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Weird golf news of the week: Iowa man gets really creative with golf balls

August 21, 2014

Ever wonder what people who live on golf courses do with all the balls that get hit into their backyards? Well, you probably wouldn't guess what one Iowa man did.

Kevin Pingel took nearly 600 balls and turned them into a six-foot, 100-pound statue of a golfer, according to Siouxlandmatters.com. Here's a photo of the structure:

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And here's a video of Pingel, who takes being a golf fanatic to another level, discussing his impressive art project:

Pingel said he modeled the statue -- which is becoming somewhat of a tourist attraction in Alta, Iowa -- after the current swing of his favorite golfer, Tiger Woods. Somewhere, Sean Foley just did a fist pump.