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The Great Golfball Caper
« on: July 10, 2007, 01:26:40 PM »
Ran across this over at the Associated Press.... wonder if they will be cannon or mortar fodder.

 BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) -- Nearly 4,800 fluorescent yellow golf balls are missing from a suburban Kansas City golf course after someone raided the facility's driving range.

Sunflower Hills Golf Course head professional Jeff Johnson said it would have taken someone hours Sunday night to pick the balls up from the range, where they were scattered after being hit earlier in the night.

And he has no idea whether the theft was an expensive prank - with an estimated loss of $2,700, the crime is considered a felony - or if the culprits intend to try to sell the balls, with their big stripe and about half with Dr. Pepper logos on them.

"That or they are some really bad golfers who need some range balls to practice with - a lot to practice with," Johnson said.

He discovered the theft Monday morning when he went to set up the driving range and noticed that there were no balls in the landing area.

It appeared that someone had driven a vehicle onto the range. The balls, Johnson said, would have filled a pickup truck's bed.

"It by far is not the weirdest thing I have seen," said Bonner Springs Police Detective Jay Oliver. "It is definitely offbeat. It is not a common occurrence."

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Information from: The Kansas City Star
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Re: The Great Golfball Caper
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2007, 01:35:35 PM »
one thing is for sure, those balls won't be hard to spot........
PALADIN had a gun.....I have guns, mortars, and cannons!

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Re: The Great Golfball Caper
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2007, 01:58:43 PM »
It wasn't me, I'm innocent: however I'll be on the look out for cut price ammo, as i only live about 30 minutes away from Bonner Springs.  Tracy

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Re: The Great Golfball Caper
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2007, 02:01:25 PM »
i'm thinking Tracy[m223] did it.............
PALADIN had a gun.....I have guns, mortars, and cannons!

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Re: The Great Golfball Caper
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2007, 02:51:22 PM »
ebay is full of golf balls. I jut got 200 for under $20. They ain't gunna get rich  :)

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Re: The Great Golfball Caper
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2007, 02:52:45 PM »
psst !!

Hey buddy -


Want to buy a golf ball?

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Re: The Great Golfball Caper
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2007, 02:57:24 PM »
Tim, it couldn't have been you, i'm still thinking Tracy [m223] did it...........
PALADIN had a gun.....I have guns, mortars, and cannons!

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Re: The Great Golfball Caper
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2007, 03:06:07 PM »
It couldn't be me. My pickup has so many holes in the bed that it would of left a  40 mile trail of fluorescent golf balls right to my door. besides I'm way to lazy to pick up 4500 golf balls.   

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Re: The Great Golfball Caper
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2007, 06:58:34 PM »
If I were the detective on this case I'd bee line it to the emergency rooms and/or all the local chiropractors in the area.

After picking up 4700 golf balls the person has GOT to have a sore back.

Bill