It’s a warm, sunny day, and you’re ready to have some summer fun--everyone is already outside waiting for you as you walk up to the game. With confidence, you begin trash talking your opponent. Oh, they’re going down! You’ve been playing ladder golf for years. This is your game. You’ve got this! You grab your set of golf balls and get into position. But as you pick up the strands, you realize you’re holding cheap, plastic golf balls --they’re not the real deal. You find this out quickly at this competition on a hard, paved surface. When the cheap strands hit the ground, they crack. The top layer of the plastic balls peels and breaks off.