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Thinking back to himself and his life 14 years ago, Glenn Berger probably can’t believe how tangled people’s lives can be and how everything can change almost in an instant. Less than a decade and a half ago, he was an unemployed thief when suddenly the idea popped into his head to start fishing out golf balls and reselling them back to clubs. Nothing spectacular, but he has already made $15 million this way!
Florida is full of golf clubs, with bodies of water of all sizes and depths teeming nearby. By setting a minimum price of $1 per ball, with between 1.3 and 1.7 million being caught each year, you can make a pretty decent living.
Unfortunately, as with anything that sounds too good to be true, the profession of golf ball catcher also has its dark sides and serious dangers lurking for the diver underwater. Let me remind you that Berger’s place of work is Florida. Beautiful, still wild and full of snakes and alligators! Yes, encounters with these predators belong to the calculated risk of every golf ball catcher.
“In truth I don’t want to talk about alligators, but you do happen to encounter them and you just have to learn to deal with them. Diving in itself is a sport with some risks. But most diving activities are done with some visibility, I can’t see anything. That’s why I keep running into fish, snakes, turtles and all the creatures you can find underwater in Florida” – Glenn Berger explains the secrets of his work.
One of Glenn’s most dangerous encounters was when a 2m alligator crawled onto his back. Fortunately, he managed to escape unharmed with a loot of 4,000 golf balls.
As time went by and the buzz about ball fishing grew, so did the number of divers. Today, Berger estimates that his competition consists of around 100 divers who systematically search for balls near specific golf courses.
Source: news.com.au
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