#nationalrepairyourdivotday

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Most Golfers like to play on courses that are in good condition and how they would like to find them at different levels irregardless of stature or cost of the Green Fees. As Society has changed Golfing Etiquette has steadily declined within a certain type of player that just do not seem to care or respect the courses they play.

All normal & respectable players have an obligation to try and educate and persuade those that ruin things for others.

There have been numerous reports of players taking Divots out of Greens, Greens being peppered with un-repaired Pitch Marks and Fairways having many Divots that do not get repaired and the situation is not getting any better judged on comments we see on Social Media and Golf Forums.

August 14th was the inaugral #nationalrepairyourpitchmarkday and now October 16th will be #nationalrepairyourdivotday.

Working with Lickey Hills Golf Club - @LickeyHillsGolf & Colmworth Golf Club- @Golfclubnbeds, Clearswing @Clearswing have been trying to make a difference and get as many Golf Clubs and players on board to spread awareness and try to improve courses for everyone. To also enable Greens Teams to be able to concentrate on maintaining courses to improve them and not waste time effort and cost on tidying up after lazy or ignorant players.

Can all of you that care - which is the majority, please spread the word :)
 
There's always one that thinks they are funny
suppose your one of those who's wife cleans their
clubs aswell! Or one of those that doesn't bother to repair
either.
 
Its definitely a serious subject , however at our place, the crows turn over any divots looking for grubs, even divots that have been stamped down,

So while I admire the thought, its not always the golfers fault
 
I was actually surprised how many pitch marks were unrepaired at West Hill on Monday. I always replace my divot and repair my pitch mark and have done ever since I was a junior. I think if you get a good etiquette education when you start it stays with you. A bit like learning a good swing when you start. The problem these days are we have more and more social and nomadic golfers who don't necessarily get such a good grounding in the basic requirements. That said (and it is a pretty generalistic view) I've seen numerous club members, especially in the senior ranks, simply ignore their pitch marks. I am sure they aren't the sole cause of all the unrepaired marks and we all have a part to play in spreading the message. A well looked after course benefits everyone
 
Same problem with crows around my place. They tend to lift divots but it can be forgiven because the divot is sitting beside it's location. It's the big divots sitting 10 yards away that had no attempt to be replaced that rile me. I will always replace any significant divot that I can. Sometime not possible with some of "exploding" divots which break up into loads of little bits although those don't tend to be overly deep.

I do like to use divot repair bag where they are available, they at least help protect the area and encourage regrowth.

Pitchmarks, I generally make a point of finding mine to repair it because it gives a good indication of what the ball is doing when it hits the green and gives an idea of receptiveness. Will usually try and repair those immediately around me as well. I also sometimes tap down spike marks when leaving the green if necessary.
 
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Our course has a new initiative - carry a bucket full of soil/seed mix, fill divots, refill bucket at each tee :mmm:
 
the trouble with divots, as well as birds turning them over (magpies at our place) is they mostly die off anyway, I like the idea of a seed and soil bag you take with you, I have seen them at a few courses. We have divotting days but few people attend them.

With regard to pitch marks, someone once said that if you are good enough to leave one you ought to be knowledgeable enough to repair them.
 
louise_a said:
the trouble with divots, as well as birds turning them over (magpies at our place) is they mostly die off anyway, I like the idea of a seed and soil bag you take with you, I have seen them at a few courses. We have divotting days but few people attend them.

With regard to pitch marks, someone once said that if you are good enough to leave one you ought to be knowledgeable enough to repair them.
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Great to see proper golfers joining in. IMHO divot stations along fairways has to be
the way forward, our lazy culture wouldn't
want to be carrying seed mix on their round unless
on a buggy.
 
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