The U.S. Open starts this Thursday. And it seems that today's golf TV audience doesn't want to watch a tie-breaking 18-hole playoff round on Monday anymore - preferring a Sunday finish instead. So the USGA has proposed a solution going forward.

The PLAYERS 2018 is upon us (May 8th - 13th). Here the top players will face off against each other - and the infamous island 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass' Stadium Course. It's not hard to figure out why guys who dive for top quality, used golf balls love this hole.

 Another riveting tale from used golf ball diver Brett Parker. This time an empty air tank, a funny shaped pond and an old tangle of fish hooks puts Brett in his toughest situation yet! Will he make it? Read his spine tingling tale to find out.

We've told you some crazy, scary stories about diving for golf balls - battles with water moccasins and alligators, finding guns and dead bodies - that kind of stuff. So how about something a little different? Proper golf course etiquette while diving for balls.

Play the Players Championship Guess the Winner Game. To enter comment on our Facebook Page with the name of the player you think will win the 2018 Players Championship. Guess the winner of the 2018 Players Championship and win a $25 off coupon, if your choice lands in the top 3 you win a $10 off coupon and you receive $5 off just for guessing! Can only redeem coupons if order is above $50. Redeem your winnings at GolfBallDivers.com! Deadline to enter is 7 a.m EST on Thursday, May 10th, 2018. See full rules below.  

We're committed to selling the highest quality, most accurately graded used golf balls on the market or your money back - all of it plus shipping, both ways. How are we doing? See what some of your fellow golfers are saying.

Its been said that you have to be a "strange kind of cat" to get into the used golf ball diving business. That typically means fearless, or nuts (depending on who you talk to) with the a soul of a treasure hunter. Our diver (Brett's) first dive in a crocodile infested Zimbabwean lake back in the 70's - without any gear - showed he had the right stuff from the get go. That's Brett today in the photo.

Golf gall diving has its hazards everywhere, but no where more so than in warmer climes - like Texas and Florida - where poisonous snakes and even gators haunt the golf course ponds. Does that slow our divers down? Read this story from one of our divers about his tangle with a four foot Water Moccasin.

Before there was America's first cooperative of golf ball divers (that's us), there was Jim Starr (or Big Jim), a local Michigan resident and a dedicated golf ball diver. Jim not only came up with the idea of a co-op for divers, he helped convince us to build our new state-of-the art golf ball processing facility at Lapeer Teamwork's Go Industries, a place that offers all kinds of support to individuals with disabilities. What's this mean to you? You can find out by reading more. 

 

Waterlogged golf balls? We don’t think so! But we realize that doubters aren't going to just take our word for it. After all, we're in the used golf ball business. That's why we were so stoked when the Biological Sciences Department at Oakland University in Michigan decided to test the impact of length of time underwater on golf ball performance. We know you're dying to find out what happened. So you're going to have to read more.  

We've covered about 500 years of golf ball history in Parts 1, 2 and 3 and we're getting very near the end of our analysis now. This final installment covers just the last 50 years, and believe us a lot of stuff happened in a short amount of time. The reason? Modern technology, of course.

Are you intrigued by the allure of all that “white gold” littering the bottom of some of America’s most scenic golf course water hazards. We understand. We love this business. But there’s a couple of things you should know before seriously considering it. And even though we're not looking for new divers at this time, here's a little insight into the totally 'glam' world of the professional golf ball diver.