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How to Repair a Divot
Written on Monday, March 24th 2008
Each time a golf ball hits the putting surface, it leaves a mark. Proper golf etiquette dictates that you repair any damage to the putting surface, especially damage due to a ball. Turf damage caused by golfers intentionally or unintentionally ignoring proper course etiquette has become a national epidemic. Adding insult to injury, many golfers boldly complain about divots and ballmarks ruining their game when they themselves are ultimately responsible for timely repairs. In other words, the Rules of Golf clearly state in Section I that, "a player should ensure that any divot hole made by him and any damage to the putting green made by a ball is carefully repaired."
There are plenty of tools on the market to repair divots (which I would absolutely recommend), but if you lost or forgot yours you can use an ordinary golf tee to repair that divot. Check it out:
It's pretty basic. Insert the repair tool at the edge of the ball mark. Do not insert the tool within the depression itself. Push the tool forward from the edge of the ball mark toward the center. Do this around the edges of the indentation. Do NOT insert the tool under the indented area and push up. Think of it as pushing turf in from the edges toward the center.
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