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Date: 28 Jan 2007 00:32:27
From: Dave Lee
Subject: The Absolutely Worst Golf Ball Ever Found
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Found a ball in a swampy area when playing the other day. Of course it
wasn't my ball we were looking for - the swamp was on the right :-)
It was a pre-XL2000 Topflight. It was an "X-OUT". It had "USEDGOLFBALLS.COM"
stamped on it. And it seems pretty obvious that this company is now out of
business as their URL has been acquired by "GOLFBALLS.COM".
So here we have a true RockFlight era ball that was a reject. It had been
lost and found once, acquired by a (now) bankrupt company, and then lost
again.
Oh yeah - it had been sitting in swampy land long enough that it had the
color of VERY weak tea.
I do believe that this qualifies as the worst golf ball every found (short
of maybe a balata ball that is now mostly square or something). A friend of
mine wanted it as some kind of gag gift so I traded him for a sleeve of
Pro-V1's. Not quite right - I gave it to him.
dave
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Date: 28 Jan 2007 10:11:09
From: bizook
Subject: Re: The Absolutely Worst Golf Ball Ever Found
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On Jan 27, 10:25 pm, "Dave Lee" <DaveLe...@ix.netcom.RemovE.com >
wrote:
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> > Sounds like the perfect ball for me to use when I have to hit over water.
> > This thing couldn't clear a mud puddle formed after 0.1" rain in the desert
Take more club. ;)
-andy
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Date: 28 Jan 2007 15:17:01
From: Bear
Subject: Re: The Absolutely Worst Golf Ball Ever Found
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On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:32:27 GMT, "Dave Lee"
<DaveLeeNC@ix.netcom.RemovE.com > wrote:
>Found a ball in a swampy area when playing the other day. Of course it
>wasn't my ball we were looking for - the swamp was on the right :-)
>
>It was a pre-XL2000 Topflight. It was an "X-OUT". It had "USEDGOLFBALLS.COM"
>stamped on it. And it seems pretty obvious that this company is now out of
>business as their URL has been acquired by "GOLFBALLS.COM".
>
>So here we have a true RockFlight era ball that was a reject. It had been
>lost and found once, acquired by a (now) bankrupt company, and then lost
>again.
>
>Oh yeah - it had been sitting in swampy land long enough that it had the
>color of VERY weak tea.
>
>I do believe that this qualifies as the worst golf ball every found (short
>of maybe a balata ball that is now mostly square or something). A friend of
>mine wanted it as some kind of gag gift so I traded him for a sleeve of
>Pro-V1's. Not quite right - I gave it to him.
Do you think he would want a few more just like it?!?!?!
Pulled one out of a creek last week and there was no way of reading
the brand. It had been there for a few years.
There is a little nine holer north of me that has a creek that runs
through the middle of it. A couple of years ago they decided to clean
up the creek so the course brought in a backhoe. I met the backhoe
operator a while later and he was telling me that they dredged up
multiple garbage cans worth of crappy old balls from the creek. I
believe it as the course is cheap and the creek is in play for 8 of
the holes.
Sort of on the topic. I have kept a few balls (and other stuff) I have
found on courses because of the logo or... One I found was a John Daly
autograph ball that was in a bucket of balls at a range. Another is a
Tiger autographed Titleist ball advertizing American Express. An Advil
ball, a ball with "keep you eyes on the ball" printed around a buxom
blonde and a couple of others.
The funniest thing I have found and kept is a long tee that was broken
and then fixed with electrical tape and then broken again. I want to
meet the cheap bastard that would keep tape in his bag to fix tees but
will only fix them once!
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Date: 27 Jan 2007 18:11:11
From: Bob L
Subject: Re: The Absolutely Worst Golf Ball Ever Found
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"Dave Lee" <DaveLeeNC@ix.netcom.RemovE.com > wrote in message
news:vaSuh.17908$w91.8043@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Found a ball in a swampy area when playing the other day. Of course it
> wasn't my ball we were looking for - the swamp was on the right :-)
>
> It was a pre-XL2000 Topflight. It was an "X-OUT". It had
> "USEDGOLFBALLS.COM"
> stamped on it. And it seems pretty obvious that this company is now out of
> business as their URL has been acquired by "GOLFBALLS.COM".
>
> So here we have a true RockFlight era ball that was a reject. It had been
> lost and found once, acquired by a (now) bankrupt company, and then lost
> again.
>
> Oh yeah - it had been sitting in swampy land long enough that it had the
> color of VERY weak tea.
>
> I do believe that this qualifies as the worst golf ball every found (short
> of maybe a balata ball that is now mostly square or something). A friend
> of
> mine wanted it as some kind of gag gift so I traded him for a sleeve of
> Pro-V1's. Not quite right - I gave it to him.
>
> dave
>
>
Sounds like the perfect ball for me to use when I have to hit over water.
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Date: 28 Jan 2007 03:25:15
From: Dave Lee
Subject: Re: The Absolutely Worst Golf Ball Ever Found
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"Bob L" <nospam@nospam.com > wrote in message
news:NqmdnV9IkqylmyHYnZ2dnUVZ_rWnnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
> "Dave Lee" <DaveLeeNC@ix.netcom.RemovE.com> wrote in message
> news:vaSuh.17908$w91.8043@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > Found a ball in a swampy area when playing the other day. Of course it
> > wasn't my ball we were looking for - the swamp was on the right :-)
> >
> > It was a pre-XL2000 Topflight. It was an "X-OUT". It had
> > "USEDGOLFBALLS.COM"
> > stamped on it. And it seems pretty obvious that this company is now out
of
> > business as their URL has been acquired by "GOLFBALLS.COM".
> >
> > So here we have a true RockFlight era ball that was a reject. It had
been
> > lost and found once, acquired by a (now) bankrupt company, and then lost
> > again.
> >
> > Oh yeah - it had been sitting in swampy land long enough that it had the
> > color of VERY weak tea.
> >
> > I do believe that this qualifies as the worst golf ball every found
(short
> > of maybe a balata ball that is now mostly square or something). A friend
> > of
> > mine wanted it as some kind of gag gift so I traded him for a sleeve of
> > Pro-V1's. Not quite right - I gave it to him.
> >
> > dave
> >
> >
>
> Sounds like the perfect ball for me to use when I have to hit over water.
>
This thing couldn't clear a mud puddle formed after 0.1" rain in the desert
:-)
dave
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Date: 28 Jan 2007 09:07:03
From: Bob L
Subject: Re: The Absolutely Worst Golf Ball Ever Found
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"Dave Lee" <DaveLeeNC@ix.netcom.RemovE.com > wrote in message
news:vIUuh.15427$pQ3.4@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
> "Bob L" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:NqmdnV9IkqylmyHYnZ2dnUVZ_rWnnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>
>> "Dave Lee" <DaveLeeNC@ix.netcom.RemovE.com> wrote in message
>> news:vaSuh.17908$w91.8043@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> > Found a ball in a swampy area when playing the other day. Of course it
>> > wasn't my ball we were looking for - the swamp was on the right :-)
>> >
>> > It was a pre-XL2000 Topflight. It was an "X-OUT". It had
>> > "USEDGOLFBALLS.COM"
>> > stamped on it. And it seems pretty obvious that this company is now out
> of
>> > business as their URL has been acquired by "GOLFBALLS.COM".
>> >
>> > So here we have a true RockFlight era ball that was a reject. It had
> been
>> > lost and found once, acquired by a (now) bankrupt company, and then
>> > lost
>> > again.
>> >
>> > Oh yeah - it had been sitting in swampy land long enough that it had
>> > the
>> > color of VERY weak tea.
>> >
>> > I do believe that this qualifies as the worst golf ball every found
> (short
>> > of maybe a balata ball that is now mostly square or something). A
>> > friend
>> > of
>> > mine wanted it as some kind of gag gift so I traded him for a sleeve of
>> > Pro-V1's. Not quite right - I gave it to him.
>> >
>> > dave
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Sounds like the perfect ball for me to use when I have to hit over water.
>>
>
> This thing couldn't clear a mud puddle formed after 0.1" rain in the
> desert
> :-)
>
Neither can most of my attempts over water, even with okay golf balls. :-)
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