Golf statistics always amaze me and the statistics surrounding the golf ball in the USA is no exception. Here are some facts concerning the golf ball in the US. Did you know that close to 600 million new golf balls are purchased in the US each year? Did you also know that over 300 million golf balls are lost or discarded in the US that same year? Did you know that the golf ball takes between 100 and 1000 years to decompose? Did you know that when a golf ball decomposes it releases toxic zinc in the process, not to mention other heavy metals like tungsten, cobalt and lead used in the manufacturing of the golf ball? Did you know (if my math is correct) that it will take just 60 years to cover the surface of the US with lost golf balls if this continues, based on the fact that the US has roughly 3.8 million square miles of land and the golf ball is roughly 4.2 cm Sq. The reason for this information is not to start a campaign for you to give up golf, like cigarettes, but to raise your level of conscious that there are other options when it comes to purchasing your new personalized golf balls, especially logo golf balls that are great promotional items for corporations and golf events. The other options include companies like knetgolf which sells used golf balls, like www.thegolfteestore.com that puts logos on refinished golf balls that look and play like new. Also companies that are developing eco-friendly golf balls, like Dixon Golf. Anyway, chalk up one more company that plans to help the environment as well as save you money and I’m not even a liberal.
