We found HUNDREDS of USED Golf balls but are they any good?

[@russellward9662]

Excellent Sunday Morning Show with the family. Great to see it!! Yes, when my boys were young we spent a lot of time finding and washing golf balls. They would sell them to me for 50c each. Now they are grown up with teen-agers of their own, and still enjoy finding lost balls and playing them when faced with a tee shot over water.

[@anthonykennedy6936]

Such a lovely show and family ❤

[@alanrowney2222]

Lovely to see the family getting involved Dan. One of my favourite Sunday Morning Shows for ages..... (and they're always good!)

[@timstubbs4827]

What a great advert for family golf. Well done Dan. Perranporth looks mint! You should get your wife on the Channel covering ladies golf and equipment and tips and 'stuff' - if she'd do it that is.

[@DanHendriksenGolf]

Nice idea, she is not interested sadly

[@timstubbs4827]

😔

[@rolfvandulst1605]

Great to see you getting out with the family making memories that they'll share with their kids one day.

[@andrewprice4565]

Right kids Rules of the day. No crying, no arguing and no laughing at Mummy! And Dan that includes you, especially if you loose to your kids!! Great Sunday show, I was able to watch it with my 9 yr old grandson who was staying over, before his football match this morning. He is getting into golf and was watching intently to see how far your kids could hit a ball.

[@alanpenney3084]

Brilliant episode, lovely to see you and the family out there having fun, by the way who would laugh at mums swing, I'm envious 😅

[@peternicolle199]

The best Sunday show I have seen Dan. I have trained my Springer Spaniels to find golf balls and they always come back with loads. Always use found golf balls. Pro v1 are always the most popular ball being found.

[@timdench2583]

Great episode Dan. Great idea to include your family. Good advert for junior golf.

[@iainmartin1015]

Excellent show as usual Dan. Great to see the family out for a game. Loving the course rules. They should be on a board at every first tee.

[@oldgippersuk3887]

A real double whammy SMS this week. Lovely family video followed by a fascinating bit of ball testing. Great stuff Dan.

[@boatbuilder781]

One of your best, really enjoyable. Thanks Dan

[@rahuljain7830]

Was a lovely watch. Touched the heart to see the kids digging out the balls !

[@youcancallmeaugustus7559]

One of the best Sunday Morning Shows! I was entertained.

[@jeffdyke1718]

One of our senior members finds thousands of golf balls every year in the ponds and rough. He gives them away to our senior members and even remembers which make and model you play, so no need to buy new. Great show again and good to see the family enjoying themselves.👍

[@johnwillis1630]

Nice to see the family Dan it was good to see your wife playing again. I've been told the best way to clean old golf balls is to put them in the dishwasher, I've never tried it myself.

[@russellmills2044]

I love a golf ball hunt. UV light at night and the rough lights up like Sellafield!! Psi for last years membership by selling all the balls I found. (Don’t tell the pro!!) Good episode👍

[@andrewjohnston5942]

Very different and enjoyable video. I collect balls I find, and give them to the ladies who look after the juniors and beginners at our club.

[@davidmcdowell1570]

Just another great Sunday morning show look forward to them every week

[@c.shawnrobinson7101]

The kids are great. Monty is awesome. And Mom the star!

[@arobertsonalexrobertson1826]

Great Sunday morning show Dan I'm always on lookout for lost balls when on the course I clean them up and hand into local cancer charity shop they can't get enough of them.👍

[@Pud56]

Great family Dan, and they look like they enjoyed the golf

[@russpugh9570]

What a beautiful family you have Dan and it was really lovely to see you all playing together on the Golf course. Just a simple excerise like finding golf balls with the kids is great bonding time and you're building memories that'll stay with them. The dog loved it as well. 😁

[@robertalmeida3180]

Good morning Dan! Great video that brings back memories of golf ball hunts from days long ago! I golf regularly with a friend who retired from the Titleist Golf Ball Plant #3 in New Bedford, MA, where the ProV1 line of golf balls are made. From him, he said that the ProV1's (x included) have Urethane Elastomer covers. These covers allow, over time, moisture into the ball. They should be stored at home in the original packaging, out of sunlight. The balls that are found, especially the ones in ponds, are definitely affected by the environment. ( ever find one all bubbly looking?) It's another good reason not to risk your money in the used ball market. (there are other reasons too). Anyway keep the Sunday Morning show coming! Cheers!

[@DanHendriksenGolf]

That is good info Robert, thanks 👍

[@robertalmeida3180]

@@DanHendriksenGolf Welcome, Dan

[@teetimeteasers]

​@DanHendriksenGolf to be fair, the way we play golf on our channel, they're probably all mine 😆 ⛳️

[@devonboygonenative6683]

Great to see the family growing away Dan. I lose a lot of balls, but find more than I lose, just whilst on the course playing. Clean them up and use them.

[@robertblack2110]

In 2018 I retired and started to work at golf course, I played 1500 holes and found 700 balls that first year. My favorite is an old Karsten that is half pink and half white.You are right it is so much fun finding nests of balls. Keep up the hard work and enjoy that family as well. Love the show.

[@petercrews4709]

Loved that Sunday show. Here in France I find all the balls I need as the French give up looking for their lost balls within seconds! I pick out the premium make balls for playing and use the others in my practice net at home.

[@jeffreyewing1168]

Great video Dan, love to see how much fun the children had !!!

[@AlanHughes-s4o]

How lovely to see your family + dog having so much fun looking for golf balls and then all playing together. The mention of the balata cover brought back memories of golfing past. The data analysis of the reclaimed balls was fascinating. Maybe we need to be more aware of upcycling and reuse of discovered balls. Finders keepers, losers weepers.

[@charlesm783]

Great show Dan and fantastic to watching the kid’s enjoyment both looking for balls and the sense of achievement and playing the game. Even at 60 I still love hunting for balls, generally find two or three around. Rarely do I have to buy and people are equally generous with tees. As long as they are reasonable quality, difficult to tell the difference even for a single figure handicap. Despite what the manufacturer wants you to believe.

[@martynmurfitt-wrather7555]

First golf content I have watched since my self-imposed exit from the game - good to see you & the family having fun times together!

[@nickupjohn8586]

What a great idea for this Sunday show , loved seeing you all having such a fun time , played Perranporth many years ago when playing in the Cornish Festival, and I’ve wanted to go back ever since .

[@mikemcgowan1]

Great show dan. Nice to see you and the family out on the course having some fun. For me I tend to use balls I've found on the course or 'a' grade balls I've got off ebay. I did find that with using a whole mix off balls I preferred the callaway chrome soft so treated myself to some new ones. I still use the found/ebay ones as I don't feel so bad about losing them 😂

[@kevthepongo]

Loved that, Dan. My kids are both near enough in their 30s so reminders of this type of fun day out is most welcome. Interesting numbers too!

[@richardllewellyn2633]

Great to see you getting some lovely family time. We collect balls and give them to junior Ladies and beginners groups

[@kevtee6784]

Great show Dan this begs the question do golf balls have a shelf life. It's great to see family values, too.

[@roadtoscratchgolf3481]

Really lovely to see the family out golfing. Wish I had been introduced to golf at such a young age. I don’t play found or refurbished balls because they don’t function the way I expect, especially with wedges in my hand. I may pick them up and use them when practicing but never to play a round. Vice balls are rated quite well in ball lab from My Golf Spy. Cheers.

[@Franksbuster]

How nice was that to watch! I'm trying to get my 10 and 8yr olds into golf and in this modern age any footage of kids playing is a great thing. KZbin needs more golf content for the younger kids. Well done the Hendricksen family ❤❤

[@SteveLinton-Golf]

I watched this earlier before I went to Dinnaton for 9 holes,I found about 9 balls in the leaves there,it's always nice to find balls,I lost one though! What a great family video,you have a great family Dan 👍

[@nickyc162]

What a great video Dan. A great idea going and finding the balls as a family and then testing them I really enjoyed it. 👏 👏

[@micksumo]

This brings me back to my youth finding mint Tour Balatas feeling like i had won the lottery... getting 3 and then going on the putting green with my maxfli tad moore! The guy that had a go at you as juniors what an absolute clown! Your kids and doggo living their best lives! Mum absolutely stripes one down the first!!

[@samtaylor5238]

Brilliant Dan, what it’s all about, ‘golf’ is so much more than 18 holes. Some of my fondest memories at the golf course as a junior didn’t involve hitting a shot

[@martinkscott]

My favourite pastime at Western Gailes in Ayrshire,found loads and loads over the years 👌🏻👌🏻

[@timothybevis6095]

I've been a fan of your channel for 5 years . This was a great video with your family. As far as lost golf balls, I will play provs when I find them. But I will normally buy a dozen of cheaper balls per year. Usually Titleist velocity or my newest ball Taylor made softs. There just not at 50.00. Or more. About $25-$30 per dozen. Thanks Dan for another great Sunday morning

[@johnwillis1630]

Makes me feel good and confident to start a round with a brand new ball.

[@cliveglaze9837]

Really enjoyed watching that Sunday Morning Show. I don’t keep a Pro V1 for long they just like the trees and long grass for some reason. But a Callaway Chrome Soft usually gets worn out! Great watch and nice to see the family enjoying some time away.

[@davemartin7010]

Great show Dan, my son on most Sunday evenings armed with his uv light walks around our local course and comes home with carrier bag’s full of golf balls, I haven’t had to buy a golf ball for years😂

[@grahamparkyn1590]

I got a few Pro V1’s left hidden at Perran, well i did have until you guys turned up….our course is a gem and looked after brilliantly by Rob and his team…

[@beachfraser3747]

Down your neck of the woods this week, Sidmouth , Teignmouth and Axcliff Wed, Thur, and Fri should be alot of fun¬! greetings Fraser

[@stuartmcinnes2903]

Great family activity. I restocked my practice bag with grade A lakeballs recently as I wasn’t playing enough to fill it by topping it up with balls as I completed rounds. They do a job but apparently a ball only needs to be under water for a few hours before its integrity is compromised. Could be another video idea for you comparing different grades and suppliers? Found balls in the elements I dare say aren’t as quick to deteriorate. Wouldn’t recommend anyone to use refurbs as you don’t know what original ball is underneath the new paint job. You can find a half decent ball for the same price new I bet.

[@grahamrushby5959]

Really enjoyed that one, you and Laura have a lovely family… and the children already look like players.. hope it was a great week in Perranporth! I buy new balls and have a cheaper ball for winter as pretty much everything stops on greens here . Winter is mizuno… and seed SD02 for summer. Tried lake balls and refurbs, they were all incredibly inconsistent… the paint and text said it was the real thing…. But it was clearly different ball each time! I appreciate everyone has a budget, so if you have a set price, i would suggest a player buys a consistent ball even if it costs a bit less.

[@robertbogdan7058]

Wonderful family. Very nice to see.

[@nickelkin3894]

What a great video! Love seeing the kids having fun and enjoying their golf!

[@kelvingair1888]

Great show Dan. I've had great fun over the years going golf ball hunting as I call it 👌👍

[@angelarichards3588]

Lovely to see the family out golfing and on such a beautiful course. Golf balls. I play new Wilson duo balls . I like to think that my balls are going to be used by future champions 😂. Great video again Dan xx

[@PhilJemson]

Great video again, find quite a few and don't lose many. Found a Churston logo ball in the park adjacent to Oaks Park Golf course in Carshalton - a long way from home.

[@stephenbeach1933]

Very true about the refurb balls. Hit and miss plus they cut up easily as they are coated. The Slazenger is crap...😄

[@davehurley26]

Fantastic family video 👍👍

[@joecook8352]

Wonderful SMS great to see you and your family having fun and making memories! I don’t play found balls, I like a tour type ball that gives me good spin on the greens. I’ve read to many articles back in the day about how a golf ball starts losing its performance pretty quickly in a very short time. I play Maxfli tour X as they are highly rated and a good value. I play Titleist pro v1x in tournaments sometimes. I will play a found tour ball of a different brand if it looks fresh to see how it performs during a casual round from time to time. Thanks for sharing some of your precious family with us Dan and God bless you and yours!

[@rhodridavies5005]

So many memories, just what we always did in the 80s. Play 9 in the morning, basket of chips for lunch and 18 in the afternoon. Go and look for golf balls for a few hours before parentsl pick up..... On the test front i wonder how they would perform in the real world, if they were misshappen, badly refinished etc, those downrange trajectory flights maybe the bigger issue. Im guessing Quad just extrapolates what it sees in that millisecond at contact so the results could be even worse when wind hits it. Paint overload on those refinished balls is suspect which would also have an impact downrange. I'd avoid them as you say....... Keep up the great content, been with you since the start, always an enjoyable watch.

[@Pud56]

I just purchased some Penfold Golf balls, they have been relaunched, the Penfold Ace is a distance ball, the hearts are 4 piece urethane Prov equivalent at around £25 per dozen, lets see if they stack up.

[@michaelbledsoe1060]

Hi Dan, good one, love seeing the family. All looking well. I look for golf balls all the time, some I keep, some I don't. Mondays and Tuesdays are the best days. I generally keep three or four at a time. And I do my best to keep moving as well. Titleist and Callaway are the two I find most often. Most of my buddies have extendable ball retrievers for creeks and ponds, but I don't. Cheers from Texas.🤠🏌️⛳

[@philwinstanley7899]

Nice to see a family Hendricksen golf match. Laura's swing still looks good as do the kids. Recently had a few days in Southport with my son and a couple of friends. We played Formby ladies & Hillside. Every time they found a ball they gave them to me as they only use Callaway chrome soft. I ended up with about 15 pro v1's 😊

[@drichcymru]

Great vid Dan, nice to see the whole fam out on the course. Only once have I made the mistake of buying "refinished" balls. Performed more like a joke ball and went in the bin. Always like finding nuggets out on the course. Only ones I get wary of are balls fished out of ponds. If they have been sat there for a while and been stained by the silt, unless they clean up easily I chuck them to avoid any wierd results.

[@simonwalker1611]

That looked great fun on and off the golf course Dan👍

[@neilgould3869]

I love hunting for balls with my sons using a uv torch, giving lost balls another chance. I would've agreed with you a few years ago, that Callaway are most likely to be found. Now it's definitely a relatively even split between Titleist, Taylormade, Callaway and then the rogue brands. I'm sure courses will vary based on there members preference. Great to see you and the family having a lovely holiday 😊

[@alfiepar722]

Lovely family Dan 👍

[@jamessteven2727]

My family had some of our best dog walks at dainton over covid. Out for a good few hours hunting for balls. Kids didn't moan once!

[@Erictheking66]

Nice video Dan... we went to Cornwall with the dogs a couple of years ago and went on the beach ⛱️ at Perranporth, I'd like to have a knock there it looks like a challenge. Shame it's a 5-6 hour drive or I'd be down that way playing links golf throughout the winter. I live in the North West, the links courses up here are still silly expensive even in the winter months. As for balls I use new balls as I'm off 2 and don't lose that many. I peg up in competitions with a fresh ball, if I do lose it I use one which has been used in a previous comp.

[@johnnyballbag8916]

No joke, I literally have to give my weekend playing partners the same speech before each round. No crying, no arguing and no laughing at Mummy. It gets weird sometimes.

[@Pud56]

Same as you, as a junior finding balls funded our game, some for us to play, the rest we sold and it paid for my bus fares and the occasional lunch when i forgot my sandwiches. Playing 3 rounds a day was hungry business

[@craig3775]

Bring back balatas Dan ❤ hope you had a great holiday 🎉🍷🏌️

[@patricktaylor4479]

Great video , Perranporth looks lovely.

[@Baz303]

So many memories as a kid looking for golf balls. We used to have a shopping basket on some rope and dredge the ponds on the local course. These days good old Mum comes for a walk once a month and walks the rough. No joke she averages 10 golf balls each time. 😂 You should get a UV light and go at night 😉

[@jcStrickson24]

great video Dan, finding golf balls is always fun. my son uses the balls we find as he has not long started playing the game but we find mainly titleist and srixon’s.

[@jeffdavies2278]

Dan always for the found golf ball. Have of course used new in the past( or one hit wonders) as I like to call them. As a Saturday hacker? I believe golfers of our level can’t appreciate the difference new / old comparison, I can’t for one, only difference I get is it’s soft or like a pebble. I have some new pro v’s and pics in garage if interested 💶💶😀 Keep hunting… Oh another point new don’t swim any better than old.

[@grahamchandler300]

I have always used course found balls since I started playing golf 6 years ago, but not lake found balls. Never had an issue with course found balls and I am now a 10 handicap.

[@davidfletcher6836]

Srixon soft feel Ad333 and various callaway balls is what I normally find probably one in twenty is a titleist. Great that you can go out as a family and enjoy some golf 😀

[@kenhayward5720]

Hi Dan great vlog. I am a bit of a ball snob and use a Pro V1X new each round and then just chip with them after that. Win them in the NTP and comp so not that expensive and what the heck I try to only use 1 per round. Cheer to the family and keep up the good work

[@MarvinofMars]

Well done Dan and Family. I take my son and Daughter on at twlight for 6 holes and ball hunting. We havedone since Covid restrictions got lifted. We have to date 2300 Balls plus around ten egg boxes to family and friends. Prov1 double the amount of any other the AD333 then (>)Sirixion distance >soft feel. My favourite is playing old skool ball surprises with my mates. 1970s balls much smaller. Each player has to blindpick from the ( lucky bag) i got printed for the fun events. Balls are all fine.yes i have LOCOs found those.

[@paulessom1926]

Great episode Dan, nice to see the family out on the golf course. You suggested going to Links courses during the Winter, which ones would you recommend in the £50-£100 Green fee bracket?

[@johnfrancis8913]

Have been waiting for you to do a vid on this. I have a mixed bag, tend to use new balls in comps, and lake balls for practice / messing around. What's the difference between a lake ball and a refurb? I'm not clear on that. Great vid, you're very lucky to have a full family of golfers!

[@DanHendriksenGolf]

Think refurb balls are repainted and logo’d

[@evelinamarcus1545]

Hi Dan loved your family video at Perranporth , just wondered the lenght of shaft used by your great entertaining children as my partner is only 4 foot 7 inches tall ..thanks keep up the good work 😊

[@DanHendriksenGolf]

About 39/40 inches in length 👍

[@evelinamarcus1545]

@DanHendriksenGolf thanks Dan very much appreciated

[@glennbaugh-brown5209]

Great to see you and the family having a nice break Dan. Interesting video a ProV is always a good find but I wonder does the performance drop off after so many rounds and is there any real difference between a ball made in 2016 and now.

[@johnchandler3812]

Excellent vlog, well played

[@nickcrout8966]

Dan it's always great when you find a decent ball when out playing. I do purchase lake balls mainly for the winter. But I haven't had to buy any this year due to the amount I'm finding out on the course 🎉🎉

[@youcancallmeaugustus7559]

Nice kids and beautiful dog! Golf is a great family interest,

[@roberttaylor1801]

Loved the show. Golf doesn't have to be expensive. I find on average 15 balls per round. The make I find most of are Srixon, closely followed by Callaway and the cheaper Titleist. (Tru feel) In the winter when I am carrying the bag I don't pick them up because I am carrying the bag but when I have the trolley I pick up lots. I use some of them of course and sell the rest. From my point of view they perform very well. However any I find in the water that I use which is not many tbh i find perform less well. There is many many debates on Lake Balls on the internet. The general consensus is the harder covered balls in doesn't make much difference but the urethane covered ones it makes them perform less well. I don't use Prov1 tbh but I have tried Lake Balls and they seem to fly less far. Enjoyed the show

[@idttaylor1977]

Like many others I find plenty when I play (pays to spray it around a bit), although I do have a quality control process so probably only pick up 60%. I would say the most common ball I find is a Srixon or Callaway. Seems Perranporth has a better quality of lost ball

[@nicmansfield5769]

Can’t go wrong with Vice balls, especially the green and orange in the winter.

[@kprice04]

I reckon some of those Pro V1s are mine, I lost a load the only time I played at Perranporth 😂

[@garydavis8213]

Great lookin kids you’ve got there, Dan. Very sweet. Congratulations. 121 balls: Wow. Great job!

[@graemeferguson4946]

Your wife has a lovely swing. Btw I use found balls all the time, certainly for bounce games. I've never noticed a problem. Who doesn't like finding a nice newish Pro V1?

[@briarmeadow]

As a dad that’s gotta be the best day ever for you.

[@mentonish]

Dan, I would love to know what can one do with old golf balls, here in france no one knows

[@carpykeith]

Vice Pro is ProV1 equivalent, Pro Plus is Pro V1 equivalent (4 piece/firmer) and they do Pro Air which is a tour quality ball for slower swing speeds! The Loco is a low compression distance ball by Dunlop, my wife played one for a short time! My son was given 2 x 24 boxes of “refurb” ProV1’s! Out of 48, two were fit to play and several were overpainted Callaways!

[@paulmcgee1867]

Same then

[@jsnyder0512]

This was a fun video.

[@markrobinson3060]

Great test that Dan my pal used to swear by the cheaper end of the ball market he was a slicer off the tee and a less spinner ball would help him keep it on the planet basically his favourite was the Slazenger v100 and v300 I used to take my daughter out with me when she was little I used to play and she used to go find golf balls I’d give her 25 p for a half decent one and 50 p a almost new one great way to get your kids out in the fresh air also I had to limit it to a fiver a time after few visits as she was finding so many had littery buckets full of em

[@peterdeasy8176]

I would do the same at my club except the rough is tangled bush and difficult to get through. If I did I may find some, most would have been mine originally. 🤣🤣😎

[@paulmcgee1867]

For me a found ball is generally very worn but occasionally ok. We keep a few for shots over water and call them lake balls. Very often they are Prov V 1 that should have been thrown away years ago. They are lost for a reason (too old to play).