Well, let’s gab about them golf balls, you know, the little white things folks whack around in the fields. I’ve seen ’em, though I ain’t never played myself. Too busy with the chickens and the garden, ya know? But my grandson, he’s a whiz at it. Always talkin’ ’bout “sleeves” and such.
So, what’s a sleeve of golf balls, you ask? It ain’t somethin’ you wear, that’s for sure! It’s just a little package, kinda like them candy bars they sell at the store. Usually, you get three of them balls in one sleeve. Three! Don’t ask me why three, that’s just how they do it, I guess. Like eggs in a carton, always a dozen, mostly.
Now, if you go and buy a whole box of them golf balls, you’ll get more than just one sleeve. Usually, there’s four of them sleeves tucked in a box. So, you do the math – four sleeves, three balls each… that’s twelve golf balls in a box! Yep, a whole dozen, just like them eggs! Sometimes they sell bigger boxes too, I hear. Some got two dozen, some got three, even four dozen sometimes! That’s a whole lotta balls, let me tell ya. My grandson would lose them all in the weeds in a day, I betcha.
- Golf balls: Little white things, hard as rocks.
- Sleeve: A small pack, usually holds three golf balls.
- Box: Bigger pack, usually holds four sleeves, or twelve golf balls.
Why do they call it a “sleeve” anyways? Beats me! Maybe ’cause it’s long and skinny, like the sleeve on your shirt? Who knows how these city folks think up names for things. They got a name for everything, and most of it don’t make no sense to me.
My grandson, he’s always askin’ for more of them golf balls. Says he needs ’em for practice. Practicin’ what, I ask ya? Practicin’ losin’ ’em in the woods, more like it! He says you gotta have plenty, ’cause you lose ’em easy. Hit ’em too hard, they go flyin’ into the water, or the bushes, or who knows where. Then you gotta go huntin’ for ’em, like lookin’ for eggs, but they ain’t gonna be laying so pretty. He loses them so much that it is a good idea to buy a whole box so you can have enough for playing the game for a long time. Then if he gets really good, maybe there won’t be too many lost balls.
And them golf balls ain’t cheap neither! Not like them eggs I get from my hens. These city folk, they pay good money for them little white balls. It’s a whole business, I tell ya. They got all kinds of balls too, some fly farther, some spin more… it’s enough to make your head spin! And it’s like my old man used to say, “if you going to do a job, then you need to have the tools, or have the right stuff.” He was a carpenter and was talking about tools, but I think the same is true for these golf players, if they want to be good, they need the gear, and that includes a lot of them golf balls.
Buying golf ball sleeves is somethin’ you gotta think about if you’re gonna play this game. You don’t wanna run out in the middle of a round, right? So, you gotta stock up, like squirrelin’ away nuts for the winter. My grandson, he likes to buy them in bulk, get a whole big box at a time. That way, he’s got plenty to lose… I mean, to practice with! And you better pay attention when you buy them, too. Some of them sleeves might have special balls, limited edition, they call it. Fancy balls, for fancy folks, I guess. But most of the time, it is three to a sleeve like I told ya. It don’t matter if it is one box, one sleeve, or a whole bunch of boxes. If you want them balls you are going to get three in a sleeve. That is just what they do, and I am not about to argue about it.
So, there you have it, the lowdown on sleeves of golf balls, straight from the hen house, so to speak. Three balls in a sleeve, four sleeves in a box, usually. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed them chickens. They’re more reliable than golf balls, that’s for sure. At least I know where to find their eggs!
