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When the Cameron tools first came out, there were directions on how to use it on his website. The directions showed exactly what you guys are talking about.

 

Also, I don't think the Cameron tool is the reason we see guys pulling up from the middle. I see guys on tour do this all of the time. Plus, how many people who fix pitch marks incorrectly actually have Cameron tools?

 

You're right. The absolutely normative way to "repair" a ball mark is to try and pull the bottom back up to ground level. Has been the norm as long as I've played golf. Good players, hacks, everyone in between.

 

Cameron's pivot tool is like all his other products, it simply caters to the most popular style, gold plates it and charges double.

 

This is the proper way to repair a ball mark. The "normative" way is not to pull it back to ground level. If you see anyone doing it that way please do us all a favor and politely correct them.

 

 

 

By "normative" I meant,

 

establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behavior.

 

The method your picture labels as "wrong way" is, in fact, the method used by 90% of the good players and 90% of the hacks I've ever played golf with (not including the ones who wouldn't fix a ball mark if their life depended on it!).

 

I agree with you, with the picture and with the others posting on this thread that pulling up from the bottom is totally wrong. None the less, it is how almost everyone has always done it and Scotty Cameron is nothing if not tuned in to the norms of behavior and preference.

 

And as I said in a previous post, Scotty should be ashamed of himself for almost single handedly encouraging people to damage greens for so many years after he created a very popular, very damaging tool.

 

I’m sure he was ignorant of the the fact that it caused damage at the time he created it, but now that he certainly knows better he should have the balls to step up and change the design of it. He certainly won’t. It’s all about the $$$ and it’s F-ing disgusting.

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I don't know if this has been said on this thread yet (too lazy to read through the 8 pages of posts, oops) but I just came across and bought a multi-tool divot fixer. The company is called Birdicorn (www.birdicorn.com) and I think this is a genius idea. Of course you get your divot tool, but you also get a bottle opener, you can place it in the ground and it'll hold your cigar or club, it has a place to draw a line on your golf ball, and it'll hold your magnetic ball mark! They come in a few different colors, I got the silver one first, then ordered a second blue one. I tried stamping my last name into it and grabbed the wrong stamp haha. To me it almost feels like it's too think to be a divot tool. I've used the switchblade type tools before and love those since it doesn't poke me in my pocket and it's super easy to fix pitch marks. Figured I can't go wrong spending the same amount of money on one that has 4 more uses than my current one!

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And to think I've played golf all these years without a bottle opener, cigar holder or swiss army knife in my pocket. Not to mention using ball mark tools I can get for free.

 

Guess that makes me a dinosaur.

 

Nah, just means you`re out there to play golf, not to look cool with gizmo`s and gadgets.

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does anyone have a recommendation of something like that pitchfix but fits normal size ball markers easily? I have a tendency to lose ball markers so being able to replace them easily would be nice. Would buy a pitchfix, but have read that it doesnt fit the standard size coins the best.

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I am a skull and crossbones fan, so this is a favorite, $10 on ebay, light and sturdy. I bought a bunch of switchblade tools 15 years ago from a company called Zivot with that also being the name of the tool. Those Zivots are indestructible, heavy for those that like 'em that way.

Do love this thread...makes me laugh. There are 2 types of people in this world...guys with 19 divot tools and guys with a tee. The guys with a tee just don't get us.

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The Spider, insta-golf repair tool. Accept no substitutes.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00F1YJFFQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1486500634&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=spider+repair+tool&dpPl=1&dpID=31s5gqnXwcL&ref=plSrch

 

I've used mine for 2 seasons and counting. In most cases it's like there was never a ball mark after repairing.

 

Up to 4 seasons and counting. Still the same repair tool. Still going strong. It’s like the ball mark was never there.

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The Spider, insta-golf repair tool. Accept no substitutes.

 

https://www.amazon.c...XwcL&ref=plSrch

 

I've used mine for 2 seasons and counting. In most cases it's like there was never a ball mark after repairing.

 

Up to 4 seasons and counting. Still the same repair tool. Still going strong. It's like the ball mark was never there.

 

 

im sorry but those will never be able to fix my asteroid induced craters ..

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I tested out someone's Cameron tool and the two prongs were too close to use fast and accurately. The one I use that allows for a quick correct fix has a gap about 150% of the one on the Cameron tool. Anyone else notice this?

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I tested out someone's Cameron tool and the two prongs were too close to use fast and accurately. The one I use that allows for a quick correct fix has a gap about 150% of the one on the Cameron tool. Anyone else notice this?

 

nope

of the double prong tools I think that's one of the best

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