Keeping It Clean

Here are five ways to salvage the begrimed balls otherwise destined for your shag bag

- Josh Sens

THERE ARE COUNTLESS ways to get golf balls dirty but also many methods with which to get them clean.

Here are some alternatives to a traditional ball washer, which most of us don’t have sitting around in the garage.

1. A makeup kit 

In the late 1800s, Spalding sold a pocket-size ball washer called the Edinburgh Ball Cleaner, which looked like a makeup compact and came with a sponge. As far as we can tell, the product was short-lived, and it has yet to be revived on