If you hit a ball into someone's yard, do you retrieve it?

not unless its within club reach and I can stick my club through the fence and tap it back ot me

Fence, no.

Non-fenced, yes

I'll take a couple of steps into a yard if it's a large yard, and I usually take my hat off or something to show respect if at makes sense

not when it's out of bounds.

Depends on how far I have to go into their yard. If it's on the edge and I can easily get it, I'll go. If I took down half their roof with the ball, they can have it.

If they aren't outside I will. I won't hop a fence. I also assume we are talking about golf balls.

If there is a fence, people are relaxing in their back yard or I don't know where it is exactly I won't retrieve it. If I can see the ball and it is out in the open I will pick it up.

I don't live on a course, but I feel like most people that own houses on the course would find that reasonable. If they don't want you to, I would think they would put up a fence or like the property with bushes.

Fence is off limits to enter, anything else is fair game. I have walked up to someones back door to get my ball before.

Yeah, I figured the fence talk went without saying


I was just talking about the ball that you can see but it's clearly in someones yard

I've never jumped a fence, but I'll definitely keep my cart a good distance from their yard and walk up to get it.

I would think you have to be pretty hypocritical to buy a house on a golf course and get upset when a golf ball enters your yard.