About this episode

This episode explores the business opportunities arising from the millions of golf balls lost by American golfers each year.

American golfers lose 300 million balls a year — and all those bad swings are someone else’s business opportunity. Zachary Crockett hits the links. This episode was originally published on January 14th, 2024.

People in this episode

Host: Zachary Crockett

Topics covered

• golf
• business opportunities
• used products
• sports economics
• consumer behavior

Keywords

• used golf balls
• business opportunity
• golf
• economics
• consumer behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Products: golf balls

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