Golf balls teed up in Clermont aim for Iraq.

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  March 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......donate their old golf balls and clubs so more soldiers at Camp Victory in Baghdad could...received thousands of golf balls and dozens of...range to whack golf balls into clumps of...250 yards away. Camp Victory, surrounded by...play it safe. Camp ...

Florida divers get down and dirty to make a living from golf balls

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......down and dirty to make a living from golf balls By MICHAEL A.W. OTTEY Knight Ridder News...the bottom of murky ponds after wayward golf balls, are as elusive, as secretive and as...five drownings of individuals diving for golf balls in the past 12 years. One of those drownings...

5,600 GOLF BALLS HEADED TO IRAQ [Corrected 01/23/07]

Evansville Courier & Press;  January 20, 2007 ;     387 words ......chapter on Friday sent off 6,500 used golf balls, bound for U.S. military personnel in Iraq. Communitywide donations of golf balls and money to ship them started...We have another 6,000 to 8,000 golf balls on hand," said Candy Croft of the...

Qld: Python recovering after making a meal of golf balls

AAP General News (Australia);  January 2, 2008 ;     228 words ......Python recovering after making a meal of golf balls By Gabrielle Dunlevy BRISBANE, Jan 2...by Gold Coast vets, who removed four golf balls from its intestines. The 80cm snake was...Creek in northern NSW, who had put the golf balls in their chicken coop to encourage their...

Eating 22 golf balls left dog under par; MAN'S BEST FRIEND..(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  October 19, 2006 ;     179 words ......he discovered his pet had swallowed 22 golf balls. Paul Kirkwood, 44, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire...stunned vet handed him a bag filled with 22 golf balls. Paul, a milk van driver, said Diesel...added: I had told the vet it sounded like golf balls to me. But I didn't think Diesel ...

Feeling a little under par, the dog that ate 28 golf balls; Clubhouse pet...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 23, 2004 ;     370 words ......back after vets removed a staggering 28 golf balls from her stomach. Her owner, Mike Wardrop...have I seen anything even approaching 28 golf balls in an animal's stomach. 'We didn't even...didn't occur to me that she was eating the golf balls - I just thought she liked carrying ...

Valley Views: Corrine Smith & Debbie Perryman Golf balls defiling EHS

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  April 30, 1999 ;     424 words ...Valley Views: Corrine Smith & Debbie Perryman Golf balls defiling EHS nature walk On April 24, the Elgin...bottles, cans, wind-blown plastic grocery bags and golf balls. That's right, golf balls. For some reason, there's an uncanny amount of...

NT: Vandals attack Alice Springs with golf balls

AAP General News (Australia);  January 24, 2007 ;     101 words ......NT: Vandals attack Alice Springs with golf balls Vandals have gone on a rampage through...Alice Springs .. lobbing more than 50 golf balls at shops and houses. Police followed a trail of golf balls in the Central Australian desert town...

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR DIVING FOR GOLF BALLS

United Press International;  May 2, 2004 ;     157 words ......05-02-2004 Woman arrested for diving for golf balls YAMAOKA, Japan, May 02, 2004 (United...Japan for allegedly stealing about 1,500 golf balls. Natsumi Tsujita was arrested Saturday...money. Police said Tsujita collected golf balls from the bottom of the 6-foot-deep lake...

Couple suing country club over errant golf balls

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  June 19, 2000 ;     415 words ...Couple suing country club over errant golf balls THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA -- Larry and Amy Geddes...because what are coming down aren't just the size of golf balls, they are golf balls. "They're all over," said Amy Geddes, who told of...

It's Tiger Woofs; HUNGRY HOUND SCOFFS 13 GOLF BALLS 'LIKE TRUFFLES'.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  September 6, 2008 ;     278 words ......feeling below par after swallowing 13 golf balls while walking on a local course. Oscar...until they filled a bag. One of the golf balls had been in the dog's stomach so long...rattling around. He normally picks up golf balls and brings them home, but must have been...

GIFT TO SOLDIERS IS ON THE BALL COUNCIL TO SHIP GOLF BALLS TO IRAQ

Evansville Courier & Press;  January 10, 2007 ;     159 words ......letter to be packed inside a shipment of golf balls they're donating to military personnel...they could really use over there were golf balls," Kiefer said. During down times, many...drives out into the desert sand. Old golf balls -- not new ones -- are preferred. A ball...

Irradiation zaps golf balls for more zip

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 5, 1990 ;     437 words ......Duffers across North America are shipping golf balls to the Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment...Scientists have discovered that zapping the golf balls gives them extra bounce. The technique...components for cars and planes. With two-piece golf balls, as opposed to the wound ...

Golf balls taking flight to Iraq with help from Soldiers' Angels

Press of Atlantic City;  July 11, 2007 ;     558 words ......would be pretty cool. And how about some golf balls? One of the guys came across an old 7-iron, one soldier wrote. We just need some golf balls. In relatively little time, due to the...Family Fun Center in Vineland, 10,000 golf balls found their way to the troops in Iraq...

Man enjoyed being a ballhawk; Collecting logo golf balls was his hobby

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 12, 2005 ;     567 words ......Stecker Jr. had a knack for finding logo golf balls. After Stecker everyone called him "Junior...He was always excited when he found golf balls." Stecker filled dozens of pegboards with golf balls. He stacked the pegboards against the...