Posted on Mon, Jul 18, 2011 : 12:25 p.m.
Golf flags reported stolen in Scio Township
By Lee Higgins
Seventeen golf flags were reported stolen Saturday from an 18-hole golf course in Scio Township.
Staff at The Polo Fields — Ann Arbor on Polo Fields Drive reported that the flags were taken Friday night or Saturday morning, a Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department media summary said.
Employees noticed that the flags were missing when they prepared to open the course for the day. Deputies don't have any suspects.
Anyone with information can call the sheriff's department tip line at (734) 973-7711.
Comments
Ann English
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 9:54 p.m.
Is this someone's idea of saving lives, so golfers don't get heatstroke in this weather? Or suffer dehydration while golfing? Just because Roy Halladay of the Phillies suffered some dehydration while pitching in 100-degree Chicago doesn't mean only the professionals get to engage in sports outdoors in July. I wonder if golf flags could have the name of their golf courses printed on them in order to identify where stolen ones came from; of course, if another course borrowed them, clients should be free to ask about them. Just thinking of the Argo Canoe Livery life vests I've seen being used at Gallup Park Canoe Livery, openly; I figured Argo was sharing them.
Turd Ferguson
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 8:23 p.m.
Shoot, I missed one.
f4phantomII
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 3:04 p.m.
Nothing like stealing something you can't use. I'd be looking at owners of other local golf courses.
Benjammin
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 1:53 p.m.
wait - theft or vandalism is justified or excused if the victim can afford the loss - what are we coming to?
Edward R Murrow's Ghost
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 1:27 p.m.
Four of the first five comments either justify or excuse this act of vandalism. An interesting (and sad) commentary on society. Good Night and Good Luck
JS
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 : 2:45 a.m.
You know me too well then I suppose. Good morning and good pancakes.
Edward R Murrow's Ghost
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 : 11:46 a.m.
@JS: Sounds to me like a rationalization. Good Night and Good Luck
JS
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 : 4 a.m.
Sorry for the long post, just trying to stick up for "society". :)
JS
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 : 3:59 a.m.
I'd be more inclined to think that they simply realize that it's most likely some teenagers (allegedly, or possibly, or whatever will keep me from getting censored) fooling around, and they believe that there are way more serious things to be concerned with. Unless the flags were stolen by an angry golf dude, then we've got a real problem. Regarding the vandalism, I've seen much worse acts of vandalism committed, yet they never made the highfalutin A2 news, at least they never made it into the new news, the one in which people get to express opinions publicly. It's just that it's the Polo Fields. I've been in some of the homes there, and I believe that the commentors you're referring to are simply expressing their distaste, that a situation like this garners any attention from the media whatsoever given the vast financial resources of those in the immediate community. How much do golf flags cost? How much is a police officer's hourly salary? What are the chances that this was done by kids? Has it caused any significant loss or distress? I agree with you, stealing is wrong. But does this situation really deserve the space it's been given for any reason other than people want to read silly stories about golf flags going missing?
kms
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 6:11 p.m.
I was thinking the same thing. Stealing from the supposed rich is somehow OK?
RJA
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 5:12 a.m.
i must admit stealing these flags doesn't bother me as much as kids or adults stealing American Flags out of a cemetery. (right, I don't golf).
WhyCan'tWeBeFriends
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 4:54 a.m.
Big deal! Try replacing your rural mailbox several times in a season because these same (probably) bored teenagers decided this was a fun thing to do. No sympathy from me for Polo Fields needing to stick a few new flag poles in the ground. We have a mailbox in cinder blocks because we just can't be bothered anymore. Thank God we have no cows for the kids to tip over.
Forever27
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 : 7:42 p.m.
So much for the residents of Polo Fields isolating themselves from the unwashed masses.
Edward R Murrow's Ghost
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 : 1:25 p.m.
I'm curious. How, exactly, have they isolated themselves from "the unwashed masses"? Good Night and Good Luck
newsboy
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 : 7:32 p.m.
Someone stole the pole from the hole? I find that somewhat droll.
JS
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 : 3:36 a.m.
That's what she said.
Freemind42
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 : 6:40 p.m.
Polo Fields? Those people are loaded, they can afford to buy some more flags. They'll get no sympathy from me.
John B.
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 : 7:28 p.m.
Can they come over and steal some stuff from your back yard to compensate, then?