Yesterday, I read about an ex Metropolitan police officer who swapped his crime fighting career to reclaim golf balls from the bottom of lakes and rivers at golf courses across the UK.
John Colenutt and his team have to battle freezing water, ice, venomous snakes and aggressive fish when they dive lakes and rivers searching for golf balls.
They also have to collect everything by hand so as not to disturb or damage the bottoms of the lakes and rivers.
The golf balls are taken away, cleaned and then sold back to golfers for a fraction of the cost of new balls.
Selling old golf balls wasn’t new to John, he used to do it when he was younger.
As a student back in the 1990s, John worked at the driving range of a local golf club and he would take home discarded golf balls and sell them on eBay.
The club would throw away golf balls which were not branded with their name and so John would sell them online at £20 for a bag of 100 balls.
Taking a break from the police in 2015, John learned scuba diving while in Spain and the idea of ‘diving’ lakes and rivers to reclaim golf balls was born.
The lakes and rivers on British golf courses are a lot different to the warm seas of the Mediterranean. John and his team have had to break ice before they could dive the freezing cold waters in winter.
The colder days are also the shorter days. No one wants to stay too long in the freezing water, and who can blame them. I certainly wouldn’t want to.
I can’t say that I like the idea of battling with aggressive pike and having adders swimming by, which has happened a few times.
John services roughly 70 golf courses across England and Wales so there are a lot of lost balls to reclaim. I imagine after a couple of months of play, there are a lot more lost golf balls.
In one particular successful day, John and his team reclaimed 12,000 balls.
In a three day period they successfully reclaimed 28,500 balls.
There is definitely a market for golf balls as it is a hugely popular sport.
However…
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I can’t say that I relish the idea of driving across the country to slip into freezing cold water to trawl the bottom of the lake looking for golf balls while being fish-slapped by angry pike and trying to avoid snakes that are out enjoying a swim – not that they would be swimming in winter, I assume the snakes are more of an issue during the summer months.
There are far easier (and warmer and drier) ways to make money.
I understand that not everyone wants to be relaxing in a huge comfy sofa with their slippered feet up, making money through their tablet while enjoying a mug of tea and a plate of their favourite biscuits.
Some people would rather be out in the cold and wet enjoying ‘banter’ with others, which is fine if you like that kind of thing, but I believe that is what actually keeps a lot of people financially poor… and hence why I wrote my book How To Stop Working And Make A Million Pounds Instead.
Working for other people robs you of your precious time.
Time is one of the things people want more of.
If it isn’t money they want more of, it is time.
People want more time so they can…
Indulge in their hobbies and passions.
Travel more.
Be with their friends and family.
If you are one of those people who doesn’t necessarily want more money, I am hazarding a guess that you want more free time.
Would I be right?
Maybe you are looking for a way to make enough money to live comfortably that also gives you plenty of spare time.
If that is the case, I may have just the thing for you.
There is no ice to break through so that you can slip into freezing cold water, no big fish to battle with, and certainly no snakes to dodge.
You use your phone or tablet which means that you can do it from the comfort of your own home, at a friend’s place, in a coffee shop or bar, or even in the local park.
You can do this anywhere you want.
Oh… and it is as easy as 1-2-3!
Learn more here:
Easy As 1-2-3
Kind regards.
John Harrison.
P.S… You can started right away with just £100 and after 6 months, you could be sitting on a decent tax free £12,800.
Here’s that link again: