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Friday, September 16, 2011

Proper Ball Mark Repair

I must say that our membership does an incredible job filling divots.  I wish I could say the same for repairing ball marks.  Unfortunately, this is something we REALLY need to improve upon.  I can go on any green at any given time and repair about 40-50 ball marks and fix about another 20-30 that were improperly repaired.  A properly repaired ball mark will not affect ball roll and will completely heal over in just a few days.  An unrepaired or improperly repaired ball mark will take weeks to properly heal and will cause bumpiness in the putting surface.  Below is a great illustration that shows exactly how to PROPERLY repair ball marks:

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We ask that our members fix their ball mark and one other on every green.  Doing so will help keep our greens rolling smooth and may even help everyone make an extra putt here and there!
 

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