Professionals and divots

[rosecott]

Just watched a shot of Westwood playing an approach shot. As is usual, a big divot went about 20 paces forward. Westwood made a half-hearted attempt to stamp on the damage but he and his caddy walked past the divot within a pace of it. Don't caddies replace divots?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The divots gets removed by the birds anyway - they go around afterwards and fill the holes up with sand and grass seed

 

[CMAC]

Just watched a shot of Westwood playing an approach shot. As is usual, a big divot went about 20 paces forward. Westwood made a half-hearted attempt to stamp on the damage but he and his caddy walked past the divot within a pace of it. Don't caddies replace divots?

they do, generally..........they're only human

 

[Imurg]

I believe, especially in Asia, the divots don't reattach like they do over here.
They go round seeding them all instead.

 

[freddielong]

How do the divots know they are Asian and not to reattach

 

[upsidedown]

With the growing conditions out there, bit of sand and seed and jobs done in two weeks give or take

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Many places around the world, Asia being one, ask you not to replace the divots but to fill them with some dirt\seed. Us mere mortals would be expected to do that ourselves, I suspect someone goes round after the pros to do it for them.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

The divots gets removed by the birds anyway - they go around afterwards and fill the holes up with sand and grass seed

They also dry out in the sun before they can re-establish themselves

 

[One Planer]

How do the divots know they are Asian and not to reattach

:rofl:

Type of grass old bean.

 

[Coatsy79]

Always tickles me how Mark Crossfield seems to just stand on his divot after a shot

Stamp...........fixed! Lol

 

[Airlie_Andy]

Always tickles me how Mark Crossfield seems to just stand on his divot after a shot

Stamp...........fixed! Lol

I think its a habbit thing with him more than anything as I've seen him do it after hitting a shot off a winter mat.

 

[michaeljpoole]

The Majority of courses you play in Asia have caddies, and as said above they won't replace the divots but rather they carry round a bag of seed with them that they put into the divot just created. Conditions are usually a lot more humid with a lot of rain so I guess its perfect grass growing conditions.

 

[Agent Pies]

Can anyone explain to me (a beginner) why they all seem to take a good divot with an iron shot? Did the pro's of old like Faldo etc do this?

 

[matt71]

Same in florida too you have some sand/seed mix in the golf buggy to fill the tear you have made.

 

[Albanach]

Can anyone explain to me (a beginner) why they all seem to take a good divot with an iron shot? Did the pro's of old like Faldo etc do this?

Ball then turf...angle of attack on the mid to lower clubs. Pros can more than likely decide to clip the ball nicely of the turf or go for a WW1 type trench with a gap wedge.

 

[Agent Pies]

Ball then turf...angle of attack on the mid to lower clubs. Pros can more than likely decide to clip the ball nicely of the turf or go for a WW1 type trench with a gap wedge.

Ah I see.

I can do it as well... But by total fluke!

 

[davidy233]

Same in florida too you have some sand/seed mix in the golf buggy to fill the tear you have made.

Was just going to say this - but couldn't remember if it was Florida or Algarve (or both) we had the seed in the buggy

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Same in florida too you have some sand/seed mix in the golf buggy to fill the tear you have made.

The turf just seems to explode there with very little divot left to replace.

 

[Slab]

Same for me, not often there's enough divot remaining in one piece anyway but we always have the seed mix to fill-in and refill points round the course