The Most Overlooked Fact About Golf Balls Revealed

Of those, about 100 million eventually get scooped by guys like Parker and re-sold. An estimated 1.2 billion balls are manufactured every year and an estimated 300 million are lost in the US alone. At stake for the US was more than making good on a lost leader’s promise. PPS is a high-strength, highly crystalline engineering plastic that exhibits good thermal stability and chemical resistance. Seven nights a week, they'd meet three or four other guys at dusk and sneak onto a course. No one wants anyone else to know just how many balls a certain Custom Srixon golf balls course will yield. But the biggest threat--one that affects their profits--comes from poachers who frequently sneak onto courses and attempt to steal the "white gold." That's why Parker regards Big Mama with the warmth one might reserve for a beloved childhood nanny. Mark, 27, and Matt, 31, poachers who worked in the Southwest before recently going legit, aren't the kind of boys you'd bring home to Mom.