Golf Ball Diver
Lost balls don’t retrieve themselves. That’s where golf ball divers come in—donning scuba gear to dive into murky, snake-infested ponds on golf courses to collect thousands of abandoned balls. They clean and resell them, turning swamp treasure into profit. The work is wet, gross, and surprisingly competitive.
Divers report getting chased by snapping turtles, finding bizarre objects in the mud, and occasionally getting stuck in sludge. Yet somehow, it pays well enough to make people risk disease and alligator nibbles. As one diver said, “It’s like dumpster diving underwater—except the dumpster bites back.”
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