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For golf's small inventors and entrepreneurs, there are plenty of handicaps on the way to market.

Five years ago, Ed Sprague was playing golf with his brother-in-law and some buddies. Standing on the tee, he watched as one of them wiped a ball on his pants, leaving an unseemly streak of dirt.

"I thought to myself, there has to be a better way," says Sprague, who had patented other inventions as a sideline to his job as a partner in a suburban Philadelphia fulfillment center. "So I went home and cut out a flat piece of vinyl from a school folder, cut it on the fold to close on itself, then glued a terrycloth towel to the inside. It was waterproof and could hold the towel." Read the complete article »

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• PGA Partners, September/October 2006
• The need to carry a bulky, wet towel to the green for cleaning golf balls is now obsolete.
• Golf Tips
• Your Bag: Rather than lugging a wet towel with you on the green, try the BALLZEE.
• Golf Central
• This product works! It's hard to live up to hype, but BALLZEE does.
• Berks County Living
• Must Haves: What's a BALLZEE? This clever pocket sized device allows you to conveniently clean your ball on the green without the use of a bulky wet towel.
• Golf Styles Philadelphia, June 2005
• No more carrying around a bulky, wet towel.
• Daily Local News, Sunday May 8, 2005
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• Golfer's Tee Times, May 2005
• A revolutionary new golf ball cleaner that slides into your pocket.
• Sync Magazine, April / May 2005
• Getting a water stain on your chinos from cleaning off your grass-stained ball can ruin any golfer's day at the links.
• Fairways Magazine, April 2005
• This might be the highlight product of the year.
• Philadelphia Golfer, March 2005
• Ballzee, PGA merchandizing award winner.
• Golf Gear Review
• Ballzee™ has introduced a unique way to clean your golf ball on the green
• Golf Today Magazine, April 2005
• We're all a bit smarter, or at least we should be, when it comes to cleaning off one's golf ball on a green, or before teeing off.
• PGA Professionals
• See what PGA Professionals have to say about Ballzee.
• The Sand Trap, January 1, 2005
• The problems with carrying around a standard towel are plenty.
• Ballzee Experiences
• The problems with carrying around a standard towel are plenty.
• A Better Way To Clean Your Golf Balls
• Putt.com Article

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