DALLAS, TX (AP) - As BP works to stem an environmental disaster of historic proportions in the Gulf of Mexico, one man stands ready to capitalize on decades of work."When I heard about this 'Top Kill' concept, I knew it was only a matter of time before my phone would start to ring", said Bob Dray, a Dallas entrepreneur. "If these guys needed to jam that broken well-head with golf balls, they were going to need a lot of them. Who else were they going to call?"
A member of Las Colinas Country Club, Dray estimates he's collected nearly 3,000,000 golf balls from the ponds that dot the pristine Irving layout, a collection he keeps in his garage sorted by year, brand, and compression. "Pro-V1's, Top-Flites, Club Specials, Flying Ladys, you name it, I've got 'em all", said Dray. "In fact, half of the garage is filled just with balls that have a peculiar marking, a round red spot about the size of a dime. It would seem illogical that all these could have come from one player, but I can come up with no other explanation. Kind of like those crop circles you see on TV."
According to BP spokesman Joe Dipschit, the company has purchased Dray's entire collection for the Top Kill effort, in a desperate attempt to stem the oil that continues to gush into the Gulf. "He drove a hard bargain. We thought $3.25/ball was a little steep, but we agreed to meet his price when he threw in 3,000 blueberry muffins that he had stored in his freezer. He wouldn't tell us where they all came from, but we figured we could use them to feed the guys working on the boat."
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