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Since we arrived in Singapore (2001) - I go cycling quite a bit - and one of my routes parallels a couple of holes of a local golf course.
For months I never bothered - then I decided that finding lost balls would add a bit of enjoyment - also pushing in low-gear through 2 Kms of thick grass would add to the exercise.
Average find is 3 or 4 balls per cycling day (I don't go everyday).
Best was 12 - and worst is Zero (happens quite a lot).
Update...update... - 30/12/2002 - found 14 today!!
Ignore all that!! ....Today 04/01/2003 - was THE Day...21 balls found - is the "Golf Ball Count" moving in unison with "Stock Exchange Indices" - maybe there's a correlation - more on this idea soon.....
AND NOW (28/01/2003) we've surpassed ourselves - 23 balls found!!
To date (end December 2002) - I've found 190+ golf balls - now the problem is to find something to do with them - I don't play!! Any ideas??
This was "the pile"
early March, 2003 - 411 balls....
July 2003 - I now have 612!!
September 2003 - 796!!
June 2004 - 1132........HELP!!
December 2004 - getting more difficult to find these days - 1268
November 2005 - 1437 very slow now!!
August 2006 - 1486... deadly slow..
November 2006 - 1500+ - running out of space - must get rid of/sell
Update.....Update..... as at July 2007... been advertising "used golf balls for sale" on eBay.... Brilliant!! Have sold them all - 1,600+ balls at either 15 cents per ball for scruffy/no-names or 30 cents per ball for good looking "named" balls. Am now - "re-stocking".....
Update....Update.... as at August 2008 - more than 2,000 balls found and sold - if you're interested... Google search for "mikecurley" +"eBay" - first hit should be my eBay Ad.
Update....Update.... as at 11th September, 2008.....my best day yet!! 81 golf balls found - so many, I had trouble carrying them all... I need more days like today!!
Update....Update.... as at 27th May, 2009 - have stopped using eBay.