Abstract: A golf ball retriever has a picker roll comprised of a plurality of thin discs spaced one from the other along a common central axis by a uniform spacing slightly less than the diameter of a golf ball. The picker roll is readily removable from its supporting frame and, after such removal, the discs making up the roll may be successively disassembled from either end thereof to reach and remove a damaged or broken disc when repairing the roll. The retriever may be particularly designed for use in retrieving balls from water hazards or for retrieving balls from land. In either case, it is highly efficient in retrieving balls, especially from depressions or pockets in the bottom surface of the water hazard or in the surface of the land over which it is moved.