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Article: White gold:Wayward golf balls bring profit for divers
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 7, 2002
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White gold:Wayward golf balls bring profit for divers
By BILL PENNINGTON New York Times
Sunday, July 7, 2002
Boca Raton, Fla. -- It's not the three-foot snapping turtles or
the underwater snakes, eels, crabs or spiny-backed catfish that spook
Jimmy Lantz, professional golf ball diver. Lantz starts his day
early, plunging into a dozen ponds or channels on an average Florida
golf course, pawing the slit-covered bottom and the rocky ledges with
bare hands, feeling his way through water so black he can see only a
few feet beyond his nose.
An eight-hour shift might yield as many as 10,000 golf balls, even
as Lantz spars with the hidden wildlife and climbs over submerged
golf carts and even ...