In the Netherlands there is a guy who started like that. Fishing up balls and now he had a multi million dollar company fishing up lake balls.
Significant_Scotland
I stay on land and use a UV light with permission of my golf club
I wish more golfers were out on their local course (with permission) using a UV light to find balls
TryOurMozzSticks
They do this at my course. We have a lot of water. These guys also collect bags and bags of balls. I assume that’s how these resellers get them.
OnTheMcFly
Every course with lakes hires, or works with, divers to clear out the balls.
Koolest_Kat
We have a couple guys doing this in the Midwest.
Their take on it is the first dredge gets a lot of ball but some/most are crap. Water logged, stained, cut, crap balls. The subsequent dives yield the best results, they have contracts with courses and travel around. They are money makers but that’s some nasty water loaded with cancer. They are younger but I wonder what mystery illness will befall them…
Moist-Selection-7184
When my brother and I were kids, my grandfather who lives in one of those golf course sub divisions in Louisiana would take us out with one of those ball retriever wheels they have on the driving range tractors tied to a rope. We would toss it in the water features after course ours and drag in hundreds of balls. We had a blast as kids and he got hundreds of free balls
I leave about that many balls on the course every time I play
WildAd9880
Couldn’t pay me $1M to immerse myself in pesticide and nitrate filled water.
Studies have emerged recently correlating nerve-degenerative diseases to activities in high-toxin environments (golf, wood working, etc)
Real_Body8649
Is he wearing a hat and sunglasses while diving under water?
Papa-jw
I used to do this in Florida. – It put food on the table. I remember diving in the winter and coming out of the water blue because we needed to pay bills.
SoupPv18
But when I want to go fucking fishing
PizzaGolfTony
Catching a brain eating parasite or nasty infection isn’t worth whatever he is making.
btroberts011
“Hey! Do you mind grabbing that?”
User_Many_Errors
Depending on how long they were in there, None of those balls are good anymore 😆
Cactuswoog808
Bro probably saw some huge bass
HeuristicEnigma
I have seen a local company here often at courses, they get permission and probably give the course some money or balls or something. They use a neat ass contraption tho it looks like a range ball picker has big wheels spaced out slightly smaller than the ball so it grabs em. They have a tractor on both sides w winches and just keep pulling it back and forth across the pond in rows, every pass the tractors move up a little bit. The guys had 55 gal drums full, and no diving required.
Slackermescall
Ah yes, the evening of the Lady Captain’s prize stroke play. Forced carry over water on the 2nd hole. Not a long carry by any means but, many of the lady members were casual golfers at best and vanity made many of them play only Pro Vs. Bonanza for me and my pal.
Prior-Material-9088
There’s a course in my area where two guys went in after dark to steal balls. One guys scuba gear failed and he drowned. He couldn’t get out of the lake due to the slippery rubber liner. His buddy left him there and the turf crew found him floating in the morning. All for some water logged golf balls.
Mr_Zizzle
If you find a Callaway with a blue dot, it’s mine.
Dbcgarra2002
Saw a diver on a course in Texas. I offered to buy some balls from him but he said he would be fired if found out.
Adept-Ranger8219
I bet it’s a good side gig. Probably gets .50/each on average? I’d buy them for the garage.
travler11
Had a friend that did that for a living in Southern California. He did and is still doing very well for himself!!
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Thought we were about to see this guy get gator rolled
Useless waterlogged balls.
Completely submerging myself in golf course cancer water isn’t high on my to do list, so I guess I’ll thank him for his service 🫡
There’s a couple kids with a YouTube channel that do this for money. Seems like a lot of work, but I guess they are providing a service.
Did this as a kid. It’s a little more exciting in Mississippi.
https://golf.com/gear/golf-balls-underwater-performance/?amp=1
DAD?!
pro v1s like new $49.99/dozen
Teddy?
Is this Oak Hills?!
In the Netherlands there is a guy who started like that. Fishing up balls and now he had a multi million dollar company fishing up lake balls.
I stay on land and use a UV light with permission of my golf club
I wish more golfers were out on their local course (with permission) using a UV light to find balls
They do this at my course. We have a lot of water. These guys also collect bags and bags of balls. I assume that’s how these resellers get them.
Every course with lakes hires, or works with, divers to clear out the balls.
We have a couple guys doing this in the Midwest.
Their take on it is the first dredge gets a lot of ball but some/most are crap. Water logged, stained, cut, crap balls. The subsequent dives yield the best results, they have contracts with courses and travel around. They are money makers but that’s some nasty water loaded with cancer. They are younger but I wonder what mystery illness will befall them…
When my brother and I were kids, my grandfather who lives in one of those golf course sub divisions in Louisiana would take us out with one of those ball retriever wheels they have on the driving range tractors tied to a rope. We would toss it in the water features after course ours and drag in hundreds of balls. We had a blast as kids and he got hundreds of free balls
A guy actually died doing this around my area – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59057557.amp
I leave about that many balls on the course every time I play
Couldn’t pay me $1M to immerse myself in pesticide and nitrate filled water.
Studies have emerged recently correlating nerve-degenerative diseases to activities in high-toxin environments (golf, wood working, etc)
Is he wearing a hat and sunglasses while diving under water?
I used to do this in Florida. – It put food on the table. I remember diving in the winter and coming out of the water blue because we needed to pay bills.
But when I want to go fucking fishing
Catching a brain eating parasite or nasty infection isn’t worth whatever he is making.
“Hey! Do you mind grabbing that?”
Depending on how long they were in there, None of those balls are good anymore 😆
Bro probably saw some huge bass
I have seen a local company here often at courses, they get permission and probably give the course some money or balls or something. They use a neat ass contraption tho it looks like a range ball picker has big wheels spaced out slightly smaller than the ball so it grabs em. They have a tractor on both sides w winches and just keep pulling it back and forth across the pond in rows, every pass the tractors move up a little bit. The guys had 55 gal drums full, and no diving required.
Ah yes, the evening of the Lady Captain’s prize stroke play. Forced carry over water on the 2nd hole. Not a long carry by any means but, many of the lady members were casual golfers at best and vanity made many of them play only Pro Vs. Bonanza for me and my pal.
There’s a course in my area where two guys went in after dark to steal balls. One guys scuba gear failed and he drowned. He couldn’t get out of the lake due to the slippery rubber liner. His buddy left him there and the turf crew found him floating in the morning. All for some water logged golf balls.
If you find a Callaway with a blue dot, it’s mine.
Saw a diver on a course in Texas. I offered to buy some balls from him but he said he would be fired if found out.
I bet it’s a good side gig. Probably gets .50/each on average? I’d buy them for the garage.
Had a friend that did that for a living in Southern California. He did and is still doing very well for himself!!
Getting his moneys worth!