How to Repair a Golf Divot

To practice proper golf etiquette and to care for the course, replace any grass or dirt that's removed from the ground during your golf swing.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Divot Tools
• Drivers
• Golf Bags
• Golf Balls
• Golf Clubs
• Golf Balls

1. Follow the flight of the ball to where it lands.

2. Look in the general direction of the golf ball - the divot will usually be 5 to 15 yards ahead of you.

3. Walk up to the divot, pick it up and return to the spot where you hit the ball.

4. Keep in mind that sometimes the divot can break into five or so different pieces of grass or dirt.

5. Match the grass and dirt back together like a puzzle so the divot is in one piece.

6. Place it on the spot where it was torn from.

7. Step on the grass that you've replaced until the surface is smooth with the rest of the grass.

Tips & Warnings

• Use sand to fill in the edges of the divot, and to help the regrowth process of the grass. Sand is often placed in plastic containers in the golf cart.
• If divots are not replaced, golf course personnel might lecture you or kick you off the course.

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on 8/26/2007 I am the divot queen! My Dad always had a bottle of drinking water in the cart and whenever I chunked a good one he would do all the steps you listed and add a squirt of water.

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[golfclubrepair]

on 8/23/2007 Good tips. That is exactly how I usually do it, just patch the grass, keeping the green easily manageable. Great advice. thx

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on 11/22/2005 Lay your club down at the divot (the actual hole your club made) so that when you walk up to retrieve the pieces of the turf, you can easily and quickly find the divot.

on 11/22/2005 Sometimes small plastic anchors are provided by golf clubs free of charge to hold large replaced divots in position, which the roots re-grow.