Cheap Golf Ball Supplier?

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Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:46 pm

I'm sure this question has been asked before but I couldn't find it with the search so here it is.

Have any of you guys found an online retailer that sells cheap golf balls or range balls. I've found a site that sells range balls for $0.20 a ball but you have to buy 50 dozen balls...


If there's another thread asking the same question point me to it and I will delete this one.

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Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:12 pm

you mean like say 500 balls for 8 bucks?
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Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:13 pm

Ebay is pretty good. Look for range balls or practice balls. You can get them for $0.11 a ball (including shipping) if you buy 300, not sure about lesser quantities, but I imagine you can still get a pretty good deal.
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Go to the closest golf course at night and fish em out of the ponds. bring a swimsuit and towel!
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Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:03 am

benstern wrote:Go to the closest golf course at night and fish em out of the ponds. bring a swimsuit and towel!
I'm sure if you asked they might let you after hours while no one is golfing
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Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:51 am

I'm sure if you asked they might let you after hours while no one is golfing
A lot of courses won't do that because of liabilty reasons, and i know several in my area (and in texas, cali, and arizona) who have already promised the balls to a company(s) that fish them out.
Just sneak in at night and walk around the out a bounds areas and near the driving range, you'll find probably a couple hundred balls easy, and its great excercise. Not that i'm endorsing trespassing or anything, just a little environmental protection....
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I used to do that when I was about 12-13,go in the ponds and sell the balls we found for 50cents a piece,we had a crew of about 5 at once and found well over 1000 balls in about 4 hours,and the people that owned the golfcourse didn't care one single bit infact some of them brought balls off us.Hit the golfcourse up for balls for sure,your bound to find a lot.

You could also just go to a 2nd hand store of a Pawn Broker and ask them to do a deal for there crappiest balls,such as 5 for a Dollar etc.
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this past winter(new england) I went into the bushes at the high class golf course near the wet areas and got 60-80- balls a trip. they were every where!! I got 500-600 balls. I give my golf buddys the Pro-v's + Calaway's
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Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:29 pm

well all are driving ranges are far away from the club house so you do the math hahahaha.my golf bag wieghs a bit more when i leave.
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I bought about 100 golfballs at a thrift store.
It was a good deal, considering that I paid nothing;)

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Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:09 pm

Wow Trae I thought you were being sarcastic in your first post but now I see you were serious! 500 balls for 8 bucks sounds fairly reasonable :lol: I think I will order about two thousand... :D

@ Locksmith.. I can picture you walking to your car and dropping your golf bag and hundreds of balls rolling everywhere... lmao

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.
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i usually go to the local pawn shop around here where i live. bag full of balls (50 or more if you can fit them) for around 5 or 6 dollars.
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Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:25 pm

frankrede wrote:
benstern wrote:Go to the closest golf course at night and fish em out of the ponds. bring a swimsuit and towel!
I'm sure if you asked they might let you after hours while no one is golfing
I have a buddy of mine who used to get paid to do this. Within one week, he gathered enough golf balls to fill 4 milk crates.
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