by Erick Ian Gael

Created on: September 22, 2009   Last Updated: September 26, 2009

I should start off this story as saying that I do not consider myself nor should I ever be considered a golfer. Unless you are talking about miniature golf, then that is a completely different story. I also must add that I have played the sport before and have ran into the problem this story is about, driving the ball down the fairway only to have it disappear in mid-air and to never be seen again. Unless you are one of those camera men you gets paid to follow the little white spot flying through the air allowing all of those home golfers to follow than it is nearly impossible to keep track of. On top of that, you have to compete with all of the other fellow club swinging sportsman who are in the same cart as you. So how does one fix this dilemma?

You could go through all of your golf balls and put your initials and a return address with a Sharpie to claim your property, but you are at the mercy of whoever finds your golf ball and if they like enough to keep it. Another option would be to buy and train a golf ball retrieving dog, but there you are at the risk of the dog retrieving that hole in one shot prior to it actually sinking into the hole and not counting. Either way its going to cost you either in time or in money or in time and money. The answer is simple and I'm surprise it is not on the market. An indicator that responds to the sound of a clap or a whistle. Sound familiar, well it should, this same indicator technology that has been assisting us in finding our keys in the most uncommon places. Don't forget "The Clapper" allowing us to turn off our lights with a clap of the hands because we are too lazy to get our butts out of bed and walk across the room and flip the switch. Place this same technology into the center of the golf ball and low and behold, just shot your ball into the tall grass right past the 9th hole, no problem. Just provide a whistle and/or clap and listen for the location of your Titleist brand ball. If you are playing some night golf, you can throw into the ball a series of colored lights that light up when hit or will light up with the same whistle and/or clap command. This light up technology I'm referring to is the same one that are placed in various children toys that if thrown at your head and it hits hard enough will light up a rainbow of pretty colors and make the child laugh and smile while providing you with a lump and headache.

Again this is all sounds so simple and should already be available and heck, maybe it is, but

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