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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 9:30 pm
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Are Golf Balls allowed through the security checkpoints?
Planning to take a flight tomorrow - but just realized that I will have about 9 golf balls with me. Am I allowed to carry them on, or are they checkin only?

If not allowed, I'd rather leave them home and not have to check a bag.

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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 9:31 pm
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Not a problem at all.
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 9:34 pm
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If some idiot in Bangladesh decides to try to put hydrogen peroxide in a golf ball some day I would suggest you take up tennis.
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 9:46 pm
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Don't see any problem with it.. Though, you are interacting with TSA..
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 10:56 pm
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Originally Posted by pranu
Planning to take a flight tomorrow - but just realized that I will have about 9 golf balls with me. Am I allowed to carry them on, or are they checkin only?

If not allowed, I'd rather leave them home and not have to check a bag.

Thanks!
They'll just feel them up
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 11:05 pm
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They will x-ray your balls.
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 12:36 am
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Originally Posted by mbstone
They will x-ray your balls.
Yeah, I think its should be fine and I don't have any problems from TSA with the golf balls. You can allowed it go through at checkpoints.
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 6:05 am
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Originally Posted by pranu
I will have about 9 golf balls with me. Am I allowed to carry them on, or are they checkin only?
That depends on whether or not the clerk "inspecting" your carry-on is either a golfer who'd like some new balls or has a ready market for "voluntarily surrendered" golf balls.
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 6:44 am
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That depends on whether or not the clerk "inspecting" your carry-on is either a golfer who'd like some new balls or has a ready market for "voluntarily surrendered" golf balls.
Yeah...I wouldn't take Pro V1's or anything, as they might end up being confiscated contraband for a TSO golfer.
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 7:18 am
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Yeah...I wouldn't take Pro V1's or anything, as they might end up being confiscated contraband for a TSO golfer.
When a friend got to his destination, he had 20% of his golf balls left.
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 8:04 am
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Thanks folks!
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 6:11 pm
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They will x-ray your balls.
post of the week right there, got a good chuckle out of me
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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 12:51 pm
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just call them prosthetics
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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 12:54 pm
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They will x-ray your balls.
Tee hee hee!
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