Pitch marks-a growing evil

upthe19th

Hi all,

I'm new to boards and maybe this has come up numerous times before, but what is the story with the growing level of pitch marks on greens. Our course is a disaster at times. I always seem to be repairing at least 4 or 5 apart from my own.

Any opinions on this?

GreeBo

upthe19th wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm new to boards and maybe this has come up numerous times before, but what is the story with the growing level of pitch marks on greens. Our course is a disaster at times. I always seem to be repairing at least 4 or 5 apart from my own.

Any opinions on this?

Same in my place. And I dont think its the open days/invitations/outings etc.:mad:

f22

It's pretty unforgiveable really, takes 5 seconds to repair properly.

Mister Sifter

I don't bother repairing anymore.

Makes it harder for the guys behind.

Tom Ghostwood

At our club every Friday, the seniors comp groups all pick a green each & repair the pitchmarks. Its not so much a problem in the summer as our greens are rock solid but in the winter/spring its very bad at times. I repaired 16 pitch marks one evening on 17th (par 3)!

f22

Mister Sifter wrote: »

I don't bother repairing anymore.

Makes it harder for the guys behind.

I like your logic, saves on bending over too, unless you're into that type of thing

Mister Sifter

f22 wrote: »

I like your logic, saves on bending over too, unless you're into that type of thing

Ohh err...

Bad for the back and guaranteed to lead to slow play.

d_regal_jester

What's the point I say.....,

upthe19th

GreeBo wrote: »

Same in my place. And I dont think its the open days/invitations/outings etc.:mad:

Thought the same too but it is not the case either. We had a thing based on your surname and where it was alphabetically. Green was divided into four and so was the alphabet and you repaired that quarter of the green.

I have found over the years that the very same people that complain about the state of the greens are the very same people that don't repair them. Inclined to agree with the guys who ignore them but annoyed at the laziness at the same time.

Smyth

Same on our course. Some feckers leave absolute craters on the green.

fullstop

The people who don't know how to repair them are nearly as bad, just turning up the mud instead of the grass in the pitchmark.

G1032

fullstop wrote: »

The people who don't know how to repair them are nearly as bad, just turning up the mud instead of the grass in the pitchmark.

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MasterKZG

ronaldochokes wrote: »

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+1

Kace

I personally fix at least 2 on every green when I see them, just to help out.

Fully agree that most people don't know how to repair them properly, including many many seasoned golfers I know. Some of them even use a tee to attempt to repair them - can't be done effectively with a tee IMHO.

DH2K9

At the end of the day its your lost. Theres nothing worse then seeing a fabulous green with tons of pitch marks.

MisterAnarchy

Had no need to repair pitch marks today as the greens were so bloody hard the ball wasnt leaving any marks !

curly from cork

our green keeper marked all the pitchmarks with small red flags , took a picture of the green, blew it up and displayed it on the notice board. frightening :eek:

Miley Byrne

curly from cork wrote: »

our green keeper marked all the pitchmarks with small red flags , took a picture of the green, blew it up and displayed it on the notice board. frightening :eek:

I played in the scratch cup there last August Curly and I saw that pic in the clubhouse....frightening!!

conno16

greenkeepers need to take some responsibility here as well..
on busy weekends they should be based on all par 3s for the day

GreeBo

conno16 wrote: »

greenkeepers need to take some responsibility here as well..
on busy weekends they should be based on all par 3s for the day

Why exactly should something that you damage be fixed by somebody else? Repair it as it happens and its gone tomorrow, wait a day and it takes weeks.

G1032

conno16 wrote: »

greenkeepers need to take some responsibility here as well..
on busy weekends they should be based on all par 3s for the day

Absolutely. Every course should have a few greenkeepers for this purpose. The should be stationed at all par 5's and short par 4's too. Or maybe one greenkeeper at each hole, handing out pitch mark repairers and free drinks.
There should also be greenkeepers with each group to replace divots and rake bunkers

scrubber72

ronaldochokes wrote: »

Absolutely. Every course should have a few greenkeepers for this purpose. The should be stationed at all par 5's and short par 4's too. Or maybe one greenkeeper at each hole, handing out pitch mark repairers and free drinks.
There should also be greenkeepers with each group to replace divots and rake bunkers

Thats why I have a caddy. I leave the greenskeeper to brush leaves off the greens and reposition by ball if its going towards OOB or water;)

G1032

scrubber72 wrote: »

Thats why I have a caddy. I leave the greenskeeper to brush leaves off the greens and reposition by ball if its going towards OOB or water;)

Good idea. Should have thought of that!! Did you play Ballinrobe yesterday? Greens were pure class. Best I've seen in ages

Mister Sifter

Sounds like a good use for midgets. Pitch mark repairer in one hand and a bag of sand in the other. Hey ho, it's off to work they go...