[OnerePeepsy]

I have long maintained that there is a special place in hell for people that don't fix pitch marks.
They have to make a 40' putt across a 100% un-repaired moon of a green or else get tortured again... too rough?

you forgot to mention the windmill.......

[Rinkeliacasse]

Seems to be more and more common, with improper etiquette creeping into the game. I'm not old fashioned by any means, but the golf course is one of the last places on earth where you should be able to expect manners and camaraderie between players.

There are guys playing my course with their shirts hanging out now. This seems to annoy me!

Wow, I would annoy the crap out of you then. I have never been able to stand a tucked in shirt and definately feel uncomfortable golfing in one. I do fix all of my pitch marks though plus any more that I see.

[Lxbsvksl]

1. He has plenty of uses for it.
2. I never condoned the act.
3. it's not 5 lbs.
4. Its exceptionally conveniate to the point i've always questioned why someones doesn't market it to the public.
5. Stole was a wrong choice. Course (Shoreline Muni) is long gone and out of business. When asked if he could have it, the boss gave a shrug. I say stole because he never gave the other employees (including me) with more seniority a chance to have a crack at it.
6. The subject of this thread is Pitch marks, not morality issues on stealing.

You brought up stealing, not me. By the way, here is the latest model of what you are talking about... note the price tag and you will see why nobody carries one in their bag. Greenskeeper repair tool

[Pippoles]

I repair ball marks so that the people behind me actually think I am playing well enough to be making them. I do it because it actually feels good to walk up to a bit of damage on the green and walk away having fixed it.

[greeferweq]

I love repairing my own pitch marks, it pretty much proves that I've hit a decent shot. I however hate repairing 5 pitchmarks on a green.

Every green fee should include a pitchfork and every group who goes through the Pro shop should be politely told to repair their pitchmarks.

This rant is before I go out on my regular Monday morning game, in which my ball miraculously seems to create a minimum of 3 marks per green !

I hate the pitch marks also, and for the reason you mention: They are caused by good golf-shots, mostly by good golfers: You would think that they would care enough about following up their approach with a nice putt and would do their part to help maintain the greens! I bet that the golfers that leave them are some pretty miserable a..holes.

It has occasionally happened to me that I know my ball had to have left a mark but I cannot find it! I have walked off under that circumstance, but after looking for it longer than I would look for a ball!


PS I played a pitch and putt once that had a bucket full of cheap plastic (but effective) repair tools near every green.