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THE LOST GOLF BALL E-BOOK ............
THE LOST GOLF BALL
An E-book on the _used golf ball _industry, It is a how to book and
more.
Golf Ball retrieval is a largely undiscovered multi billion dollar
industry
The book has something for everyone that loves golf. If you just want
to learn how to clean _golf balls_ you find to a brand new finish or
be an entrepreneur and start a new business, make extra money part
time or want to learn what it is like under the surface of those lakes
and hear great true stories from GOLF BALL divers.
The book explains how to get started in the golf ball industry, how
to clean and process GOLF BALLS, get retrieval contracts with golf
courses, dive for them, roll for them, sell them. What equipment you
need, where to get the necessary chemicals and licenses, everything
you need to know to retrieve and sell GOLF BALLS!
For entertainments sake I have also included many interesting true
GOLF BALL diving adventures that my friends and I have experienced.
Plus custom graphics and pictures from the bottom of the _golf ball_
ponds.
If you want to learn how to make a lot of money with GOLF BALLS or
just want to be entertained by true stories of crazy _golf ball
_adventures, see what it looks like under the water this is the book
for you.
There are no other books that contain information on this subject
anywhere at this time. As far as I know this is the only book of it's
kind worldwide.
The book is available in Adobe acrobat PDF format. At the very low
price of just $22.20 U.SD its a bargain considering it teaches you how
to start and maintain a very profitable business. INFORMATION IS ONE
OF THE MOST VALUABLE ASSETS!
Once you have paid for the book through the Clickbank link you will
be redirected to a page where you will be able to specify the e-mail
address you want the E-book sent to. The E-book will be sent to you
within 24 hours, usually much sooner, if we receive payment within
business hours, the E-book will be sent to you immediately. Or you can
download the E-book directly from the page.
As a bonus for buying my e-book you can download Golf Balls Under the
surface. An underwater photo journal with pictures from the bottom of
golf course ponds. The file is also in PDF format. You will not find
pictures like these anywhere else!
For any questions please E-mail
Some excerpts from the book.
GOLF AS A PASTIME HAS INTRIGUED, CHALLENGED AND CONFOUNDED MEN AND
WOMEN ALIKE SINCE IT FIRST APPEARED IN SCOTLAND. SOMETIME DURING THE
MIDDLE AGES IT BECAME AN ARISTOCRATIC PURSUIT. NOT SURPRISINGLY FEW
'DUFFERS' DEVELOP ENVIABLE SKILLS AND PLENTY OF WELL-INTENDED GOLF
BALLS GO ASTRAY OFTEN LANDING IN WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE TERMED
'IRRETRIEVABLE CIRCUMSTANCE'. THAT IS: IRRETRIEVABLE TO ALL BUT THE
VERY FEW! MANY INTREPID ENTREPRENEURS HAVE DISCOVERED RECOVERING THESE
ERRANT ITEMS IS FILLED WITH PROFIT AND ADVENTURE!
This book has been created primarily for people that are interested
in earning money in the golf ball industry. Listed are my own
experiences collected over many years. I thought back on all the times
people playing golf have asked me questions about the lakes, and what
it must be like to dive into them. I have added a true stories section
at the end of the book. It answers many of the questions a golfer
might pose on what it is like to scuba dive for golf balls.
Used golf ball retrieval is a little known multi-million dollar
industry. This book explains how to procure the golf balls, how to
process them as well as how to sell them and distribute results. Be
aware that one method of retrieving the balls (namely diving for them)
is extremely hazardous; many people have died in the process. There
are many hazards including zero visibility, wild life, dangerous
caverns and obstructions under the water.
I have over ten years of working experience in the golf ball
industry. I have sold golf balls, dived for balls and processed them.
I hope my experience in this field will be valuable to you.
There are many segments to the industry. You could dive for golf
balls, wash then sell them, start your own full-fledged company. Or
work for an existing company diving for them. Also, you could broker
golf balls, in other words buy and sell. The least attractive and less
profitable segment is actually working for a company processing balls.
This book covers all areas of information including where to purchase
the necessary equipment and chemicals; also permits, licenses and the
necessary contracts to get started and to be successful in the golf
ball industry.
The end chapters of this book feature some great stories acquired
over years of diving for balls in some pretty exotic conditions.
You'll learn some of the slang and terms used by ball divers. How much
money making potential is in this business? Costs and expenses of the
business and the to do's and what not to do's. Little bits of advice
that I have acquired over the years as a golf ball retrieval
professional.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A GOLF COURSE.
Like any other product golf balls value varies dramatically depending
on type, quality, condition, appearance. Also the amount of money you
make from a golf course depends on how many water holes there are on
the course, what kind of holes (Whether the golfers have to shoot over
the water, along side the water). How many rounds of golf they receive
a year. These can be very important factors in determining what you
are willing to give back for the contract. Naturally the more water
holes the more balls will get lost. If they have a lot of shoot over
holes there will be a heck of a lot of balls. A shoot over catches on
average at least four times as many balls as a regular lake. The
second best catching lake will be a slice which is a lake running
along the hole off to the right. Ask any golfer one of their biggest
problems is usually their slice. The worst catching lakes are off
shots (lakes which are way off the direction of play) and hooks which
is a lake off to the left side of a hole. Also finding out what kind
of course you are dealing with is important. Generally speaking a
county or community golf course will attract bargain golfers. They
usually buy the cheaper balls. Balls that were cheap new are even
cheaper used. This is not a rule of thumb though, depending on the
county or community if it is an upper scale community the golf balls
tend to be a good quality. Private courses or resort courses tend to
hold the best quality of ball. Once you have read the 'What is a golf
ball' chapter you will understand the drastic price difference in golf
balls and what this means for your earning potential. Like cars golf
balls have a Mercedes and they have a ford escort.
GAINING PERMISSION
MOST PEOPLE WANT TO JUMP RIGHT IN THERE AND START ACQUIRING THEIR
WHITE GOLD! BUT FIRST YOU NEED PERMISSION FROM A GOLF COURSE TO GAIN
ACCESS TO THEIR LAKES. COURSES CONTRACT OUT THE DIVING RIGHTS TO
DIFFERENT COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS BASED UPON WHAT THEY GET BACK IN
RETURN. EVERY GOLF COURSE HAS A DIFFERENT NEED; SOME ONLY WANT BALLS
RETURNED TO THEM IN EXCHANGE FOR DIVING RIGHTS. OTHERS WANT CASH. THE
MOST COMMON CONTRACT TERMS ARE LISTED BELOW:
TYPES OF WATER, LAKE BOTTOMS PLUS THEIR HAZARDS
KNOW WHAT KIND OF WATER EXISTS ON YOUR COURSES IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
SAFETIES SAKE! KNOWING WHETHER A GIANT TREE RESIDES UNDER WATER, THERE
MIGHT BE AN UNDERWATER CAR GRAVE YARD, OR THE LAKE COULD BE SIXTY FOOT
DEEP, IF SIXTEEN FOOT LONG ALLIGATORS LIKE TO SWIM THERE. IF YOU ARE
AWARE OF THE LAKES HAZARDS AT LEAST YOU ARE PREPARED FOR WHAT YOU
MIGHT BUMP INTO.
HOW TO DIVE
I know I have emphasized many times in this book how dangerous diving
can be, but once again I am stating my warnings. Do not attempt to
dive for golf balls if you are not a certified diver, newly certified
diver, are claustrophobic or you panic easily which is one and the
same. Many people have lost their lives golf ball diving! It is one of
the most hazardous forms of diving that exists. You will be diving in
zero visibility with many obstacles and hazards. You will have
excessive weight on your weight belt, the balls you will be lugging
around also weigh a lot. The suits that you use are quite cumbersome
and the mobility is not good. Because of the lack of visibility you
will have no way to check your gauges to see how deep you are or even
how much air you have left in your tank. There are many snag hazards
and animals you will bump into which can be quite startling when you
cant see. I am going to tell you two stories of people I know that
have died diving for golf balls. For sake of their privacy I will not
use their actual names.
WHERE IN THE LAKE DO I FIND THE BALLS
Knowing where in a lake to find the golf balls can be a huge
determining factor in how many balls you find on a dive.
WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY
With golf ball diving there is one rule of thumb in ANY emergency!
Whether it is you run out of air or you feel dizzy and faint like, you
start to panic whatever it is keep this thought in your mind. First
thing drop your weight belt!!
WHAT IS A GOLF BALL
WELL THERE ARE SO MANY BRANDS GRADES TYPES OF GOLF BALLS. KNOWING
YOUR GOLF BALLS, KNOWING HOW TO SORT THEM AND WHAT THEY ARE WORTH IS A
VERY COMPLEX ISSUE. IT TAKES QUITE A WHILE TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCES IN
THE BALLS WHERE THEY GO AND WHAT TO SELL THEM FOR. THE VALUE OF THE
BALL CHANGES DRAMATICALLY WITH THE CONDITION OF THE BALL, KNOWING THIS
AND WHAT CATEGORY A PARTICULAR BALL WILL END UP IS A VERY COMPLEX
ISSUE. I WILL EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
WASHING THE BALLS
The next must is to wash your golf balls, this is a must after each
collection effort since they are always covered in mud and other
disgusting stuff. There are three stages to this process, rinse,
chlorinate, acid wash.
GRADING
This is the process in which you sort the balls into type and
quality. See the (What is a golf ball section for more info) Grading
is a time consuming and monotonous process, which takes quite a bit of
experience to get the knack of. You really have to know your golf
balls and where they go, also what makes the difference between a ball
making it into grade 1 or a step down into grade 2, 3 or shag.
THE FISH BOWL
The fish bowl, it was closest to the ocean and was supposedly just
teeming with sea life. I climbed in it was great crystal clear, fish
swimming all around me, sea grass off to my right containing little
crabs, small conchs everything you would find in the ocean. Wow I
thought this will be fun as I descended the edge there were balls
everywhere, top edge, middle edge. A lot of the balls had barnacles
growing on them, some of them were just one giant barnacle. Little
creatures inside of the barnacles. Great I thought now my apron that
usually holds around nine hundred balls would hold much less meaning I
would have to empty my apron into rice bags many more times than
usual. Also the sharp barnacles were cutting holes in my ball apron.
The edge was very long dropping me down to around twenty five feet at
the bottom. There were hundreds of balls along the bottom edge. Some
fresh but many with barnacles and snails, coral attached to them. My
hands were getting cut and stung as I did the side to side sweep, so I
decided to do the see bee version of collecting where you don't feel
in the mud but just grab the balls you see. This was clearly a pond
you had to use gloves in. I looked behind me, the water was now pitch
black from the dust cloud I had created. A little ahead of me up
higher on the bank a pair of horse shoe crabs were following each
other, this was a neat site in a golf course pond! As I crawled along
I noticed a sting ray a little bit to the left of me mostly covered in
sand to camouflage itself, as I got closer it sped off leaving a huge
dust cloud and me blind for a minute. It wasn't a good feeling knowing
so much hazardous marine life existed in these ponds. I wanted to be
able to see. within a few hundred feet I already had three bags of
nine hundred balls sitting on the bank! This was a lake loaded full of
golf balls. I came to a log submerged beneath the surface under it sat
a five or six foot nurse shark which also bolted as I got closer. I
continued on my adventure looking above me at giant bluish purplish
jelly fish floating by in the current. The water flowed slowly in the
direction of the tides. A grassy area came up ahead it was covered in
giant jelly fish the size of bread saucers, that had an underside that
looked like the weeds. They sat upside down on the bottom. As your
hands hit them they stung you and then swam off in giant contractions.
This was great all the views of an ocean dive while I earned money. If
I had gloves this would be a very enjoyable dive. As I slowly moved
along the bottom edge I had a weird feeling like something was
watching me and darting off whenever I turned in its direction
disappearing into my dust cloud. I stopped for a minute to look around
and there he was a six foot barracuda, a few feet above me and off to
my left. They are very curious fish and like to follow you around. He
followed me for the rest of the dive occasionally darting through the
bubbles my regulator produced.
