What are they?
Lake golf balls are the balls
recovered from lakes or bodies of water that lie within a golf course. These
balls have been hit into the water by golfers, and not recovered by them for
whatever reason (they did not wish to waste time in searching, they failed to
locate the ball etc).
Recovering the balls
On a regular basis, usually once a month, the bodies of
water are dredged by golf course personnel, or a contracted company, and the
balls are recovered, and then sent away to be prepared for resell.
Water damage?
As long as the balls do not stay in the water for longer
than three months and they will in most cases have only been in the water for
one month, they should not suffer from any water damage.
Damage limitation
Golf balls that have been recovered from lakes, then sold on
as golf balls, tend to not have been hit that many times, in fact a lot have
only been hit a few times. Considering this, they are then without or with very
little impact damage.