No, not a dog...well, maybe, read on....
OK, here it is, this may be the first idea I posted that may come to fruition. Although, to date, I think the best idea in the history of WGT was the vegetable attire, but until the 21st Century catches up to my fashion choices, they will have to wait. In the meantime,
A BALL RETRIEVER, that's right, you read right.
Think of how many balls go in the drink. If we were able to use a ball retriever, we would be able to recover our balls for further use while saving WGT programmers long hours, donning virtual scuba gear and retrieving balls themselves (that is how they do it. I saw it on YouTube - it's a real job!!). Think of how much data is used just to store the locations of each and every ball that gets wet that would be freed up for other profitable use. It is a win - win
Now, I know what you're thinking, why would WGT let us retrieve our balls when they sell us new ones?
WGT could sell the ball retrievers at an exorbitant price to make up for the lost revenues from balls. Let's face it, people will buy them. No, you say... Have you seen anyone wearing a turkey on their head?....OK then.
Certainly, there are things to hammer out:
Can you retrieve "in game" with others playing? If so, will it cost a stroke because you are holding up the game? or, can you stop play to retrieve a ball from the water when it is not your ball? If in game retrieval is allowed, will the chat censors allow exceptions?
Should WGT create a new mode of play? You would have the regular STROKE, ALT, PRACTICE, etc... and then have BALL RETRIEVAL? Should WGT charge a separate fee, like coins, to enter BALL RETRIEVEAL mode? Should there be head-to-head ball retrieving competitions?
Should there be different level retrievers available: LvL 20 with slight forgiveness and accuracy up to LvL 90 with awesome precision?
Should there be a Golden Retriever, or would that involve the ASPCA? Speaking of Golden Retrievers, what about them, they could assist those with failing sight, and speaking of failing sight, why is there no senior or student discounts in the pro-shop?
To sweeten the deal, WGT can equip the ball retriever to fit inside your golf bag. Once you purchase the ball retriever, it will automatically be equipped to your golf bag.
Now, once we get our golf bags, you know, the ones we have already purchased and have not gotten back since flash ended, the ball retrievers will be in them. How convenient would that be? It would also make it worth the wait to get our golf bags, that we already purchased, and have not gotten yet (although the tiger shirts WGT was able to design and give away for free were cool), because, by the time we get those bags, there will be tons of balls to retrieve.
There will be so many balls, we will all need a retriever and sales will go up.
So, what do you think? I know two people already that would jump at the chance, but those are the only two I saw wearing Turkey Hats and Santa Coats.