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  1. 1. Do you always fix ball marks

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Posted
I play on a family owned golf course and the owners work hard to make it one of the best kept courses in the area. I played today after a rather large scramble tournament went through and I couldn't believe the number of unfixed ball marks on the greens. Unfortunately I have noticed this has been on the rise over the past decade of players not fixing thier ball marks!

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Driver: :Cobra Amp Cell Pro 9.5*, Stock X-Flex

3 Wood: :Cobra Bio Cell 16*, Stock X-Flex

5 Wood: Cobra Bio Cell 20*, Stock S-Flex
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Sand Wedge: :Vokey: 58* CNC  

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Ball: Bridgestone 330-S(2014)


Posted
Unfortunately there hasn't been the need to fix any ballmarks lately. But anyway, the reule is, fix yours plus one more.
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Posted
I don't want to stereotype too badly, but since I'm currently not working (just graduated from grad school, job doesn't start for another month) I get to play weekday mornings at the local public courses around here. Its generally me and 60+ year old crowd. I end up fixing about 3 ball marks a hole following a group of them around.

I understand that getting down that low and having to stay down there long enough to properly repair a ball mark could be troublesome for older folks (hell, my back is already giving me some issues and i'm in my early 30s) but it still kind of stinks.

Seems like there would be room for an invention of sorts for a senior's repair tool?
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3Wood - X 3W Stock Stiff Callaway Graphite Shaft
Hybrids - X Hybrids 21*, 24*, 27* uniflex steel shaft
Irons - X-22 irons 6-PW uniflex steel shaftWedges - X Forged Chrome Wedges: 52*, 56*, 60*Putter - White Hot XG #9Ball - Tour ix or TP...

Posted
I always fix mine and any I see.

driver: FT-i tlcg 9.5˚ (Matrix Ozik XCONN Stiff)
4 wood: G10 (ProLaunch Red FW stiff)
3 -PW: :Titleist: 695 mb (Rifle flighted 6.0)
wedges:, 52˚, 56˚, 60˚
putter: Studio Select Newport 1.5


Posted
I think I spend more time fixing ball marks than actually putting.

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Posted
I always end up fixing a bunch of pitch marks I didn't make. My home course is usually pretty good but some courses I play are awful when it comes to pitch marks all over the green. I don't think your poll is going to get good results though, the type of people who frequent a golf forum are probably the sort that do fix their marks and I don't think anybody's going to come on here claiming that they don't bother fixing them.

Posted
I play competive high school golf, and i always fix my marks and others i see as well. But some teams when playing our home course don't always fix the marks, and we are the ones who get crap from it by the members. This display of laziness has nearly worn out our welcome at the course we respect and love to play at.

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Fairway Woods:FT 3 Wood, Burner 5 Wood
Irons: R7 DrawWedges: 56 sand, Bob Vokey Spin-Milled 60 LobPutter: DetourBall: NXT Extreme


Posted

I have to be honest... I don't always remember to fix my ballmarks, but now that I seem to be the only one that forgets I will try harder to remember and will always fix an extra one I can find...

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3 Wood: 909F3 Aldila Voodoo Stiff
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Wedge: Vokey Spin Milled 54° NickelWedge: Forged 60°Putter: Rossa Balls: Pro V1XAvatar: Nicklaus North Golf Course, Whistler BC

Posted
yes i fix all my ball marks and i think at my home course most people do fix theres because normally its only mine that i need to fix.

They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.


Posted
On one course im a member at, the usual one I play, I always fix my ball marks. The other 9 hole im a member at, its damn near impossible. Their greens are all but dead this year, still brown patches all over. No one undestands why, and they had awesome putting greens last year.

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Titleist 913 D2 9.5* w/ UST Mamiya ATTAS 3 80 w/ Harrison Shotmaker & Billy Bobs afternarket Hosel Adaptor (get this if you don't have it for your 913)
Wilson Staff Ci-11 4-GW (4I is out of the bag for a hybrid, PW and up were replaced by Edel Wedges)
TaylorMade RBZ 5 & 3 Fairway Woods

Cobra Baffler T-Rail 3 & 4 Hybrids

Edel Forged 48, 52, 56, 60, and 64* wedges (different wedges for different courses)

Seemore Si-4 Black Nickel Putter


Posted
I fix my own and at least one other.
Cart Bag: AMP Xtreme
Driver: 460
3 Wood | 5 Wood: Diablo
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Wedges: X Forged 52 (12) | 58 (10) C-Grind Putter: Anser 4 i SeriesBall: Burner1978 - 93 - All Time Best - 84 or12 over in 1991.1994 - 2008 - Inactive2008 - Present - All Time Best 96 or 24...

Posted
I think I spend more time fixing ball marks than actually putting.

That could also mean you're hitting a lot of greens in regulation, from a long enough distance to leave a mark, and one putting/two-putting most everything!

(As for me, I don't have too many ball marks on the green to fix just yet.)

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Posted
I will fix mine and any others I see. If I am on the green first I will fix them all from my group in case someone 'forgets'.

I will judge my rounds much more by the quality of my best shots than the acceptability of my worse ones.


Posted
  BigBoy said:
I don't want to stereotype too badly, but since I'm currently not working (just graduated from grad school, job doesn't start for another month) I get to play weekday mornings at the local public courses around here. Its generally me and 60+ year old crowd. I end up fixing about 3 ball marks a hole following a group of them around.

I've seen them before. One of the marshalls at my home course uses one as he rides around. It's a fairly simple affair...just a club length shaft with a four pronged spike. He lightly jabs it in the mark and twists and then tamps it down. Very efficient. He can repair a dozen ball marks before you can think about putting once. I wish they sold them at the pro shop. I'd slip on in my bag and pull it out along with my putter on occasion.....especially if play was slow.
909D Comp 9.5* (house MATRIX OZIK XCON-6)
Burner Superfast 3 & 5 woods (house MATRIX OZIK XCON-4.8)
G15 Hybrid 23* (AWT shaft)
G5 5 iron-PW-46*, UW-50*, SW-54 & LW-58 (AWT shaft)
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Posted
I was a little suprised to see a couple people answer no,,lol.

I know that when I played after the scramble tournament yesterday is probably when you will find the most unfixed ball marks on a course. Probably more than half the players were slamming beers and after a few holes I think the alcohol takes over. I also found nearly a dozen golf balls laying all over the place throughout the course, I guess thats the benefit to playing after a scramble, free golf balls.

There's a lot of reason players don't fix them and one I've witnessed many times is higher handicappers hitting that one great shot out of the round and are so estatic they have a birdie putt that they walk right by thier pitch mark. I walk over and fix it after they have putted and remind them to fix it next time.

But I agree that the biggest reason is out of pure lazyness and disrespect for the game.

In My Bag:
Driver: :Cobra Amp Cell Pro 9.5*, Stock X-Flex

3 Wood: :Cobra Bio Cell 16*, Stock X-Flex

5 Wood: Cobra Bio Cell 20*, Stock S-Flex
Irons: Bridgestone J40-CB 3-PW, Project-X 6.0

Gap Wedge::Vokey: 52* CNC  

Sand Wedge: :Vokey: 58* CNC  

Putters: Scotty Cameron Newport II 

Ball: Bridgestone 330-S(2014)


Posted
My course is predominantly member only (we do have a tiny minority of visitors but they have to have their handicap certificate and proof they belong to a recognised club). So essentially its just people who play the course all year round and yet there's STILL dozens of pitchmarks unrepaired and deep divots unreplaced. Why do people "s**t on their own doorstep"? You've paid a sizeable subscription and yet you make no effort to keep the course in good condition. It drives me up the wall when I land in a divot or have to putt over a pitchmark.

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R7 Draw, stiff Exsar FS2
F-50 3-wood, stiff Exsar FS2
F-50 5-wood, stiff Exsar FS2 MP-60 3-PW, reg TT dynamic gold MP Tour Style 54.10 and 60.09,reg TT dynamic gold Bobby Grace DCT Response, w/ golf pride "2 thumb" grip B330S


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