Chapter Summaries

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No: HPFGUIDX 28348

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at w...> wrote:
> > 2. Where does Wood get a bunch of golf balls? 
> 
> I think Wood has no idea that they ARE golf balls, only that they
> are what Madam Hooch uses for training Seekers. Madam Hooch may not
> know anything about golf either, but merely be following what
> generations of Quidditch coaches did before her. It may be part of
> her job to conjure up golf balls or transfigure something into
> golf balls, or it may be part of her job to order them from a
> supplier.  [etc.]

I think there is a more rudimentary explanation.  If Hogwarts is
near/in Scotland, it would be little matter to obtain old golf balls
from nearby golf courses, regardless of how much commerce most
Wizards have with Muggles.  There would be no need for a special
supplier, since many courses gather dinged-up stray balls to sell....

....Craig