I can remember a long time ago when I was a teenager going out with my cousins, who were very poor and lived in poverty, to the local golf courses and scaling the perimeter fence so we could hunt for golf balls in the water traps. It was illegal since we were technically trespassing, but it was one of the ways that my older cousins with children put food on the table and for the rest of us to have some spending money for clothes. We would come home with a huge potato sack full of golf balls that we would then sort out by grade and then sell. We didn't get rich, but it did help during the lean times.
I am not convinced that the world needs recyclable golf balls. What harm do the golf balls do the general environment and more specifically to the water traps on a golf course? I must be missing something.
10 years ago
Let's see - - - golfing and "green" ,how could these two possibly go together. Seems there is not even a small chance of that. However considering the author's power of the pocketbook attitude and actions performed by consumers and how their purchasing power could influence industry. I would have to say that the foundation for a great fathers day gift might be, a good read, so as to educate him, so that he might someday say to the groundskeepers of the golf course - " what is it that you guys are doing to reduce your carbon footprint " or " What kind of chemicals are you using on these putting surfaces " and when will you start using ones that are completly free of .... BLA Bla blah .Education to all is seemingly the best start for any part of of our rescue plan for the earth. Golf and the golf industry is far,far, from it. An organic cotton golf shirt,with the book would probably help.
I am not convinced that the world needs recyclable golf balls. What harm do the golf balls do the general environment and more specifically to the water traps on a golf course? I must be missing something.