Lost & Found Balls is a golf ball resale company based in Texas, founded in January 2026 by Parker Richards and Braxton Birkenfeld.
Before golf balls, we were fishermen. That's how we met, and we've been friends ever since.
The idea was simple: take used golf balls, sort them by brand and quantity, and get them to golfers at a better value than buying new. It started small. We were out on courses at night, picking balls out of the bushes by hand.
Then people kept coming back. As demand grew, so did the process. By March we had moved the whole operation into a warehouse, where every ball is now sorted, graded and packed. More balls, more shows, and a grading standard we're proud to put our name on. What started as an idea between two friends turned into something much bigger than either of us expected.
Today we've sold around 200,000 balls and filled more than 40,200 orders, and in September we started selling live on TikTok too. Every one of those orders is a golfer who got a better ball for less, and that's the part we're proudest of.
Parker founded Lost & Found Balls in January 2026 and leads it as CEO, and our Whatnot shop runs under Parker’s name. Parker is also our only grader: every ball we sell has been checked and graded by Parker personally. That one standard is why a 5A from us always means the same thing, and why buyers keep coming back.
Braxton co-founded Lost & Found Balls with Parker, a friend since their fishing days, and has helped build it from night-time ball hunts into a business with more than 40,200 orders. Braxton sorts and packages our balls, both for the live shows and for shipping out, and works on bulk lots and sourcing new balls.
One grader, one standard. We'd rather spend the extra hours than have you open a dozen and feel let down.
See how we grade$1 starts, sudden-death auctions and free giveaways, from golf balls up to clubs.
1-day average ship time on Whatnot. If something's off, DM us and we'll fix it.
The best way to reach us is a direct message on the platform you buy from. Order questions, a ball you're hunting for, anything.
Need something specific? Say so in your DM and one of us will get back to you.
