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Replacing divot on teeing ground

  • 12-06-2012 10:14pm
    #1
    TGoodall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭


    Playing in the monthly medal last weekend and a guy I was playing with took a big divot with his driver and hooked the ball down the next fairway. We were moving on and I said to fix the divot but the third guy in our group say not to. He said it is a two stroke penalty for repairing a divot on the teeing ground.

    I have never heard of anything like this and don't see anything in the rule book. Just wondering if anyone has ever heard of this.

    Doesn't seem to make sense since there are sand buckets on all the par three tees to repair divots.

    Be interested to know if it is a rule or what he might have been confusing it with.


Comments

  • #2
    Daithio12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Daithio12


    Your friend was talking nonsense and you were right, once everyone is finished playing from that spot you should repair/replace the turf.


  • #3
    Tones69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,333 ✭✭✭Tones69


    Daithio12 wrote: »
    Your friend was talking nonsense and you were right, once everyone is finished playing from that spot you should repair/replace the turf.

    No, you're wrong, you dont replace divots on teeing ground. You just fill them in with sand but you dont put the turf back down. Pretty sure its no penalty though ha


  • #4
    SnowDrifts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,733 ✭✭✭SnowDrifts


    Having worked as a greenkeeper for a few years I can tell you that most replaced divots on tee boxes don't survive a close cut the following morning. So if there is a sand bucket, use it.


  • #5
    Daithio12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Daithio12


    Tones69 wrote: »
    No, you're wrong, you dont replace divots on teeing ground. You just fill them in with sand but you dont put the turf back down. Pretty sure its no penalty though ha
    No you are wrong, you replace the divot but if the divot has disintegrated then you use sand if provided.


  • #6
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    You don't replace divots on a tee box, you are providing unstable footing for some poor following golfer and they won't take anyway.


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  • #7
    goodgolfer64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭goodgolfer64


    Daithio12 wrote: »
    No you are wrong, you replace the divot but if the divot has disintegrated then you use sand if provided.

    I LOVE THIS GUY.....for not giving up!!!!!:D


  • #8
    Tones69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,333 ✭✭✭Tones69


    Daithio12 wrote: »
    No you are wrong, you replace the divot but if the divot has disintegrated then you use sand if provided.

    Get your facts straight, "this lads talking nonsense, do it this way do it that way". You dont replace the feckin divots on the teebox, simples


  • #9
    heavyballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭heavyballs


    goodgolfer64 wrote: »
    Daithio12 wrote: »
    No you are wrong, you replace the divot but if the divot has disintegrated then you use sand if provided.

    I LOVE THIS GUY.....for not giving up!!!!!:D
    U beat me to it.
    He'll be back soon.


  • #10
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,735 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    Could be a local rule, we have a local rule to use tees on all par 3's, if you don't then it's a two stroke penalty.
    Personally I always thought you never replace divots on tee boxes, just sand fill if available on the tee.


  • #11
    Russman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,956 ✭✭✭Russman


    To be honest I think a bit of common sense, there's no definite right or wrong. If its a big 16oz steak like chunk taken out of the tee, then replace it IMO. If its your standard small divot, then sand is fine.


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  • #12
    Daithio12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Daithio12


    copacetic wrote: »
    you are providing unstable footing for some poor following golfer and they won't take anyway.

    And how is that different to the fairway exactly?.
    Tones69 wrote: »
    Get your facts straight, "this lads talking nonsense, do it this way do it that way". You dont replace the feckin divots on the teebox, simples
    Simple solution for a simple person I guess, and if you're going to quote me then quote me correctly otherwise your point is nonsense.


  • #13
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,469 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Daithio12 wrote: »
    And how is that different to the fairway exactly?.


    Simple solution for a simple person I guess, and if you're going to quote me then quote me correctly otherwise your point is nonsense.

    Because the tee is a very limited area so after a day it would be completely full of loose turf.
    This doesnt happen on the fairway.
    You put sand in divots on the tee (if available) otherwise you do nothing.
    On the fairway you replace your divot and use sand (if available). Sand on top of the divot helps to hold it down and also retain a bit more moisture helping it to root again.


  • #14
    Daithio12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Daithio12


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Because the tee is a very limited area so after a day it would be completely full of loose turf.
    This doesnt happen on the fairway.
    You put sand in divots on the tee (if available) otherwise you do nothing.
    On the fairway you replace your divot and use sand (if available). Sand on top of the divot helps to hold it down and also retain a bit more moisture helping it to root again.
    Ok thanks for that, I won't be arsed replacing divots on any tee any more and if I see some one trying to do it I'll pull him up with a two shot penalty.


  • #15
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,469 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Daithio12 wrote: »
    Ok thanks for that, I won't be arsed replacing divots on any tee any more and if I see some one trying to do it I'll pull him up with a two shot penalty.

    There is no penalty in the Rules of Golf. You can improve your lie all you want on the Tee before the ball is in play.


  • #16
    Daithio12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Daithio12


    GreeBo wrote: »
    There is no penalty in the Rules of Golf. You can improve your lie all you want on the Tee before the ball is in play.
    Ok thanks for that I'll quote that rule when I'm implementing the penalty.


  • #17
    Kace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Kace


    Daithio12 wrote: »
    Ok thanks for that I'll quote that rule when I'm implementing the penalty.

    My rule is that if you take a divot big enough to bury a small dog and there is no sand then one should replace it.

    What I did find particularly unnerving on some of the courses I played and worked on in the US / Canada was that the teeboxes were exactly the same surface as greens and were cut to the same level and putted perfectly. Taking a stonker out of these with a seven iron just felt so wrong....ouch


  • #18
    TGoodall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭TGoodall


    Thanks all, I'll check if it's a local rule but I never really thought about affecting people's footing so I won't replace these divots in future.


  • #19
    dak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭dak


    If the gound is that bad could you just tee off further back ?


  • #20
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,469 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    You can hit the ball from anywhere between and behind the markers up to two clublengths back.
    Only the ball needs to be within this area, you can stand wherever you want.


  • #21
    n2o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 142 ✭✭n2o


    dak wrote: »
    If the gound is that bad could you move the tee markers back ie no nearer the hole or just tee off further back ?

    The teeing area stretches two club lengths back from the markers.


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  • #22
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    Daithio12 wrote: »
    Ok thanks for that I'll quote that rule when I'm implementing the penalty.
    what penalty? there is no penalty????


  • #23
    fullstop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,717 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    matt-dublin wrote: »
    what penalty? there is no penalty????

    He's trolling


  • #24
    Goldenjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭Goldenjohn


    fullstop wrote: »
    He's trolling

    Troll on the golf forum ................never :rolleyes:


  • #25
    Daithio12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Daithio12


    fullstop wrote: »
    He's trolling
    No he's not trolling, someone chirped in with a nonsense reply so he replied in kind.


  • #26
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    Daithio12 wrote: »
    No he's not trolling, someone chirped in with a nonsense reply so he replied in kind.
    the nonsense reply is right and you're still talking about penalties that don't exist?


  • #27
    Daithio12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Daithio12


    matt-dublin wrote: »
    the nonsense reply is right and you're still talking about penalties that don't exist?
    Have you even read the thread?. Please do and then it might make sense.


  • #28
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    Yes i have, there's no requirement in th rules of golf or in ettiquite to replace a divot on a teebox.

    if there is sand available then use it otherwise the greenskeeping staff will sand it.

    you clearly invented a rule by plucking it out of your ars3hole saying you were going to implement a penalty for people that don't replace divots.

    there's no rule in golf that states if you don't replace a divot anywhere you should get a penalty.

    if you don't replace one on a teebox, fine, if you don't replace one on the rest of the course you're just lazy.

    go back and read the thread yourself.


  • #29
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,469 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Daithio12 banned for 2 weeks for persistent trolling


  • #30
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,469 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Daithio12 Permabanned.


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  • #31
    Irishvillian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭Irishvillian


    Kace wrote: »
    My rule is that if you take a divot big enough to bury a small dog and there is no sand then one should replace it.

    What I did find particularly unnerving on some of the courses I played and worked on in the US / Canada was that the teeboxes were exactly the same surface as greens and were cut to the same level and putted perfectly. Taking a stonker out of these with a seven iron just felt so wrong....ouch

    First time I played the European club I had the same taught,their tee boxes were better than some golf course greens I have played:D


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