Golf Balls

I have been looking for something part-time to do this summer since I don't have a teaching job. I didn't really want to find anything full-time because I plan on either teaching in the fall if I can, or subbing. So, I started workin the golf ball business. This is one crazy successful business! It started years ago in Arizona. My grandma and grandpa started diving in ponds and lakes at golf courses for used golf balls. They were finding that there are thousands and thousands of used golf balls in the water just waiting to be recycled. So, they started a small business and it has quickly grown! They are now recovering balls in several states by several different crews in each state. My mom and her fiancee have started recovering around the Effingham area. Only we don't dive, we "roll". This is a very weird thing for some people to comprehend. It just seems to easy and too good to be true! While we are on the course rolling for balls, every single golfer has to stop for ten minutes and ask what we are doing. That is very frustrating because it slows us down a lot! But you cant blame for them for being curious!

Okay so here is how it works. There are two golf carts that have wenches on them. The wenches are on the back of the carts. One of the carts holds the roller. When we get to the course we unload the roller and hook up our cables to the roller. Then we drive one of the carts across the other side of the water while the other cart stays put. Then we start our engines and one cart pulls the roller across while the other cart watches for knots in the cable, then the other cart starts rolling. If it is a good course, a few passes and the roller will be full. We stop and pick the balls out of the metal teeth and bag them up. Once we get 2 milk crates, that equals 500 balls, and thats a bag! My best day I worked we got 12 bags, my worst day was 2. So, as you can see, there is a lot of money to be made in the golf ball business. The bags are shipped over to the plant in Arizona where they are cleaned and re-packaged, or made into range balls.

Here is a picture of the roller- pretty full and ready to be unloaded!