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ive been doing it wrong then. in fact, ive never seen anyone do it any other way than pushing the ground up. will try it the correct way today although i think our greens are quite firm atm and wont be big pitch marks anyway.
 
I blame the bloody high handicap players! They not only play slow have no etiquette they also don't own pitch forks ;)

Just thought I'd get in there before someone else as we get blamed for everything haha...

I got a collection of pitch forks as I always have them in pocket when I get home and forget to take them, tempted to sell them back too the club. I always repair them I enjoy it and it annoys the **** out of me if I have to putt through one
 
Does my head in too - I always fix mine and any others around.

Problem at my place is that the greens are so bad it can be hard to find your pitch mark in amongst all the other bumps and rubbish... which probably is partly why so many others don't bother.
 
I also always repair any pitch marks I see. When I played on Saturday I was impressed at how few there were that hadn't been repaired, especially given how soft the greens are at the moment.

If a club is having problems they should buy a box of repairers and give them out for free.
 
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Before i joined my club my dad had been a member there for over 10 years.....
Every year a member would get his own green......
It changed every year but what the responsibility of owning a green came with was to repair the pitchmarks that you came across on your own green.....

It also gave the job of giving the bunkers the odd rake we're the time available.....
Presently i dont think that there is any such practice in place but i remember when i first joined the greens were always in great nick.....

I dont want to individualize any one group but in our course it seems to be more prevalent when there has been a society out on a saturday before our sunday comps.
But i have played sunday medals as well where i have come across fresh PM's and it really gets on my Ahem!
 
bobmac said:
I blame a lot (but not all) of pitchmarks on trolleys.
People hit the green with their approach shot making a pitchmark on the front part of the green. They then wheel their trolley to the back left/right of the green heading for the next tee then walk to their ball and putt out. They never go near their PM
Golfers who carry will walk up the green pausing to repair their PM on the way to their ball. Repair it and carry on up the green to mark their ball
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I'm pretty certain that this, and the equivalent from those carrying, is the reason. It's amazing how many pitch marks that get left, but I don't know a golfer who is unaware of the cost/damage they cause.

And my experience that it happens much more by players in Medals.comps than by Societies. My belief is that there are a significant of Medal players that hit the green from distance, thus making pitch marks in on area but with the ball in another, and that players in Medals/comps are rather concentrating on the next shot rather than repairing their pitchmark.
 
MashieNiblick said:
???

Erm..you do know that you can repair a ball mark on the green on the line of your putt. Your ball doesn't even have to be on the green.

Rule 16-1(c)
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nope i thought they was same as a divot on the fairway, if your in it tough luck. Not that ive ever landed in one directly but had them on the line, pressumed it was improving your line so not allowed. Its not a common thing had it a handfull of times
 
PhilTheFragger said:
I get a kick out of repairing my own pitch mark, it means that I have managed to hit the green.

i also use a trolley and will park on the edge towards the next hole, First thing to do is find and fix the pitch mark, have a look, how far away from the pin did it hit, did it backspin or kick on or hit n sit etc.

Then you look at your next shot, its part of my routine.

I also will repair other pitch marks that I see and this is another reason to carry that 12 bore that I mentioned in a previous thread, to shoot the gits that dont repair their own.

I like making pitch marks :)

Fragger
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I was going to write something pretty similar to this.
 
garyinderry said:
ive been doing it wrong then. in fact, ive never seen anyone do it any other way than pushing the ground up. will try it the correct way today although i think our greens are quite firm atm and wont be big pitch marks anyway.
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You'll see the difference it makes. If you repair as in the video you won't notice there was even a pitch mark there.
 
Amazing that we have a load of replies from those who repair their, and everyone else's marks.
So who is leaving them then.....?
 
North Mimms said:
Amazing that we have a load of replies from those who repair their, and everyone else's marks.
So who is leaving them then.....?
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I think it will be mostly people who dont give a crap about the course when they play. I imagine them sort of idiots wont be in to chatting about golf on the internet.
 
garyinderry said:
ive been doing it wrong then. in fact, ive never seen anyone do it any other way than pushing the ground up. will try it the correct way today although i think our greens are quite firm atm and wont be big pitch marks anyway.
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I put notices on back of loo doors a few years ago, with diagrams on the correct way to repair a pitchmark.
You've got a captive audience with ladies on the loo!
 
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