Comments on Grouchy Golf Blog: Fix That Ball Mark Properly!

geez Ive ben doing it wrong all this time. oops!

2006-03-31T07:07:00.000-08:00

geez Ive ben doing it wrong all this time. oops!

These types of posts are very helpful. I saw this ...

2006-03-22T12:54:00.000-08:00

These types of posts are very helpful. I saw this taught at the Jr. Clinics a long time ago but had forgotten it. Thanks for the advice.

I agree with Jason. A show with a full sand wedge...

2006-03-21T11:58:00.000-08:00

I agree with Jason. A show with a full sand wedge could leave quite a hole. You could easily rip the edges trying to close the hole. Regardless of the direction you don't want to tear it.

As a 1-handicap I fix my share of ballmarks. If y...

2006-03-20T16:04:00.000-08:00

As a 1-handicap I fix my share of ballmarks. If your ball comes in at any velocity this is difficult to impossible most of the time.

When the ball comes into the green it is generally heading nearly straight down. It seems to make sense then that at least some of the dirt/grass that got displaced got pushed *down*, not outward.

Given this, there isn't enough material to the sides to return the mark to its original state.

Pushing in from the sides is good in theory but doing so exculsively would result in awfully lumpy greens. I'd prefer smooth greens that took a little longer to heal than putting though a surface similar to that of the moon which heal faster.

Perhaps some sort of two-step approach is best: Push in from the sides as best you can, then do what it takes to make putting over it as painless as possible.

There's a good bit of information on this topic he...

2006-03-19T15:19:00.000-08:00

There's a good bit of information on this topic here at my CC's site.

A good thing to do is fix your and one other.

2006-03-19T13:48:00.000-08:00

A good thing to do is fix your and one other.