Economic indicators on course

This morning while doing my weekday golf regimin, I noticed that the quality of golf balls I generally find has been diminishing in quality this year. The number of high end white spheres is dropping off. Maybe this points to a weakened economy. Maybe we are listening to all the wrong voices and their assorted monetary opinions. I can see it now; 'Wall Street Anxiously Awaiting Luddite Shaw's latest used golf ball report.'