Golf Ball Diver Listed As The World’s No. 1 Weirdest Occupation.

Next time you make a splash in the water hazard of your local golf course consider the world’s weirdest occupation is ‘Golf Ball Diver’.

It is estimated American golfers alone lose 30 million golf balls a year in water hazards, trees and so on while at TPC Sawgrass, and venue each year for the PGA Tour’s Players Championship, staff retrieve around 100,000 golf balls a year just from the water guarding the infamous island green 17th hole.h

But then there are those who get paid handsomely to dive into the depths of the hazards to retrieve what was your precious Titleist Pro V1x

Shockpedia named ‘Golf Ball Diver’ as No. 1 in a list of top-10 weirdest jobs and suggesting golf ball divers can earn from anything from $50,000 to $100,000 annually collecting those submerged golf balls.

Golf Ball Diver - listed as No. 1 'Weirdest' occupation.

Golf Ball Diver – listed as No. 1 ‘Weirdest’ occupation.

So what then are the nine other weirdest jobs?  Well, here is order is Shockpedia’s listing.

2.  Elevator Mechanic

3.  Hot Dog Vendor

4.  Garbage Man

5. Master Sommelier (Glorified waiter).

6.  Professional Snuggler.

7.  Submarine Cook.

8.  Airplane Repo.

9.  Gastroenterologist.

10.  Embalmer.

 



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