What does golf balls and rocks on a tombstone mean?

weird items left on a tombstone - some one had left golf balls and rocks on a tombstone at a jewish temple cemetery
United States
January 3, 2009 10:32am CST
What does golf balls and rocks on a tombstone mean? i went to a jewish cemetery and one of the tombstones had golf balls and rocks on top of it which i had never seen that before.. i know on edgar cayce's grave people had left corn and coins but not golf balls.. there was nothing inscribed about the person liking golf or anything.. is this symbolic of some sorts?
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fairydew
@fairydew (180)
• United States
5 Jan 09
Probably some kind of tradition, otherwise, I am stumped.
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moonlitmagikchild
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
7 Jan 09
me too
ronaldinu
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
4 Jan 09
I find it strange to find golfballs on a tombstone. Maybe the deceased was a golf fanatic? People never refrain to surprise me. I find it as odd. I don't know how other mylotters think about this subject. I will be following this threat with great interest. (c) ronaldinu 2009 - the more people I meet-the more I love my dog
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moonlitmagikchild
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
5 Jan 09
im guessing fanatic too.. other wise it makes no sense
danishcanadian
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
3 Jan 09
I've never heard of that. Maybe it's not written on the tomestone, nor is it really a well known custom, but whatever reason those golf balls and rocks are there must be valid to the ones who put them there. Maybe it is an inside joke between the deceased and their friends.
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moonlitmagikchild
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
3 Jan 09
thats what i was thinking but i just was curious if i was missing something lol..
jillhill
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I have never heard of that....but my mother loved golf so by her headstone is a golf club that my dad cut off and put right next to her! She loved the game...but I have never ever heard of putting golf balls and rocks on a tombstone!
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moonlitmagikchild
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
5 Jan 09
maybe they just left balls and not the club then lol.. but what about the rocks?!?!
tessah
@tessah (6617)
• United States
3 Jan 09
very rarely are a persons hobbies inscribed on their tombstone. more than likely.. the golfballs were left by someone who was close to them, and the significance is personal tween the two, and dont really hold any sort of religious connotations at all.
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moonlitmagikchild
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
5 Jan 09
i figured i would ask since im not up on all of that stuff.. prob a personal joke or something between some one and that person im guessing