough to figure it out on their own. Maybe give fish and game the authority to write a ticket for it. I sometimes kayak along a very pristine river that has a course along it and you can see thousands of ball in the river and it is not cool.
Fishtaco
Fishtaco
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Fishtaco
http:///forum/post/3169755
I don't see a tax anytime in the future, but people who hit them into lakes or the oceans need to be educated that they are actually polluting since they are not smart enough to figure it out on their own. Maybe give fish and game the authority to write a ticket for it. I sometimes kayak along a very pristine river that has a course along it and you can see thousands of ball in the river and it is not cool.
Fishtaco
I don't see how that isn't littering and covered by current laws?
http:///forum/post/3169755
I don't see a tax anytime in the future, but people who hit them into lakes or the oceans need to be educated that they are actually polluting since they are not smart enough to figure it out on their own. Maybe give fish and game the authority to write a ticket for it. I sometimes kayak along a very pristine river that has a course along it and you can see thousands of ball in the river and it is not cool.
Fishtaco
I don't see how that isn't littering and covered by current laws?
fishtaco
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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3169764
I don't see how that isn't littering and covered by current laws?
That is a good point, I guess the cops would rather hassle kayakers floating down the river than people driving golf balls off the docks of their million dollar homes. There are a few laws like throwing out burning material (cigarette butts) from a vehicle that carry a fine above and beyond just a littering charge, maybe that is needed.
Fishtaco
http:///forum/post/3169764
I don't see how that isn't littering and covered by current laws?
That is a good point, I guess the cops would rather hassle kayakers floating down the river than people driving golf balls off the docks of their million dollar homes. There are a few laws like throwing out burning material (cigarette butts) from a vehicle that carry a fine above and beyond just a littering charge, maybe that is needed.
Fishtaco
coral keeper
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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3169875
Someone needs to invent a biodegradable golf ball.
What about wooden golf balls?
http:///forum/post/3169875
Someone needs to invent a biodegradable golf ball.
What about wooden golf balls?
sickboy
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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3169875
Someone needs to invent a biodegradable golf ball.
They have some "green" golf balls on the market already. Who knows if they are any good though...
http:///forum/post/3169875
Someone needs to invent a biodegradable golf ball.
They have some "green" golf balls on the market already. Who knows if they are any good though...
reefraff
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Originally Posted by sickboy
http:///forum/post/3170085
They have some "green" golf balls on the market already. Who knows if they are any good though...
Just because they are "green" doesn't really mean anything. If they are made from recycled material they will still present the same issues and a regular ball.
http:///forum/post/3170085
They have some "green" golf balls on the market already. Who knows if they are any good though...
Just because they are "green" doesn't really mean anything. If they are made from recycled material they will still present the same issues and a regular ball.
kjr_trig
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Here is the company....They have been trying to sell me balls for about 6 months now....Interesting, but I will stick with Titleist for now at my course.
http://www.dixongolf.com/
http://www.dixongolf.com/
bionicarm
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Originally Posted by Fishtaco
http:///forum/post/3169755
I don't see a tax anytime in the future, but people who hit them into lakes or the oceans need to be educated that they are actually polluting since they are not smart enough to figure it out on their own. Maybe give fish and game the authority to write a ticket for it. I sometimes kayak along a very pristine river that has a course along it and you can see thousands of ball in the river and it is not cool.
Fishtaco
I see visions of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer was hitting golf balls into the ocean, and and George was dating someone claiming he was a Marine Biologist. They were walking the beach when they came upon a crowd looking at a beached whale. You she the girl chiding George to do something, then they fade away back to Seinfeld's apartment. George shows up, talks about saving the whale, and when they asked how he save it, he says, "I pulled this out of its blowhole", as he pulls a golf ball out of his pocket.
http:///forum/post/3169755
I don't see a tax anytime in the future, but people who hit them into lakes or the oceans need to be educated that they are actually polluting since they are not smart enough to figure it out on their own. Maybe give fish and game the authority to write a ticket for it. I sometimes kayak along a very pristine river that has a course along it and you can see thousands of ball in the river and it is not cool.
Fishtaco
I see visions of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer was hitting golf balls into the ocean, and and George was dating someone claiming he was a Marine Biologist. They were walking the beach when they came upon a crowd looking at a beached whale. You she the girl chiding George to do something, then they fade away back to Seinfeld's apartment. George shows up, talks about saving the whale, and when they asked how he save it, he says, "I pulled this out of its blowhole", as he pulls a golf ball out of his pocket.
reefraff
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Originally Posted by kjr_trig
http:///forum/post/3170218
Here is the company....They have been trying to sell me balls for about 6 months now....Interesting, but I will stick with Titleist for now at my course.
http://www.dixongolf.com/
Thing is being recyclable doesn't mean it is going to break down after sitting in the water for however many years. It is kinda like the move away from tin cans. Aluminum is nice but if it is thrown in a lake it will be there until someone removes it. Tin would break down over time. Not sure if there was other nastiness in the tin that was bad
http:///forum/post/3170218
Here is the company....They have been trying to sell me balls for about 6 months now....Interesting, but I will stick with Titleist for now at my course.
http://www.dixongolf.com/
Thing is being recyclable doesn't mean it is going to break down after sitting in the water for however many years. It is kinda like the move away from tin cans. Aluminum is nice but if it is thrown in a lake it will be there until someone removes it. Tin would break down over time. Not sure if there was other nastiness in the tin that was bad
reefraff
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Originally Posted by bionicarm
http:///forum/post/3170258
I see visions of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer was hitting golf balls into the ocean, and and George was dating someone claiming he was a Marine Biologist. They were walking the beach when they came upon a crowd looking at a beached whale. You she the girl chiding George to do something, then they fade away back to Seinfeld's apartment. George shows up, talks about saving the whale, and when they asked how he save it, he says, "I pulled this out of its blowhole", as he pulls a golf ball out of his pocket.
I liked the opening scene of Armageddon. Bruce Willis was on the helo deck of an oil platform hitting balls at the greenpeace boat protesting his oil rig.
http:///forum/post/3170258
I see visions of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer was hitting golf balls into the ocean, and and George was dating someone claiming he was a Marine Biologist. They were walking the beach when they came upon a crowd looking at a beached whale. You she the girl chiding George to do something, then they fade away back to Seinfeld's apartment. George shows up, talks about saving the whale, and when they asked how he save it, he says, "I pulled this out of its blowhole", as he pulls a golf ball out of his pocket.
I liked the opening scene of Armageddon. Bruce Willis was on the helo deck of an oil platform hitting balls at the greenpeace boat protesting his oil rig.