Lake Golf Balls

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.