Depending on local critters and course practices this can be nasty. I stick with free range golf balls found in sites where diving is pleasurable.
Pete
Pete
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I would rather shoot staples into my forehead as "dive" for golf balls.
From someone who has done both. One by accident, the other on purpose, you guess which.
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Wow. You'd think one of those would have been enough to deter you from further golf-ball diving.I got bit by snakes 3 times, and bit by a Gator once.
Oh, never mind--that explains it. $6 an hour! Worth it!One time I figured out that I was making about $6 per hour after expenses
Wow. You'd think one of those would have been enough to deter you from further golf-ball diving.
Oh, never mind--that explains it. $6 an hour! Worth it!
I've seen a few of these posts pop up every now and then on here and the main concern with golf ball diving is typically water contaminants. A lot of golf courses use all kinds of fertilizers and those will run into the water traps, sometimes giving them a strange tint. There was one post I read where someone actually had a contract with a golf course to retrieve balls but they used some hefty gear, including a drysuit and full face mask. I'm not sure if the chemicals in the water will have a long term effect on your health but I still wouldn't consider golf ball diving without the proper gear.
I did it for years with pretty much recreational dive gear, wetsuits etc. It was tough work, but I grossed 8 cents a ball and could find pretty many in a day, usually. It takes a while to train yourself to locate and effciently pick up balls in very poor or zero visibility.
At 8 cents a ball, I used to make around $50 per hour in the water, but there was a lot of other non diving, like driving, getting dressed, getting the cart, driving the cart, unloading balls, counting balls, bagging and labeling balls and then delivery of balls. If I was getting less than $30 per hour, in water, then i was moving to the next pond or going home.
And hence the nick?
So you were able to gather more than 10 balls per minute continuously while in the water? Are you sure there isn't a touch of creative math or at least some selective memory going on here? Or was it just a club full of REALLY bad but highly determined golfers?