Man Intentionally Loses 3,000 Golf Balls in Desert
Friday, September 18th, 2009
The scene of a bizarre golf act. (Green/Flickr) GROWING UP PLAYING GOLF in the California desert, I hit my share of wayward shots into the sandy dirt, Joshua trees and tumbleweed. Some of my golf balls dove into gopher holes and many disappeared elsewhere in the desert landscapes that adjoined the fairways of my youth. I lost countless Top-Flites, Maxflis, Titleists, Wilson Staffs and Golden Rams. Yes, Golden Rams. It was that long ago. But I was no Douglas Jones. Jones, a 57-year-old La Qu