Cava-6 Dog This Is A Canal Golfball Hunter. Participating In Helping Charity Activities

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JAKARTA - Thousands of golf balls have been found by this 'alang-eyed' dog over the past five years, crossing the length of the forest field, helping the owner Charles Jefferson.

Claimed to be more of a hunter than a collector, this cavapo dog's passion for chasing the ball, has made it an invaluable asset in tracking the wrong shot.

Jefferson followed behind Marlo in an empty bucket that was ready, removing several balls every time he ran as a victim of chewing. In total, more than 6,000 golf balls were collected by Marlo diving.

An estimated 300 million golf balls are lost annually in the United States alone, and this not only represents the big waste problem, but is also a potential source of income.

The fully mature retrieval industry sees contractors around the world exploring forests and even lakes, with one UK-based golf course dive company projecting that those willing to take the ball can earn up to 100,000 each year.

Selled for about 4 pounds per first hand, Titleist Pro V1 represents a hole-in-one prize from the world of collectors, with a perfect offer of up to 3 pounds in resale.

As a successful amateur golfer for more than four decades and a former European Tour employee, all of this was not lost to Jefferson. Imagine his surprise at the time, when, for the first time, he took the latest family members for a walk around his training ground, he saw the puppy emerging from the bushes with Pro V1 mint conditions between his jaws.

Since then, such a treasure has become a surprising routine finding on weekly night trips to the Mitcham Golf Club and General Golf Club Wimbledon. However, apart from selling 600 Pro V1 to friends, for sale to other club members, for around 300, Jefferson has never been interested in profiting from Marlo's discovery.

"I have no intention of leaving, Ah, I will make a small business out of this," the 52-year-old told CNN, as reported October 12.

"Adult growth, having golf balls is always a bit luxurious, and losing a lot of golf balls too, being the type of golfer who hits a ball away, for me, I see a lot of value in it."

"I partially see it as a service, picking up a lot of trash, and part for myself, I will never buy a golf ball again," he said.

More than 300 Pro V1 golf balls raised into Jefferson's home drawer are proof, although he is now restricting his guards to the latest premium findings and has provided many items to local charity stores.

The rest of his discovery, about 3,000 balls, fell behind in the field, sprinkled around the tea as a 'paskah eggs' to be found by golfers the next morning.

While it will damage his personal inventory, Jefferson wants to see golfers more cautiously use the ball as few as possible while playing.

"This is a reflection of our society that likes to waste time, and lack of concentration," he said.

"People hit the ball and as soon as they talked to their friends, they haven't tracked where their balls went."

"I just feel like there's a deficit of attention going on, people almost hope that their (playing) partner will find it for them," he said.

Stories of Jefferson's abundant pile of golf balls have long been a joke among his colleagues in 160over90, the branding agency where he works. When a project appears to promote a football collector forum at the DP World Tour, all eyes turn to Jefferson.

Weighing 12 tons at full time, shipping containers along 20 feet whose functions have been changed continue to be filled with balls donated at various Tur events throughout the season. So far 40,000 balls have been collected.

After its sixth and final round at the UAE DP World Tour Championships in November, the ball will be redistributed to five international golf recipients: Kenya Junior Golf Foundation, South Africa's Defected Golf Association, European Defrecits' Golf Association, UAEs Chicks with Sticks and the Indian Golf Foundation.

At the BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth, London, in September, Jefferson and Marlo fielded 600 golf balls.

"I feel it's a better way than sending it to our local charity shop and some people come and take a lot of balls," Jefferson said.

"If there's a way to give more, I'll do it, because there's a lot of grassroots communities around the world that can benefit from half-worthy golf balls," Jefferson said.