JohnEB
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I completely disagree, they are not even close to same. If you have or I have or anyone has reasonable suspicion that the some has your club, I see nothing wrong with a quick peak.
I have done it and I was right. The guy was speechless and his buddies apologetic. IMO of logic is on your side then nothing wrong with double checking. And it seems that more often then not you or I would be right.
^ Completely agree with this. Walking to random people and checking their bags -- I agree that is unacceptable. But in this situation, the group that was most likely to have found the club -- the group right behind them -- is fair game. Golf is, ideally, a game of honor -- but honor is not blindly given, it is earned. If I'm playing for something besides pride, and I see my opponent drop a spare ball when he cannot find the one in play, darn right I'm not going to accept it if he denies doing it. I won't fight about it, will even accept the outcome if he's insistant -- but I'll never wager with him again. In the mother and three sons case -- well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree, did it?
Back to the general topic -- everything I find (except lost balls and tees), gets turned into the golf shop. And before that, if I catch up to a group ahead, or pass them on back-and-forth fairways, I always ask " did you lose ...?"