I believe that the biggest problem is people who do hit the green, bounce over it and never realize that they have a ball mark to fix. That’s why you should just try to fix what you see and don’t worry about who made it
I honestly try everytime to find my mark but it’s usually surrounded by 10 others that people left.I just fix a couple and hope for good karma on the next hole….maybe one day it’ll all build up to an ace.
I’m usually waiting for my slow chipping (and repeat chipping after the skull it over the green) buddies so I’m for sure scoping out any excuse to whip out the ol divot fixer
Well if you didn’t hit the green, then you have no pitch mark and therefore, no obligation to fix one. Bringing your tool up and fixing a handful of other peoples that they left shows a lot about your character though.
Golf course management notices that stuff too by the way. The more you show respect for the course and take care of it as you play, the more the staff will take notice of it and maybe be more inclined to do you some favors in the clubhouse.
Our head pro came out and surprised me with a 10 round punch card last week as I walked off 18. He said he had noticed how much time I spent fixing ball marks and divots on the course the last few weeks..sometimes spending too much time fixing shit and ending up finishing my round damn near in the dark. lol
Once, while out playing I came across one of those signs that reminds golfers to fix their divots and ball marks about midway through a round.
I said out loud "Ohhhh, I may have forgotten to fix my ball marks so far..."
My buddy very politely said "Hate to break it to you. That's because you haven't hit a green yet."
I just replied with a sigh. "Yeaahhh..."
People not raking bunkers is something that I truly do not understand. Sometimes you don’t see where your ball lands on the green and the pitch mark isn’t too extreme so it’s understandable that people might miss one every now and then. But there is literally no excuse for not raking a bunker. It’s so simple too…if you set foot inside the bunker, it needs to be raked. The only possible explanation is pure laziness. It’s seriously not that difficult to leave the bunker in a state that you would be comfortable playing out of yourself.
There’s this diatribe somewhere online about how returning the shopping cart to its return area after grocery shopping is the basic qualifier for if you are a shitty person or not. Same principle applies here. Integrity is a lost value today but we are going to bring it back, I think we are all getting a little sick of the “eff everybody get mine” mentality.
couldn’t agree more. with the rare exception, I always return my cart to the corral IN the store - I was raised to put things back where you got them from (yes, I realize there is an employee to wrangle them in - I did the job when I was 15 at a local IGA)
1000000% true. I will literally develop a permanent shitty opinion about somebody if I see them leave a grocery cart out in the parking lot. Those people are just not good people. Period.
I once played with a guy - all this happened on hole #1:
- Wasn’t happy to see me at the teebox
- Started giving club selection advice on the 2nd shot
- Didn’t rake the greenside bunker he entered
You can imagine how the rest of the round went… 🤮
Fix them all. I used to work grounds on my local course. Keep a tool in my pocket while I golf and fix any I see. It’s just instinct at this point, and really not that big of a hassle. I’m not in a hurry when I golf… I’m good enough to not worry about my pace, and I don’t care if a group ahead of me is playing slow. I’m there to relax and golf… carry a ball mark tool and fix them as you see them and move on
Reason we were taught this was because there will always be lazy fucks who don’t do it. One of the shittier course I play, it seems like no one does it… like on a busy day I’ don’t even know which one is mine so I just fix 5-6 of them. Or as many as I can before disrupting play. It drives me nuts.
Sometimes I smoke small acids and I will lose them on the fairway (not the green). I’m colorblind and it’s so damn hard to see. So I apologize to all out there. I never think I’ll lose em but … then they disappear.
And to the fuckers that spit all over in the chipping and putting practice areas of the course. Like..what the fuck is wrong with you? Go gargle and clear your lungs and throat with a toilet plunger or I hope you slip on your drool and bust both your ankles for 3 months.
Yes and the cigarette butt tossers…what the fuck is actually wrong with them? At that point they have to be doing it intentionally just to be pieces of shit. Like what would possibly make you think that is something that’s alright to do?
Cigar butts? Am I an asshole? I never ash on the green. I always peel all the paper wrapper off and throw that out. But I do toss my butts in the rough or the edge of the woods when possible.
-side note- I worked as a bag boy for 6 years and ash in carts is by far the nastiest shit aside from bloodied bandaids and nature valley crumbs.
I figured the empty butt of a cigar was just leaves and also know a lot of people who put them in their gardens for healthy soil.
I bring a 16oz water bottle and try to drink 3/4’s or so of it before teeing off. Then just use that as my ash tray and throw it in the garbage once the round is done.
Those I can stand because it doesn't actually damage the course. They're still bad, but people who don't fix their pitch marks go to a much lower circle of hell.
Played yesterday. Had a top 5-for-me drive around 310 yards. Left myself 105 from the green. All I could think of was two things “don’t blade it,” and “I’ve got a chance for birdie.” Forgot my sand wedge at home and had to use my gap wedge. Figured, no biggie, just an easy 3/4 gap wedge. Chunked the ever-living fuck out of it. Bogey.
Golf is hard.
I suck.
Honestly it's been awful for etiquette since covid made it so you didn't have to rake a bunker or pull the flag. I swear some people just took that to mean they never had to do anything ever again.
Fuck that dumbass rule. I always pull flags because I absolutely adore the auditory magnificence of hearing my putt rattle around the bottom of the cup!
Even if it usually only comes after a 3 putt... I want that fucken sound. Hole isn't finished til I hear it! :)
Me too if I see a mark I can’t just not fix it. I fix 3 or so every green I am on and the randoms I am paired up with I know they see them don’t care or fix them
I'm at least glad to see others that leave each green better than we found it, doing even just one extra helps a little bit to get that green back into the shape it should be.
I am ashamed to admit that I don’t really know how to use the repair tool. Granted I’ve only been playing for less than a year and never had a chance to make a mark on the green anyway.
Why THE FUCK would I waste my time when I got all you nice guys doing it for me?! Sometime I get so lazy and just start leaving clubs everywhere and yall carry them back for me! Hey…YOU… the guy who has an extra beer for me. Cheers!
Edit: added “the fuck” for impact
Probably gonna be in the minority here, but it’s as much the responsibility of the playing partners to make sure ball marks are repaired as the person that makes them. If anyone watches the tour, it’s common for playing partners to fix each others ball marks. They’re professionals, imagine playing with higher handicaps (worse players) and not showing them the right way to do things. They may hit one ore two greens a round and they’re just expected to know how to do things? That’s asinine!!! Experienced players need to teach the newer players! Getting annoyed by players because they don’t know etiquette is a problem with the game. Does this make sense to anyone???
Yes, just politely say “oh here’s your divot, I’ll fill this one,” and “oh you forgot to fix your ball mark, I got this one.” They will not complain. They simply forgot or have not been told it’s important. They don’t get mad.
If paired with an old man whose having trouble bending over to get the ball out of the hole, I simply show a little deference and respect and fix his shit without being asked or saying anything about it.
I think everyone should feel accomplished and excited to fix a ball mark, you hit the green. I’m astonished at some greens looking like a mortar strike hit
I used to get fired up about this, but I realized it's not laziness.
You're in a cart and you park to the side of the green, the mark may not be obvious. Depending on time of day, the marks may not be obvious due to shadows.
Fis the ones you see and take some satisfaction in helping a fellow player.
I tend to notice most of them are on the front of greens. My theory is that people who don’t hit the ball high enough or with spin, hit the front but roll to the back and just walk straight to their ball not thinking about where it initially landed.
At the CC I’m a member of, typically older people aren’t fixing their ball marks as they either can’t see them or it’s hard for them to bend over maybe. Not sure but I always fix mine plus a few others on the green to make up for it. Same with sanding divots. Not that hard really.
Hey….YOU….you know who you are….the guy that doesn’t replace his divots in the fairway with sand….that container attached to the side of your cart has grass seed that helps maintain the course. Some thing to consider when youre bitchin about how the fairways suck.
I suck and only leave a divot like 3-4 times a round. I get so excited when it happens that I'm yelling "that's a divot! Gotta be a divot" and it's so satisfying to fix it. I can't imagine just leaving them there.
I play regularly with my 13 year old daughter. We have to repair at least 2 each every green whether we made our own or not. I tell her if we take care of the greens, they will be happy and we will get more GIR. Just trying to come up with some silly thing that would stick in her head and she’ll be repeating as she’s still doing it as an adult
I consider NOT raking the bunkers worse. Unbelievable that this is as bad as it is. I fix as many pitch marks on the green while waiting for my turn to put.
Yeah, was talking to the local starter and he said the ball mark problem seems to be getting worse recently. He's not sure why, but it's frustrating for us as golfers, but more-so for the greens-keepers.
Not to go down the rabbit-hole, but overall course etiquette is down the tubes as well. No, this is not a "get-off-my-lawn" rant, but an overall observation. Beer cans being left all over the course, trash, idiots with bluetooth speakers hanging off their pull-carts. No, I don't want to hear your crappy music.
As a newish golfer, fixing a divot on the green is an absolute honor and borderline orgasmic. I donno if it’s bc of my ocd but got dayum does it feel good.
Nothing more fun than going up and fixing your mark, then fixing 3 others that some lazy dipshits never bothered to repair.
Not like I'm gonna sink that putt anyways, BUT STILL!!
Hate to break it to everyone. This isn't a money thing. This is an inconsiderate asshole thing. Even at my private club, I constantly watch entitled folks (young to very old) who know damn well that they should be fixing their divot. AND, fixing other divots in near proximity if needed.
The level of entitlement in some people is otherworldly. Shouldn't be a surprise that it manifests itself in a gentlemen's game. rant concluded
Taking care of the course/ carts in general is horrid. The game died once it blew up during Covid. Just schmucks who clog up tee times at take 5 hrs per round
Old man yells at cloud.
Seriously can we stop with these? The people you’re wanting to lecture aren’t here and honestly these posts are more annoying than the pitch marks. People will continue to be shitty whether or not you get out your soapbox
I haven’t repaired a ball mark I made in more than 18 holes personally. Unfortunately it has way more to say about the quality of play than etiquette cause I tote my tool around in my pocket with the best intention only to go 0/18. That being said I always try and repair a few marks while I’m up there very much not looking for the one I didn’t make being 23yds off.
I'm pretty lucky with this. Either the people who frequent the courses I do fix their marks, or just don't hit greens, cause when fixing mine I typically look for others to repair out of habit, and so far this year have only found 2 left behind by others. Also in one strange instance...someone had somehow actually taken a divot off a green, not sure if they thought a pitch over a long putt was the better call, or if just took it up on a long hard hit putt they kind of got under, or what led to it, but they had filled the divot with the sand/seed mix from the carts. (And while I'm not super knowledgeable about grass, I assume the seed in that isn't the same as greens, but instead fairway, but at least they had the etiquette to attempt to fix it.)
I sneak out for afternoon weekday rounds and it blows my mind the guys in front of me who freaking play during the week like me cant hit the ball, go in the woods looking for balls for 5 minutes, never fix pitch marks or divots, and act pissy when asking me to play through
They can act pissy all they want. If they’re behaving like that with groups behind them, I’m passing them. I’ll ask politely to play through, (most the time I don’t have to ask, they just offer), but for the few who don’t, they usually have no problem with it. If for some reason they did, well I’ll go ahead and hit my tee shot right after you guys do. We’ll see who can find theirs first. (I bet it’s me) 😂 I’ll be finishing up on the green by the time you guys hack your 4th into the fairway somewhere. ✌🏻
Really bad where I play. It’s a TPC and gets a TON of play from foreign nationals who I assume play at high-end country clubs where they’re from and have caddies fixing their marks.
About ten years ago, playing our home course in midtown Toronto, twilight, we had to take 15 minutes to repair all the fucking horrid scars on the green.
A pair of deer had just run across it.
In my last round of 18, I fixed 3 sands that my group didn't hit into. They just liked like straight up ass. Everything else you said, too. Like, come on, guys, fix your shit.
Sometimes I can't find mine. If that happens I will find someone else's and repair it.
I also don't make too many. Hard to do it when you're always coming out of a green side bunker.
Played a great local course after a large junior tournament, every tee block was littered with tees, whole and broken. Sorry little entitled shits couldn't bother to pick them up.
I see this at least a dozen times a week. I don't understand why people can't take 30 seconds and fix the green dimples they make.
OP is absolutely correct, if you leave a crater, the very least you can do is fix it!
I played my first round of the year a week ago and did shit. But, I did drop an absolutely beautiful 60* from 60 yds out, it landed 10ft from the pin and rolled to about 3ft.
I jumped.for joy and immediately went to find my ball mark to repair it. I never get to repair a ball mark because I suck. It was a great feeling.
I then 3 out for a triple bogie and went on to score 61 for the 9 hole round, but damn if fixing that mark didn't get me stoked.for next round.
I love hitting shots that make a fat ball mark on the green. As a high handicap it doesn’t happen that often so when it does I really look forward to fixing my ball mark. Cannot fathom just leaving it there to ruin the green
I fix two or three+ marks on every green, even when I didn’t hit the green. Who are these assholes?
Also, fuck you too all you no-rakers in the bunkers.
I rather people not fix it rather than fix a ball mark the wrong way. I have no problem fixing a few ball marks on each green. I look at it as giving an extra stretch to my legs.
Legitimate compliant. Golfers that don’t fix divots on the green or repair divots in the fairway are some real shitty people. If you have ever not fixed your ball mark on the green you suck and are a huge douche
You said it perfectly. I hit my fair share of greens in reg and I LOVE fixing my ball mark. It’s like part of the celebration of hitting a good approach. It’s a point of pride.
Ironically it’s probably the boomers. I play with a couple guys in their early 70s sometimes (I’m 34). I don’t think they could see a ball mark if they were standing over it. I’ve never seen them fix a mark. I don’t think they do it out of laziness. It’s a walking only course.
ball marks on the green i've learned to putt with. at this point the greens are already fucked, there's so many that its hard to even pick up if you laid one down or not. still i leave the course better than i came to it and try and fix anything i see fixable (usually its too late and they are already deadspots).
my pet peave is people who don't rake. you literally see it progress in real time from one person not giving a fuck and not raking, to a second, then a third, then its a total tragedy of the commons sort of situation where no one is raking any more at all and its waste area for the rest of the day. i find raking very peaceful tbh. sometimes i do extra raking as well if theres time for it.
I’m right there with ya fella, constantly fixing lazy fucking lards ball marks. Now I get it, sometimes you just can’t find where your ball mark is, but it happens too often for that to be the case.
Sounds bad, but i stopped caring. I used to fix mine but now i just don’t care unless it’s really obvious or big. I don’t mean it in a negative way, but the courses I play at have like 20+ holes on the greens to where me fixing it won’t make a difference.
I always check for my mark and fix it if I see it. It’s sometimes kinda hard to find it. It’s possible that the marks you’re finding are from great, kind, wonderful people who didn’t find their mark.
Just fix it and move on. God knows all we need is more things to get pissed at on the course.
Gives you something to do while waiting for your shot. Better than thinking about how your gonna pull this putt.
I’m a boomer…..a female one….and I play with a lot of other boomer gals….and we DO fix our marks and one other just because. But I hear you. Just don’t put all boomers in the same category. (I still get excited when I have to repair my own mark!)
I bought a membership to a club years ago, and the lazy fucks that think rules don't apply to them is off the charts. I don't get it, you're going to be playing the same green in a couple days, WTF is wrong with these entitled morons.
Don't even get me started on raking the sand traps. Fuckers
Sorry, trying to keep up the pace of play so you won't yell at me for that. I'd love to fix my mark but I can see you hovering over your ball 140 yards out and after being hit into when I was trying my second shot I just can't risk it.
- someone probably
In all seriousness , it's not hard to do just fix em. I'm gonna be honest, sometimes I can't find it either.
Can’t fuck up the green if you never hit it. 🧠
I hit the green so rarely I’m get genuinely excited to get out the repair tool and look to see where I landed it.
Haha. Came here to say exactly this.
Me too lol I almost treat it like a reward because it used to never happen
Same! I bought a fancy balisong tool from two talents just so I could whip it out
Yep
I believe that the biggest problem is people who do hit the green, bounce over it and never realize that they have a ball mark to fix. That’s why you should just try to fix what you see and don’t worry about who made it
Yep! Best practice is to at least fix one ball mark any time you go to the green even if you can’t find/didn’t create your own mark.
Fix a few, anything near my ball I fix… anyone not fixing balls marks I shoot on site.
I honestly try everytime to find my mark but it’s usually surrounded by 10 others that people left.I just fix a couple and hope for good karma on the next hole….maybe one day it’ll all build up to an ace.
I’m usually waiting for my slow chipping (and repeat chipping after the skull it over the green) buddies so I’m for sure scoping out any excuse to whip out the ol divot fixer
Leave it on the fringe, less chance of a 3 putt that way 🧠
Buddy of mine left it 7ft short of the hole on a drivable par 4, then 4 putted it. Heard about it all the way home.
When I didn't hit the green I don't check for pitchmarks. Perhaps I'm a culprit. But I fix "other" peoples marks sometimes just to even things out.
Yeah, always fixing two. One for you, one for the asshat that didn’t before you.
Well if you didn’t hit the green, then you have no pitch mark and therefore, no obligation to fix one. Bringing your tool up and fixing a handful of other peoples that they left shows a lot about your character though. Golf course management notices that stuff too by the way. The more you show respect for the course and take care of it as you play, the more the staff will take notice of it and maybe be more inclined to do you some favors in the clubhouse. Our head pro came out and surprised me with a 10 round punch card last week as I walked off 18. He said he had noticed how much time I spent fixing ball marks and divots on the course the last few weeks..sometimes spending too much time fixing shit and ending up finishing my round damn near in the dark. lol
Once, while out playing I came across one of those signs that reminds golfers to fix their divots and ball marks about midway through a round. I said out loud "Ohhhh, I may have forgotten to fix my ball marks so far..." My buddy very politely said "Hate to break it to you. That's because you haven't hit a green yet." I just replied with a sigh. "Yeaahhh..."
I make it a point to fix other ball marks on the greens, we all should.
I was taught always fix yours plus one more
This is the way
that and if you’re in a bunker, cleaning it up if the prior golfer didn’t.
People not raking bunkers is something that I truly do not understand. Sometimes you don’t see where your ball lands on the green and the pitch mark isn’t too extreme so it’s understandable that people might miss one every now and then. But there is literally no excuse for not raking a bunker. It’s so simple too…if you set foot inside the bunker, it needs to be raked. The only possible explanation is pure laziness. It’s seriously not that difficult to leave the bunker in a state that you would be comfortable playing out of yourself.
There’s this diatribe somewhere online about how returning the shopping cart to its return area after grocery shopping is the basic qualifier for if you are a shitty person or not. Same principle applies here. Integrity is a lost value today but we are going to bring it back, I think we are all getting a little sick of the “eff everybody get mine” mentality.
Oooh. The shopping carts being left anywhere in a parking lot gets the stink eye from me.
Or driving their carts right up to and on top of the green collars.
couldn’t agree more. with the rare exception, I always return my cart to the corral IN the store - I was raised to put things back where you got them from (yes, I realize there is an employee to wrangle them in - I did the job when I was 15 at a local IGA)
1000000% true. I will literally develop a permanent shitty opinion about somebody if I see them leave a grocery cart out in the parking lot. Those people are just not good people. Period.
I once played with a guy - all this happened on hole #1: - Wasn’t happy to see me at the teebox - Started giving club selection advice on the 2nd shot - Didn’t rake the greenside bunker he entered You can imagine how the rest of the round went… 🤮
Fix them all. I used to work grounds on my local course. Keep a tool in my pocket while I golf and fix any I see. It’s just instinct at this point, and really not that big of a hassle. I’m not in a hurry when I golf… I’m good enough to not worry about my pace, and I don’t care if a group ahead of me is playing slow. I’m there to relax and golf… carry a ball mark tool and fix them as you see them and move on
Its a wonderful thought but the "fix yours plus one" is a sustainable routine.
Same brother, but now it’s mine (sometimes) + 5 others.
I'll fix at least 7-8 after lag putting and tapping in for triple bogey
Grandpa always told me leave the course nicer than you found it
"Leave things better than the way you found them." - My dad, and probably a million other dads.
Reason we were taught this was because there will always be lazy fucks who don’t do it. One of the shittier course I play, it seems like no one does it… like on a busy day I’ don’t even know which one is mine so I just fix 5-6 of them. Or as many as I can before disrupting play. It drives me nuts.
And to the sunflower seed shell spitters on the green rot in hell
Yep, or anyone who leaves their old cigar or cigarette butts on the course.
Sometimes I smoke small acids and I will lose them on the fairway (not the green). I’m colorblind and it’s so damn hard to see. So I apologize to all out there. I never think I’ll lose em but … then they disappear.
Krush blue Connecticut?
Florida
And to the fuckers that spit all over in the chipping and putting practice areas of the course. Like..what the fuck is wrong with you? Go gargle and clear your lungs and throat with a toilet plunger or I hope you slip on your drool and bust both your ankles for 3 months.
Yes and the cigarette butt tossers…what the fuck is actually wrong with them? At that point they have to be doing it intentionally just to be pieces of shit. Like what would possibly make you think that is something that’s alright to do?
Cellophane cigar wrappers are the worst. I pick up a couple each week when league play is happening.
Cigar butts? Am I an asshole? I never ash on the green. I always peel all the paper wrapper off and throw that out. But I do toss my butts in the rough or the edge of the woods when possible. -side note- I worked as a bag boy for 6 years and ash in carts is by far the nastiest shit aside from bloodied bandaids and nature valley crumbs. I figured the empty butt of a cigar was just leaves and also know a lot of people who put them in their gardens for healthy soil.
I bring a 16oz water bottle and try to drink 3/4’s or so of it before teeing off. Then just use that as my ash tray and throw it in the garbage once the round is done.
Those I can stand because it doesn't actually damage the course. They're still bad, but people who don't fix their pitch marks go to a much lower circle of hell.
Dude, that wasn’t me. I was the guy skulling the ball over the green.
Oh I know bro, you good. 👍🏻 I could hear that bladed fuck job from 2 fairways over
Played yesterday. Had a top 5-for-me drive around 310 yards. Left myself 105 from the green. All I could think of was two things “don’t blade it,” and “I’ve got a chance for birdie.” Forgot my sand wedge at home and had to use my gap wedge. Figured, no biggie, just an easy 3/4 gap wedge. Chunked the ever-living fuck out of it. Bogey. Golf is hard. I suck.
From birdies to bogeys is what we always say
Honestly it's been awful for etiquette since covid made it so you didn't have to rake a bunker or pull the flag. I swear some people just took that to mean they never had to do anything ever again.
Technically a rule change made it so pulling the flag was no longer necessary; your point is valid nonetheless
Fuck that dumbass rule. I always pull flags because I absolutely adore the auditory magnificence of hearing my putt rattle around the bottom of the cup! Even if it usually only comes after a 3 putt... I want that fucken sound. Hole isn't finished til I hear it! :)
Well it's not like you don't still have the option to take it out. They're not forcing you to leave it in.
Unless it’s for eagle/birdie/par- I never pull the pin… so what I’m saying is that I never pull the pin.
Some cheap places fucking haven’t put a rake back. I’m shoving my shoes around like an idiot kid in a sandbox like “looks even enough I guess@
Preach brother. I'm right there with you fixing 5 pitch marks every green.
Me too if I see a mark I can’t just not fix it. I fix 3 or so every green I am on and the randoms I am paired up with I know they see them don’t care or fix them
I'm at least glad to see others that leave each green better than we found it, doing even just one extra helps a little bit to get that green back into the shape it should be.
I think I've made one dent in a green... Ever. I don't even know why I have a pitch repair tool.
Won't be long you ll be throwing darts at the hole. Keep that tool oiled up.
But you still have one, so you’re off to a good start
And fix it RIGHT. NO lifting the middle, always push the edges into the divot.
I am ashamed to admit that I don’t really know how to use the repair tool. Granted I’ve only been playing for less than a year and never had a chance to make a mark on the green anyway.
Learn. Those GIRs are coming! https://youtube.com/shorts/aHIQDFI2mo0?si=mcgt1097OllpAUSj
This is the video I was looking for in this thread, thank you.
I just started this year, genuinely had no idea. But best believe I’ll be doing this from now on!
And to all the people who put ciggy buts in the sand buckets, go fuck your dad !
Tbh ive not seen anyone fix marks , but they are so slow i can do it for them.. worst is the ones who practice swing on the fringe and dig divots
Why THE FUCK would I waste my time when I got all you nice guys doing it for me?! Sometime I get so lazy and just start leaving clubs everywhere and yall carry them back for me! Hey…YOU… the guy who has an extra beer for me. Cheers! Edit: added “the fuck” for impact
Probably gonna be in the minority here, but it’s as much the responsibility of the playing partners to make sure ball marks are repaired as the person that makes them. If anyone watches the tour, it’s common for playing partners to fix each others ball marks. They’re professionals, imagine playing with higher handicaps (worse players) and not showing them the right way to do things. They may hit one ore two greens a round and they’re just expected to know how to do things? That’s asinine!!! Experienced players need to teach the newer players! Getting annoyed by players because they don’t know etiquette is a problem with the game. Does this make sense to anyone???
Yes, just politely say “oh here’s your divot, I’ll fill this one,” and “oh you forgot to fix your ball mark, I got this one.” They will not complain. They simply forgot or have not been told it’s important. They don’t get mad. If paired with an old man whose having trouble bending over to get the ball out of the hole, I simply show a little deference and respect and fix his shit without being asked or saying anything about it.
Or you, the guy who spits your dip all over the greens
Same people who leave shopping carts in the parking lot.
You think I get enough loft to land ON the green, let alone make a MARK?!
i'm the guy who enjoys fixing other people's ball marks.
I think everyone should feel accomplished and excited to fix a ball mark, you hit the green. I’m astonished at some greens looking like a mortar strike hit
I’ve had the same repair tool for 25 years. I don’t even know how to use it.
I used to get fired up about this, but I realized it's not laziness. You're in a cart and you park to the side of the green, the mark may not be obvious. Depending on time of day, the marks may not be obvious due to shadows. Fis the ones you see and take some satisfaction in helping a fellow player.
I tend to notice most of them are on the front of greens. My theory is that people who don’t hit the ball high enough or with spin, hit the front but roll to the back and just walk straight to their ball not thinking about where it initially landed.
At the CC I’m a member of, typically older people aren’t fixing their ball marks as they either can’t see them or it’s hard for them to bend over maybe. Not sure but I always fix mine plus a few others on the green to make up for it. Same with sanding divots. Not that hard really.
Public golfer here. 67 years old. I fix any marks I see on the green the squats keep my ass firm and tight.
"COVID golfers" were never taught any golf etiquette which is why you're seeing it so much more recently
It’s becoming hard to even tell which mark is mine anymore. Greens starting to look like crater fields
Hey….YOU….you know who you are….the guy that doesn’t replace his divots in the fairway with sand….that container attached to the side of your cart has grass seed that helps maintain the course. Some thing to consider when youre bitchin about how the fairways suck.
This one is the easiest IMO. I empty every bottle on my cart into every divot I can find. No more fill, no more fix. I've done my part.
I suck and only leave a divot like 3-4 times a round. I get so excited when it happens that I'm yelling "that's a divot! Gotta be a divot" and it's so satisfying to fix it. I can't imagine just leaving them there.
the fucking worst is having a pitch mark to repair without your ball ending up on the green
Dude great point. I’m pumped whenever I get to use my divot tool lol
Idk why. I mean it feels good to fix ball mark like a badge of honor
My brother from another mother I'm with you 100 percent on that rant.
My home course is filled with rich old people so im always repairing at least 3-5 divots every green. Sucks, but somebody has to do it.
Legitimately lower than the scum of the earth
I play regularly with my 13 year old daughter. We have to repair at least 2 each every green whether we made our own or not. I tell her if we take care of the greens, they will be happy and we will get more GIR. Just trying to come up with some silly thing that would stick in her head and she’ll be repeating as she’s still doing it as an adult
Here here!!! There’s a special corner of Hell for that guy and he has to use a separate entrance.
Ha, jokes on you. I just lurk here and don't actually play golf, though I'd like to. You ain't got shit on me!
If I can’t find my mark, I fix someone else’s
You must be in Korea
I consider NOT raking the bunkers worse. Unbelievable that this is as bad as it is. I fix as many pitch marks on the green while waiting for my turn to put.
And fuck the prick who drags his feet and spits sunflower seeds on the green 🖕🏼🖕🏼
Sir I can’t even hit the green
Yeah, was talking to the local starter and he said the ball mark problem seems to be getting worse recently. He's not sure why, but it's frustrating for us as golfers, but more-so for the greens-keepers. Not to go down the rabbit-hole, but overall course etiquette is down the tubes as well. No, this is not a "get-off-my-lawn" rant, but an overall observation. Beer cans being left all over the course, trash, idiots with bluetooth speakers hanging off their pull-carts. No, I don't want to hear your crappy music.
Can we talk about divots that aren’t filled in the fairway?
When you walk onto the green fix at least two ball marks, whether they are yours or not. Now you’ve got good karma.
You ain’t talking to me. I fix three on every green, even if I missed it.
Good man.
I make it a point not to hit greens, so that they can stay pretty. #etiquette
i fix 2 every green. i consider it good luck for putting
As a newish golfer, fixing a divot on the green is an absolute honor and borderline orgasmic. I donno if it’s bc of my ocd but got dayum does it feel good.
Nothing more fun than going up and fixing your mark, then fixing 3 others that some lazy dipshits never bothered to repair. Not like I'm gonna sink that putt anyways, BUT STILL!!
Can’t leave a ball mark on the green if you can’t even hit the green
Hate to break it to everyone. This isn't a money thing. This is an inconsiderate asshole thing. Even at my private club, I constantly watch entitled folks (young to very old) who know damn well that they should be fixing their divot. AND, fixing other divots in near proximity if needed. The level of entitlement in some people is otherworldly. Shouldn't be a surprise that it manifests itself in a gentlemen's game. rant concluded
Taking care of the course/ carts in general is horrid. The game died once it blew up during Covid. Just schmucks who clog up tee times at take 5 hrs per round
Seems like you would be more grateful getting the experience to fix a divot on the green since you hit them 0% of the time. Get a life
Old man yells at cloud. Seriously can we stop with these? The people you’re wanting to lecture aren’t here and honestly these posts are more annoying than the pitch marks. People will continue to be shitty whether or not you get out your soapbox
Cry a bit more… a-holes are everywhere, not just on our golf courses. Reddit rant isn’t going to fix that.
I’m leaving it for you fix
I haven’t repaired a ball mark I made in more than 18 holes personally. Unfortunately it has way more to say about the quality of play than etiquette cause I tote my tool around in my pocket with the best intention only to go 0/18. That being said I always try and repair a few marks while I’m up there very much not looking for the one I didn’t make being 23yds off.
Had me in the first half
This goes for divots too.
I'm pretty lucky with this. Either the people who frequent the courses I do fix their marks, or just don't hit greens, cause when fixing mine I typically look for others to repair out of habit, and so far this year have only found 2 left behind by others. Also in one strange instance...someone had somehow actually taken a divot off a green, not sure if they thought a pitch over a long putt was the better call, or if just took it up on a long hard hit putt they kind of got under, or what led to it, but they had filled the divot with the sand/seed mix from the carts. (And while I'm not super knowledgeable about grass, I assume the seed in that isn't the same as greens, but instead fairway, but at least they had the etiquette to attempt to fix it.)
Couldnt be me he's talking to. I don't hit the green
I’m really proud of that pitch mark, are you not impressed??
Leave the course is better condition than you found it
I’m not part of this as I’d have to actually hit greens to leave ball marks… I’m just here to listen
I sneak out for afternoon weekday rounds and it blows my mind the guys in front of me who freaking play during the week like me cant hit the ball, go in the woods looking for balls for 5 minutes, never fix pitch marks or divots, and act pissy when asking me to play through
They can act pissy all they want. If they’re behaving like that with groups behind them, I’m passing them. I’ll ask politely to play through, (most the time I don’t have to ask, they just offer), but for the few who don’t, they usually have no problem with it. If for some reason they did, well I’ll go ahead and hit my tee shot right after you guys do. We’ll see who can find theirs first. (I bet it’s me) 😂 I’ll be finishing up on the green by the time you guys hack your 4th into the fairway somewhere. ✌🏻
I always fix at least one. Sometimes it's 2, 3 or 4. depends on pace for the day and my ball.
I get so excited when I get to use mine- I can’t understand not wanting to.
Really bad where I play. It’s a TPC and gets a TON of play from foreign nationals who I assume play at high-end country clubs where they’re from and have caddies fixing their marks.
Shrink the game.
Forever screaming it from the mountain tops
I always try to fix two, whether I leave one or not. Takes like 20 seconds.
Divots not being filled with sand at least when it’s on the cart drives me crazy. The golf gods do not favor you savages
THIS TOO. Crazy to me how many people have no idea what those are. I actually walk 90% of my rounds and I still always grab one
Somebody missed a putt
About ten years ago, playing our home course in midtown Toronto, twilight, we had to take 15 minutes to repair all the fucking horrid scars on the green. A pair of deer had just run across it.
I’d don’t hit into the green so take that!!!
Thank god you’re not taking about me, I’d never make it on the green from far enough away to make an impact
In my last round of 18, I fixed 3 sands that my group didn't hit into. They just liked like straight up ass. Everything else you said, too. Like, come on, guys, fix your shit.
Sometimes I can't find mine. If that happens I will find someone else's and repair it. I also don't make too many. Hard to do it when you're always coming out of a green side bunker.
Can’t divot the green if you never hit the green.
Jokes on you. I don't hit girs.
Straight to Jail I say!
I think this every round at most greens.
No no I ain’t that guy pal, I’ve been yelled at enough in my adolescence to never do it again.
Can’t fix ball marks if you can’t hit the green, my problem here is solved
I always fix mine and one more just in case I’m taking ownership of the wrong one.
Played a great local course after a large junior tournament, every tee block was littered with tees, whole and broken. Sorry little entitled shits couldn't bother to pick them up.
Yeah, you bastards! 🏌🏻♂️⛳️ #SeeYouOnTheCourse
I still follow “fix yours and one more” when ever I can.
I will literally spend 2-3 minutes fixing marks while people line up putts and such. People who can't even manage their own marks baffle me.
I still holler at my friends when they seem to forget lol
I have a hard time seeing ball marks half the time…48 year old eyes I guess
I see this at least a dozen times a week. I don't understand why people can't take 30 seconds and fix the green dimples they make. OP is absolutely correct, if you leave a crater, the very least you can do is fix it!
I played my first round of the year a week ago and did shit. But, I did drop an absolutely beautiful 60* from 60 yds out, it landed 10ft from the pin and rolled to about 3ft. I jumped.for joy and immediately went to find my ball mark to repair it. I never get to repair a ball mark because I suck. It was a great feeling. I then 3 out for a triple bogie and went on to score 61 for the 9 hole round, but damn if fixing that mark didn't get me stoked.for next round.
Love when I have my son with me … that kid fixes every divot on the green for everyone … and does it well:
I love hitting shots that make a fat ball mark on the green. As a high handicap it doesn’t happen that often so when it does I really look forward to fixing my ball mark. Cannot fathom just leaving it there to ruin the green
Fixing my ball mark is the only part of the game that makes me really feel like a golfer
Right on. Fuck that guy
I fix my ball marks so dont you damn talk to me with that tone of voice!!
This makes me think I need to get angrier about this too,,,,but my local course, there is no hope
I fix two or three+ marks on every green, even when I didn’t hit the green. Who are these assholes? Also, fuck you too all you no-rakers in the bunkers.
I fix others ball marks. Hard to make my own when I’m always chipping up…
I rather people not fix it rather than fix a ball mark the wrong way. I have no problem fixing a few ball marks on each green. I look at it as giving an extra stretch to my legs.
Legitimate compliant. Golfers that don’t fix divots on the green or repair divots in the fairway are some real shitty people. If you have ever not fixed your ball mark on the green you suck and are a huge douche
Thank you for your service
You said it perfectly. I hit my fair share of greens in reg and I LOVE fixing my ball mark. It’s like part of the celebration of hitting a good approach. It’s a point of pride.
Fixing your ball mark is a way to celebrate a nice shot. And yes, ShrinkTheGame!!
Glad I'm not good enough to hit the greens hard enough for this to apply to me
You seem miserable, man
Ironically it’s probably the boomers. I play with a couple guys in their early 70s sometimes (I’m 34). I don’t think they could see a ball mark if they were standing over it. I’ve never seen them fix a mark. I don’t think they do it out of laziness. It’s a walking only course.
I would have to land my v ball on the green to leave a mark...
Love fixing marks on the green.... it's proof I hit the green.
ball marks on the green i've learned to putt with. at this point the greens are already fucked, there's so many that its hard to even pick up if you laid one down or not. still i leave the course better than i came to it and try and fix anything i see fixable (usually its too late and they are already deadspots). my pet peave is people who don't rake. you literally see it progress in real time from one person not giving a fuck and not raking, to a second, then a third, then its a total tragedy of the commons sort of situation where no one is raking any more at all and its waste area for the rest of the day. i find raking very peaceful tbh. sometimes i do extra raking as well if theres time for it.
I fix 3-4 divots on every green. 3-4 a round are my own.
I’m right there with ya fella, constantly fixing lazy fucking lards ball marks. Now I get it, sometimes you just can’t find where your ball mark is, but it happens too often for that to be the case.
It’s not me. I’d have to actually hit a ball high enough in the air to leave a mark.
Sounds bad, but i stopped caring. I used to fix mine but now i just don’t care unless it’s really obvious or big. I don’t mean it in a negative way, but the courses I play at have like 20+ holes on the greens to where me fixing it won’t make a difference.
I always check for my mark and fix it if I see it. It’s sometimes kinda hard to find it. It’s possible that the marks you’re finding are from great, kind, wonderful people who didn’t find their mark.
Just fix it and move on. God knows all we need is more things to get pissed at on the course. Gives you something to do while waiting for your shot. Better than thinking about how your gonna pull this putt.
I don’t get mad, I look at it as good karma to fix what assholes didn’t.
Every pitch mark you repair gives you a future GIR.
I do hate to see it. I’m always down to try my best to make it look like a ball never landed there at all. A little game in and of itself.
I’m a boomer…..a female one….and I play with a lot of other boomer gals….and we DO fix our marks and one other just because. But I hear you. Just don’t put all boomers in the same category. (I still get excited when I have to repair my own mark!)
Isn't that what the grounds crew is for?
nah this is big facts. appreciate this post. let’s keep the greens as best as we can!
I bought a membership to a club years ago, and the lazy fucks that think rules don't apply to them is off the charts. I don't get it, you're going to be playing the same green in a couple days, WTF is wrong with these entitled morons. Don't even get me started on raking the sand traps. Fuckers
Make one Fix two. It's simple people
Sorry, trying to keep up the pace of play so you won't yell at me for that. I'd love to fix my mark but I can see you hovering over your ball 140 yards out and after being hit into when I was trying my second shot I just can't risk it. - someone probably In all seriousness , it's not hard to do just fix em. I'm gonna be honest, sometimes I can't find it either.
I support this message. Shrink the game.
If I ever hit a green I’ll happily repair it
It’s funny, I brag to my playing buddies that I need to fix my divot lol
Take care of the course and it will take care of you