TO TRAIL HEAD SIGNS, AND USE CAUTION IN THE AREA.#### BACK ON THE CENTRAL COAST.... THOSE STORMS BROUGHT A LOT OF WATER THROUGH CREEKS AND RIVERS. AND ALONG THOSE CREEKS AND RIVERS.... ARE GOLF COURSES. A LOT OF SLICES AND SHANKS SENT GOLF BALLS INTO THE RIVER AND NOW... THE SWELLING RIVERS HAVE PUSHED THEM ALL THE WAY TO CARMEL BEACH. PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE COLLECTING THEM. ## <SO THIS IS MY THIRD DAY BACK DOWN HERE AND I GET ABOUT FIFTY TO A HUNDRED IN A HALF HOUR AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE PICKING UP BALLS TOO THROUGHOUT THE DAYS. THERE IS STILL A LOT AND THEY WILL KEEP GETTING PUISHED UP ON THE BEACH SO THERE IS PLENTY> MY THEORY IS SOME MAY HAVE COME FROM NEARBY PEBBLE BEACH.....THE NINTH AND TENTH HOLES ARE RIGHT ALONG THE WATER NEXT TO THE BEACH...MAYBE AN ANGRY OCEAN CHURNED UP A FEW WAYWAR BALLS AND DEPOSITED THEM ON THE BEACH AS WELL.. ## ( TOSS TO DREA AT MONITOR

Thousands of golf balls wash up on California beach after winter storm

Updated: 1:25 AM EST Jan 20, 2023

Golf balls have begun to wash up on the shores of Carmel Beach in California.Residents there are collecting the plethora of balls that have been deposited on the beach after recent winter storms.Conall Jones, of Carmel Valley, collected golf balls for several days after the rain subsided."This is my third day back down here, and I get about 50 to 100 in a half hour," Jones said. "There is still a lot, and they will keep getting pushed up on the beach, so there is plenty."Many of the balls likely came from different golf courses along the rivers and creeks of the Carmel area.As recent storms raised the water levels, swelling rivers could have pushed dormant golf balls all the way to the ocean.Watch the video above to see the unique sight.

Golf balls have begun to wash up on the shores of Carmel Beach in California.

Residents there are collecting the plethora of balls that have been deposited on the beach after recent winter storms.

Conall Jones, of Carmel Valley, collected golf balls for several days after the rain subsided.

"This is my third day back down here, and I get about 50 to 100 in a half hour," Jones said. "There is still a lot, and they will keep getting pushed up on the beach, so there is plenty."

Many of the balls likely came from different golf courses along the rivers and creeks of the Carmel area.

As recent storms raised the water levels, swelling rivers could have pushed dormant golf balls all the way to the ocean.

Watch the video above to see the unique sight.