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How long do you look for a lost ball

Usually not much more than 5 minutes, tops. If I didn't get a good read on where it went into a hazard, then I'm not going to give up my time to find the traitor of a ball anyway.
 
Five minutes. After that, I play the provisional.
 
Five MAX. If I don't see it after about 2, I start thinking she's gone and thinking about my provisional shot.
 
I usually have a pretty good idea where it ended up, and if it isn't in that general area I tend to move on pretty quickly. I do hate losing balls that are just in the rough though.
 
You can find all kinds of stuff in the desert, just gotta look. I found a sleeve (3 balls) from the same guy, all marked the same way, while looking for my golf balls in the right rough/desert. The found "sleeve" were better balls than the ones I was playing. Oh, and it was only 2-3 min search. It could have been "me" losing those balls.
 
I typically don't spend too much time searching, just a couple minutes max. I'm usually more concerned with slowing things down than finding the ball so don't like to search too long.
 
widespot said:
If I'm playing in league, 5 minutes. Other outings maybe a minute or two if there is no one behind me waiting.
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Same here. League, skins or other "official" round then the 5 minute rule applies.
 
Not very long.
 
A couple minutes. If I had an eye on it into the hazard I'll give it a slightly longer look. However, it's just a golf ball. Drop and hit and move on.

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Usally 1 minute or less if its mine. I play pretty quick,no sence in holding my group up for long over a ball

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Two minutes tops!!! I figure the reason it's lost is probably because the ball is damaged, not because of some issue with my golf game!!! (written in sarcasm font)
 
I will look a little longer if I am having a good round. No sense in blowing a chance at a PB over a lost ball because you didn't look long enough!
 
If it's in the trees I barely look at all. If it is in open rough I will search a couple of minutes but if everyone has hit their next shot I drop right away.

I cant stand when an entire foursome is searching for one ball.
 
A couple of minutes in a casual round. Use full allotted time if needed in a competitive round.
 
If I hit into a hazard, where a search will be required, I hit a provisional before our group leaves the tee box and then give the search a couple of minutes max, before moving on. MY reason being that it takes much more time to search for a lost ball and then return to the tee box to hit again. In some instances a drop zone is provided and a provisional from the tee not called for. On days when playing my home course and there is no crowd, or no group behind me, I'll search a bit longer... picking up other found lost balls along the way.
 
2minutes is probably my max.. in a tournament ill take as much time as alotted, but im not one to hold up the course for a bad shot.
 
If I'm casually playing usually less than 2 minutes. If it is a big match or a tournament then I usually use all the time I'm allowed


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No more than 2 minutes.
 
A minute or two tops. I used to play with a guy that would lose a fair amount of balls and take 5 minutes for all of them. Notice I said 'used to'. #whilewereyoung.
 
If there's no one behind me, maybe 5 minutes. If there's a group behind me, 2 minutes probably.
 
Really depends on where it disappears and the type of round. Some areas you're just hoping. Other's u have a legit shot at finding it. As long as it's reasonable I don't mind looking or others having to look.

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I will usually look for somebody else's ball longer than I do my own. I hate holding people up.
 
I usually look for a couple of minutes, just depends on how busy the course is.
 
Erky said:
Depends on the situation.
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This...if there is no group right behind I will spend a little more time, maybe even ball hawk a little.
 
Honestly, 30 seconds tops. I hate looking for balls. More often than not someone in my group will urge me to keep looking. If it's a competitive round, I may spend an entire minute looking.
 
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