jdpjamesp
Q-School Graduate
Playing a winter round for the first time Thursday (all being well!) and I don't want to look a complete tool. If my ball leaves a pitch mark on a winter green is the form to repair it? I'm assuming yes?
Repair pitch mark on winter greens?
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PhilTheFragger
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If its frosty, you may not be able to get the fork in the ground, in that case i'd leave it
Otherwise, yes always repair
Otherwise, yes always repair
jdpjamesp
Q-School Graduate
Thanks Phil - assumed as much. It's unlikely to be frosty. Snow showers forecast though. Brrrr!
PhilTheFragger
Provider of Entertainment for the Golfing Gods 🙄
Playing in permafrost is an art form, you must try it sometime, Its funny when a lovely high approach shot that would normally hit n sit, suddenly bounces 100 feet in the air after contact with a rock hard green, at least its funny if it is your opponents ball 
jdpjamesp
Q-School Graduate
Hehe yeah sounds lots of fun. In my case the trees should behave exactly the same in the frost, as will the bunkers unless it really gets cold!
In my case the trees should behave exactly the same in the frost, as will the bunkers unless it really gets cold!jdpjamesp
Q-School Graduate
Main temptation for playing is the lift and place rule. My PP will be hitting fairway after fairway but will be forced to join me in the rough.
Capella
Journeyman Pro
If the ground is really frozen you won't make pitchmarks anyway 
I played on winter greens last weekend for the first time this season ... the ground had mostly thawed, though. They were faster than I expected, but bumpy as hell, making putting more a game of luck than skill. And the temporary greens are tiny at our course, making approach shots a real challenge (and further reducing the danger of leaving pitchmarks ... you have to hit the green from some distance to make that happen after all).
I played on winter greens last weekend for the first time this season ... the ground had mostly thawed, though. They were faster than I expected, but bumpy as hell, making putting more a game of luck than skill. And the temporary greens are tiny at our course, making approach shots a real challenge (and further reducing the danger of leaving pitchmarks ... you have to hit the green from some distance to make that happen after all).jdpjamesp
Q-School Graduate
You've not seen my putting then
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Always repair a pitchmark or two, even if not yours, winter golf or not (frost allowing in winter). Played in the wet at the weekend and repaired more than a few 
if done correctly, straight away, difficult to tell there was even a pitchmark there, even on plugged balls.
[video=youtube;AtiomfCFehw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtiomfCFehw[/video]
if done correctly, straight away, difficult to tell there was even a pitchmark there, even on plugged balls.[video=youtube;AtiomfCFehw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtiomfCFehw[/video]
chrisd
Major Champion
Have you ever hit a green Phil?? :lol:
