There is probably no good reason not to retrieve a ball that just went into the edge of a water hazard and you can see it plain as day.  Right?... Well, until today, maybe...

My tee shot on #10 Plantation, went through the fairway and rolled into the water hazard by about a foot.  No problem I says to myself as I get out my trusty ball retriever and fish it out.  Dropping two, hitting three.  As I collapse the retriver to put it back into the bag, I managed to catch the fingerprint portion of my ring finger square into one of those joints.  Ooohh that's gonna hurt.... By the time I fnished the back 9, the fingertip had swollen up about half again as large as it should be.  Doesn't hurt to much...yet....but really tight skin, so I know it aint gonna be funny in a day or two.

So laying off the clubs for several days, ...didn't need that da.n.ball that much anyway...<sigh>...