What Happens to Your Golf Balls After They Land in the Water?

What Happens to Your Golf Balls After They Land in the Water?
Ever wonder what happens to your golf ball after it lands in the drink? From the water to the shelves, we walk you through the step-by-step golf ball recycling process.
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[@PondKingWaterGardensMN]

Great business! I'll use an old ball any day!

[@duonghoangminh7634]

Same! I would Open a business in Vietnam too!

[@alexmarshall7909]

Every ball is used after the first tee - superb

[@DankPods]

This was a great vid! Under 5 minutes and I get all these peoples stories about used golf balls. Also getting a bag of used Pro V1's is good fun, I don't cringe went I inevitably lose one.

[@MarkSmith-lz5rk]

So my country club has a track man, I bought a lot of 4 star prov1s and a box of brand new ones....numbers were IDENTICAL...so why pay so much?

[@oscarhelliar9100]

No wayyyy somehow I find the true blue Aussie dankpods here

[@johnsalgado9217]

Didn’t think I’d run into your account here 😂. Love the videos!

[@agentsmith7866]

I only use used balls. I don't play well enough where a scratch will greatly lower my game.

[@tytorubio3271]

I dont think a scratch will lower anyones games..

[@jdm_ghost303]

Same with me I’m new to golf so scratches on a ball don’t affect my gameplay

[@LS-td6sz]

I reckon the company is doing a great job to help golfers and the environment. And thank you divers.

[@blinco1539]

Hell yes, anyone who isn’t a scratch golfer (me included) should reuse golf balls

[@RaijinKaze]

Some golf balls that go in the lakes are actually very high quality. They remain that way for a good while too! Don’t see the stigma in using recovered balls. Especially if you are just starting out with a high handicap and prone to bad shots.

[@shakebooty]

If the person is a high handicap and prone to bad shots, they most definitely should get used balls

[@vika0194]

That’s the point. You say ”some” which means some are also damaged or bad quality. And when you buy those mystery bags or packs you don’t know what you will get. Some times grade A are actually grade B or C.

[@RaijinKaze]

Victor It depends on where you buy them from. Either way a High handicap player wont notice a very big improvement in their game based off ball quality. It’s better to lose a grade B or C ball to bad shots than a grade A. It saves you so much money in the long run.

[@zdynamogaming1854]

The only issue is that these many different variables when using used balls because they only sort them by brand. So you end up hitting the same brand ball differently because one is alot older than the other and not in as good shape. Your better off to go to Walmart and pay 5 bucks for 12 balls and then you get used to hitting those so that you cut out a lot of variables

[@beegee22]

Years ago I knew two brothers who dove for golf balls. Their biggest concern was snapping turtle in those ponds.

[@keeleygildemeister16]

beegee22 I was playing in a match a few weeks ago, and we saw a huge bull frog. One of the kids I was playing with, decided to gently tap the frog. The frog was so startled.

[@e-rockmixtapes4073]

When I was kid, we lived next to a 9 hole public. I used to go into the ponds at night with a buddy and pick up golf balls by feeling around using our feet. We would sell them back to the golfers thru the fence. We had a good little thing going for a while. Who knew we were ahead of our time!

[@davidrowlands8451]

We buy lake balls from a local guy for our driving range, we get 6000 balls for £500 less than 9 pence per ball and we get some great golf balls as you would expect :)

[@caddyboo3610]

This is insightful, glad to see the circular usage of the balls!!! Amazing initiative and we are totally behind it!

[@charlesharrison6291]

Good video. A very well thought out company providing a very needy service. No wonder the golf ball manufacturers are against this company, long May it continue and remain in business.

[@edwardterlaje6516]

You are doing an awesome job recycling, I give 👍👏

[@tommyspeed1434]

I think I saw a couple of ones I lost

[@SheldonBoyce-Payne]

🤣

[@zinmayzumbaandaerobic6405]

And they sell it again

[@940steel]

My dad said he used to go to golf courses and fetch old balls out of the water, then he would resell them to golfers on the field for cheaper than the main desk, he always turned up a really good profit!

[@nizzisnice5478]

That’s a lot of pissed off golfers

[@cBelowH2O]

I found 3,400 balls on one pond!! Shocked at how MANY balls cover the bottom of those ponds. Awesome experience!!

[@demo_main6973]

i found 2 balls in my underwear, good find! played with them after!

[@sgtbaker81]

What a gig. Good for him.

[@j1238066]

I have bought balls from this company a few times & have zero complaints, I always buy the "Mint" quality, fair price, fast delivery, most balls I can't tell from brand new in condition or distance.

[@GumbootZone]

"I've got golf balls." "Ouch. Is that anything like tennis elbow?"

[@Chainsnroses]

I work at a course and this is cool.

[@mikemaybe5999]

Good video

[@TheGroovers71]

I'm a member of a golf club down here in Colombia. The courses here can be challenging since mine borders a jungle and make it damn near impossible to find your ball if you hit it out of bounds. There are some old timers who search through the bamboos and sell them back for about 50 cents a piece. You can buy a bag of 20 right on the course for about ten bucks.

[@leifdux7277]

such a nice job

[@Eastern_Kentucky_Basketball]

I think I figured out where every ball I hit went to

[@noahkelly5866]

My brothers best friend dives for golf balls, its pretty cool

[@dylanholt1097]

I just started golfing recently. Played my first 18 holes yesterday. I went with 6 balls.. and came home with 20! Now I’m looking at videos to clean them and re use them to save money.

[@BreakingParTV]

Working smarter🫡

[@mjj5276]

As kids we used to go into the ponds and then sell them back to golfers. #easymoney

[@stephaniedodt2389]

I had a very long layoff from golf due to knee osteoarthritis. When I had both knees replaced last year my surgeon gave me the green light to start playing. I have been taking weekly lessons since May and just treated myself to a full set of Callaway golf clubs. So, having not played in years and having the most up to date clubs, I no longer know how far I hit each of them and need to come up with a yardage book. I am buying a launch monitor which calculates the distance the balls fly with each club. I want to be sure that the launch monitor collects measurements from relatively new ball of the same exact type I will play with. I bought mint condition golf balls to collect my data from. I also got a dozen premium balls in mint condition that are totally sold out as new right now. I'm getting to try them at a highly discounted price and they are in perfect condition!

[@bensonpurplet8265]

I love her energy

[@eztv1656]

Come to NC My course ponds not cleaned in years, I put least 100 in alone.

[@monicarichards1064]

Great work

[@n8turee]

"We have grades from a to d a being the best" Proceeds to put top flite balls in a

[@masonsmarbleruns8170]

Nature in a what

[@matuh111]

A to D refers to the physical condition of the ball, not the quality of the brand.

[@RaceMentally]

Great biz

[@MrV902]

I know what I want to do for a career. I thought it was just one kid that did this but it turns out there's an entire industry around it.

[@DMBall]

But what happens to the golf balls that are too damaged to recycle? Can the materials be salvaged?

[@karlg1535]

I'll find 20-30 in the bush alone I believe his claims of millions found the ponds& rivers must be stacked! & I haven't bought balls in years got milk crates of titleist, taylormade, srixon, callaway, bridgstone & one of of budget balls like noodles,pinnacles,nike,topflights,powerbilt. I sell them to my friends & end up getting beer money for my round

[@karlj1717]

I use second hand golf balls they are great and save me plenty of money, I’ve not been playing long but second hand balls make it more affordable and I still have fun.

[@xxskabxx]

Awesome business strategy on their parts

[@duonghoangminh7634]

Great business! I would open the Second handed Lost and water Hazards golf balls for My country!

[@grampabadger]

On many courses, the superintendent owns the right to salvage water balls. Technically, all lost golf balls on the course belong to the superintendent. Tools have been invented to retrieve balls from lakes to avoid aligators and snapping turtles.

[@sarge420]

Awesome job, cheers!

[@buttdreads]

0:21 Phoenician Golf Club balls. Lol

[@dmdbdmdb]

Golf course I play has a diver come through once a year. Get's anywhere between 12,000 to 16,000 balls. 60 percent goes to diver and 40 percent to the club for the driving range

[@legacy6519]

Lol that lady is a savage! 🤣

[@tannerabell387]

In South Africa, each course just has a gardener swim and get them and then the course just sells them back at the Pro Shop

[@kyleecookers3483]

Come to Mission Inn

[@buschh7020]

3:10 why are there Top Flite balls in the A crate?

[@hotdogambassador]

I almost went to jail today for wrestling in a golf sand pit

[@zainjaved18]

What a king 👑

[@garrygarrison8653]

I eat food bru

[@garrygarrison8653]

Bru you’re a gland

[@manueljosemackennavial289]

Hi! Thanks for sharing! Do you have any way of contacting the company owners? I am starting the same business in my country but I would love to get some tips from the pros! Thanks!!

[@BreakingParTV]

Send an email to [e-mail]

[@mrpurge9738]

All my driving balls are old or refurbished balls then I use a pro v 1 to play the rest of the hole out.

[@steveperry1344]

we saw a guy doing this in fla.years ago. he said gators and water moskins could be a problem.

[@fedoradeb8r412]

Me and my buddies will sometimes go look through a hazard after playing a round and find like 100 balls usually a lot of pro v1s too

[@DerrickRG]

I've never bought a Pro-V1.....But it's my ball of choice lol.

[@jackgarcia9922]

SinikkaL I haven’t either. But I find them everywhere because everyone uses them 😁

[@dunningkruger3774]

The groundskeepers at our club sell us balls for a buck. I only buy ProV1's and they look like new. Yes, I have bought a few of my own balls back. I was really hoping this video would shed light on how water affects the integrity of the balls over time. As for diving in a golf course water hazard......with all the pesticides and possible grey water.....I'd say "definite hazard".

[@georgew.5639]

They end up in the intake of the course irrigation system. After a flood the lake has to be drained to remove them. Lol!

[@jg769]

Is there any degradation or loss of performance for a ball that has spent a year underwater?

[@coleryan2353]

3:55 omg I play there!

[@chetbarney6635]

I've got so many balls that I've collected over the past nine years, that I don't know how I'll ever clean them all. LOL

[@stee4592]

I wonder how many at DIEGO GARCIA .🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️

[@Xzartol]

when i play and no one is behind me i go into the woods and look around for a few min i find sooooo many balls in pine tree areas bc no one wants to push through the pine tree to get them lol

[@jackkarg2578]

When do I START...??!!

[@larrypilgrim12]

What about courses with huge gators? Have you done those?

[@markusfilms8069]

This seems like a Mark Rober Type if video

[@ljwyman6201]

12

[@donjuwann5868]

wife and I were fishing in a water hazard on Hilton Head as we walked back to our car we saw a guy with scuba gear on get out of the water and come to his car parked next to us,his license plate was from Michigan as was ours so we spoke to him,seems he was a student at Central Michigan U and said he paid for his schooling doing this every summer,wife was also a graduate of CMU so we had a nice chat,not for me I saw big gators everytime we fished there

[@plxsma2139]

And I think my 27 golf ball collection is impressive

[@gamerboyss5310]

lol

[@DaveSwart]

Could there be a more poisonous water to swim in than water on a golf course?

[@bena9713]

So Tom Hanks is diving for golf balls now eh?

[@Utubeisazzho]

Balls hold water after small amt of time. You’ll loose lots of range. Good for range balls

[@ShirleyDice]

I'm always hesitant to retrieve my ball when it lands in the water due to my fear of reptiles and alligators!

[@randyposs6281]

When I was 14 we went in lake on rainy day in the water because man that worked there told us not to wade out in the water,we gots about a thousand balls out

[@Eliteguitarschool]

I'll get it.😅🤣😅😅🤣

[@bigbysnow6306]

Anyone else shoot better with a random range ball than the expansive ones?

[@scottsmith7838]

No way!!! That’s where my sponge bob ball went hope he’s doin ok

[@angeloamitsis514]

Like 1 mil

[@mmkn2009]

Definition of Water Hazard: A Hazard placed on a golf course so that someone can legally sell someone else's property! LOL.

[@sionemehi3622]

I almost thought that was "El Chapo" pulling that basket of balls out of the water

[@jayseself854]

0

[@bill-nj6fc]

millions, i want a recount

[@ginagonzalez7492]

1987 is the year my golf coach of special Olympics was born

[@johnosullivan5977]

When you say everywhere you don’t mean everywhere you mean everywhere in America

[@Toosavage2015]

I have never lost a ball in the pond I have golf’d like 10 times

[@At_the_races]

I played Sawgrass recently and they were telling me that they took 200,000+ balls out of the 17th every year.

[@RevelFishing]

That means people lose like 500 balls a day 🤔

[@paulgolfer]

THEY GO SPLAT OR SPLASH EVEN A PLOP HAS BEEN KNOWN .

[@dttruman]

When the price of premium golf balls skyrocketed, playing used premium balls became eminently more practical and less embarrassing

[@mauriziowill6531]

Don't make guy jokes about balls...don't make guy jokes about balls....don't make guy jokes about balls washing...oops!!

[@moronmonkey1]

I can’t imagine that a golf ball sitting in a pond that was most likely man made can be bad for the environment 😂

[@vincentw4483]

The water in the golf courses‘ ponds is the dirtiest one. It comes from sewage pipe. Can’t imagine someone dives into it. It’s truly a dirty job.

[@FD-nz7qv]

Not to mention the chemicals and down here in Florida, they gators get about 10 feet so yeah dirty and dangerous job.

[@kingston_gage1707]

Let's go I do diving for golf balls and I go to the jedis next to the golf course and I Almost got hit once it missed by 3 inches and I found a pond with heaps of balls

[@eduardonava6284]

2:40 found el chapo

[@FreshlySnipes]

You won’t find my ball Lady... ima keep it for ever and never lose it. 😤

[@koa14kn27]

Mind if I take some ProV1x?

[@dmdbdmdb]

If they filled the holes on the greens with water I would be playing professional golf. My balls always make their way into the ponds, creeks, etc. Anything with water!

[@Wyatt425]

Sometime I get used golf balls and you can’t even tell a difference

[@archstanton3636]

I paid Doral once and the caddie told me the diver pays them $40K a year to get the balls there.

[@dttruman]

In the past, when retrieving golf balls first became a regular business, the golf course would paid the guy to get the balls a flat fee and they also split the total number of golf balls

[@FD-nz7qv]

In Doral the members are so rich that they don't even try to retrieve balls in the rough. Everytime I've played there I've picked at least 5 balls.

[@Akram4918]

Where can I buy these recycled golf balls

[@realhashbrown]

Sunshinegolfballs.com

[@johnosullivan5977]

It’s not a plant it’s a factory I would know

[@rikkousa]

The process on used golf balls are getting ready to go up. The maker of the surilyn that all golf ball makers use is getting hit by the pandemic. Supposed in 2020 there will be shortages of new balls. I predict that there will be more interest in used golf balls.:)

[@mattjwatson5089]

Can get a bag of 45 used balls at wal-mart for 15 bucks. All really good condishion.

[@RosinDaddy5280]

Thank goodness we don't have gators in Colorado

[@zo1147]

Yeah, and next thing you know it’s back in the water