Do you talk to your ball?

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Hotsauce — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:26:11 GMT

[quote user="Grant T"]

Doesn't everyone?

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Surprisingly no. Now that I've noticed it, I would say about 3/4 do, but there's plenty of people out there who apparently communicate telepathically with their Pro V's...

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Dan C — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:12:13 GMT

Of course I do! Get up, get down, spin, sit, goooooooo!!!!!! Kick left, bounce right, come back, get down, stay there, stay up, I could keep going with more of the things I say to my ProV1's.

- Dan C.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Grant T — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:51:51 GMT

Doesn't everyone?

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Hotsauce — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:39:33 GMT

[quote user="Alex C"]

I talk but it does not listen. Now I know what my wife must feel like.

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Best response yet!

I played in a little tournament on Monday and hooked one into the wood. I yelled "spit it out" right as it went into the tree line and sure enough it did. Gotta love when it works out.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

PDADoc — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:47:39 GMT

Absolutely not! I've seen people doing it, however; I find it quite strange, not amusing, but odd. That's just me.

Really? LOL!

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Thomas B — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:09:46 GMT

I not only talk to my ball, I talk to every ball in the group.

I even talk to lost balls.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

killerbgolfer — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:25:08 GMT

I talk but it does not listen. Now I know what my wife must feel like.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

ruth t — Sun, 20 May 2012 12:15:56 GMT

All the time! I learned it from watching the LPGA on tv. Lots of times it listens....more times than not.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Jason C — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:09:35 GMT

I do....and it ignores me.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Paul Garoppo — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:35:21 GMT

Josh, If I thought it would help, I certainly would. I will have to pay attention today to see if I like you, talk to it without knowing....

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

fred k — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:27:38 GMT

why don't you just go home! that's your home! are you too good for your home?!?

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Christopher P — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:10:35 GMT

I like to shape shots as much as possible. If I look at an approach shot and playing a little knockdown 3/4 shot is best and I hit it just like I want, I hate it when someone starts yelling "get up, get up". I'm saying "be right, be right". What upsets me even more is when it ends up inside 10' and they look at me and say "you hit that one thin didn't you?". What I really want to do is go pick up my 10" long divot and slap them with it!

Basically, I talk to my ball all the time, but it really upsets me for someone else to talk to it. It's kinda like kissing my wife.... I can do it, but I don't want you doing it!

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

tom d — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:09:07 GMT

no i dont talk i shout at it but it never listens to me but its totally normal every1 i have played with does it

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Geoffrey B — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:06:39 GMT

i often ask my ball why it never goes straight!

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Cody D — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:53:09 GMT

haha, yes. I have a Helen Keller golf ball...it never has eyes for the pin.and it cant hear what I tell it to do.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Lou G — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:22:54 GMT

[quote user="Monty m"]

Of course I talk to my ball, my driver, my hybrids, my irons, my putter. I have putters and wedges that have been banished to the dark basement because they don't behave.

[/quote] Ditto. Judge Smails ain't got a thing on the Kid. Whoa! Billy Billy! Forty THOUSAND dollars!

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Bryan W — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:19:13 GMT

I don't talk to the ball and my buddies know I don't like them to talk to it either. I guess it goes against the idea of letting go of the outcome and just focusing on what you can control. However it is fun to listen to others yell at the ball, most of the time to no avail. Cheers!

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Monty m — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:53:21 GMT

Of course I talk to my ball, my driver, my hybrids, my irons, my putter. I have putters and wedges that have been banished to the dark basement because they don't behave.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

Bill H — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:18:00 GMT

I talk to my ball, yell at my ball, give my ball the silent treatment, anything to get that little white dimpled sphere to go where I want it to go. Usually with little effect. While I continue to talk to my golf ball, I am convinced they do not listen.

I have also been know to talk to my putter, which is a love/hate relationship. I have even locked my putter in a closet for a weekend to discipline him. Believe it or not, this actually worked and he began to make more putts after that.

Re: Do you talk to your ball?

David Browning — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:53:38 GMT

[quote user="Josh G"]

I've never noticed myself doing it, but apparently I talk to my ball on most shots. After being told I do, I notice it all the time. It seems like almost everyone does it. So how about you?