P I T C H M A R K S

ARE YOU FIXING THEM PROPERLY?

USGA/PGA found that on average a player will make eight pitch marks during a round of golf If 130 rounds of golf are played in a day, that’s over 1000 pitch marks, 30,000 pitch marks per month, 300,000 pitch marks per year Golf is already hard, with a little bit of TLC to the course we can make putting a little easier for everyone!

The Correct Way To Repair A Pitch Mark

1 the center of the hole Repeat this same motion on all sides of the hole

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Insert repair tool just outside the back of the ball mark Pull the turf towards Gently tap the repaired area with you putter This action stretches undamaged turf over the ball mark providing

2 instant recovery.

The In-Correct Way To Repair A Pitch Mark

1. it exposes the soil and will delay the healing process

DO NOT pry up the center of the depression with repair tool as

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DO NOT insert repair tool and twist it This only breaks more turf loose A Pitch Mark takes only 15 seconds to fix correctly, a Pitch

2. Mark incorrectly repaired takes up to two months to heal

Special Note for Fairway Divots. With our bermudagrass fairways, we ask that you DO NOT replace the grass removed but instead utilize a sand bottle and fill the divot with straight sand The bermudagrass is typically growing so quickly during the summer that it will repair itself very rapidly We ask for the sand as a courtesy to level the ‘hole’ as well as give the new stolons and leaf blades something to grasp in their quest to grow and fill in the divot