Where oh where do all our range balls go?

We lose a lot of range balls every year at Glendale. The soil on the driving range is all blue clay, and it gets really soft in wet weather. We did a drainage project on the range about seven years ago and it worked well. But we still lose balls.

During the junior golf camp last week we set up a four hole short course on the driving range. I used a six inch cup for one of the holes to make it easier for the kids. Check out the photo below. I cut a six inch hole ten inches deep. Not a lot of square footage I dug up. I found 17 old range balls in that small hole. Just think how many balls are under the surface just waiting to be found. Too bad there isn't a market for old golf balls, we'd make a small fortune!