What Are You Using as a Divot Tool

[Davidv]

My Partner. He does a great job, no sense in me trying to improve on his fine thoughtful work.

[MattM97]

 

Older pic but added a few more since then, I love single prong tools. Way better than the 2 prong/fork style tools.

[Cwing]

57 minutes ago, MattM97 said:

 

Older pic but added a few more since then, I love single prong tools. Way better than the 2 prong/fork style tools.

 Very cool but I’d be afraid I’d stab myself with one if these.

[MattM97]

5 minutes ago, Cwing said:

 Very cool but I’d be afraid I’d stab myself with one if these.

 

The bottom two definitely have a good tip on them that could give you a good poke. The 2 crayons have a blunt end and the middle two have a pretty dull tip to them, I've yet to stab myself with them but I've probably done worse with a tee in the past. 

[jordan2240]

All the manufacturers seem to call them "divot tools".   

 

Anyway, I like this retractable style.  Don't stab myself grabbing it out of my pocket.

[ode]

9 hours ago, kmay__ said:

I use the 2 prong scotty tool to fix my "pitch marks" lol, I've also made a few over the years that I'll use if I'm feelin cheeky...

 

 

Hopefully sparingly....although it would work nicely to jam in the turf and rest the club so the grips don't get wet!

[SteelieD]

Same two prong tool that I’ve been using for 20+ years. I fix at least 2 ball marks every time I’m on the green. 

[Fairways_and_Greens]

On 1/12/2023 at 11:17 AM, jholz said:

Ugh...I know I'm a curmudgeon...

 

But seriously, it's a "BALL MARK" that we are talking about here. Not a "DIVOT."

 

A "divot" is something you make out in the fairway or rough. A "ball mark" is something that you make on a green.

 

Funnily enough, it's generally the dudes who don't know the difference between a "ball mark" and a "divot" who continually suggest that a "tee works great for fixing divots on the green."

 

The simple fact of the matter is that tees are a very poor tool to use to fix a ball mark on a green. It causes way more damage than it repairs. I'd honestly rather you didn't even bother.

 

This is why they've designed specific tools for this purpose - and try in vane to get people to use them.

 

But whatever man, y'all keep using your tees to fix divots. More power to ya.

Guy with "ohm" profile pic cares about divot tool... LMAO.

 

[Fairways_and_Greens]

7 hours ago, MattM97 said:

 

Older pic but added a few more since then, I love single prong tools. Way better than the 2 prong/fork style tools.

two slender prongs far apart are the best for greens. Those seem annoyingly heavy to have in a pocket.🤮

[MattM97]

1 minute ago, Fairways_and_Greens said:

two slender prongs far apart are the best for greens. Those seem annoyingly heavy to have in a pocket.🤮

 

I just like single prongs as a personal choice, find they look better too oddly.

 

The top 3 ones are actually aluminum so extremely light, almost forget they're in my pocket at times. The middle one is too heavy and I don't carry it much, the bottom two are hefty but not awful I like the heft doesn't bug me, but I did get 2 new ones from the same brand and they're much lighter so they'll get more carry.

[jholz]

19 hours ago, jordan2240 said:

All the manufacturers seem to call them "divot tools". 

 

"All the manufacturers" are simply trying to sell product, and they generally do so by playing to the most primitive, reptilian parts of the human brain when it comes to frivolous products like golf equipment - hence the existence of "distance irons."

 

I don't think I'd rely upon them as an arbiter of truth on any subject outside of how to bring a product to market and get people to buy it.

Edited January 14, 2023 by jholz

[jordan2240]

4 hours ago, jholz said:

 

"All the manufacturers" are simply trying to sell product, and they generally do so by playing to the most primitive, reptilian parts of the human brain when it comes to frivolous products like golf equipment - hence the existence of "distance irons."

 

I don't think I'd rely upon them as an arbiter of truth on any subject outside of how to bring a product to market and get people to buy it.

Just pointing out that the OP was referring to the tool as it is typically referenced, whether it actually fixes a divot or a ball mark.  I don't know of any golfer who wouldn't know what a 'divot tool' is, but they might not know what a 'ball mark' tool is.

[aussieb]

On 1/13/2023 at 5:14 AM, zap311 said:

I use a PitchFix 2.0 - I like that it holds my ball marker and prongs fold in, so it doesn't jab my legs.

We did a course test with the ground crew here at my club using this tool vs all the other suggested tools.  Not only did it work simply for Bent greens, we found it healed in 2-3 days vs 5-7 which makes a massive difference on a course that gets 280-300 golfers a day.  I've gone around to other courses with Bermuda greens and found similar results. Nothing irks me more than long time golfers who don't know how to fix pitch marks, or just don't bother at all.

[dubbelbogey]

It's actually a semi hobby of mine to make my own. I've made them from metal, wood and carbon fiber. I really liked one I made out of ipe (a super hard and durable wood) but I lost it. Same happened to the carbon fiber tool I made and I concluded they were both too light and I didn't notice as they fell out of my pocket when grabbing a tee from the same pocket. My metal tools don't do that as they tend to settle lower in the pocket due to their weight.

 

 

 

 

 

[AndLun]

On 1/13/2023 at 10:40 AM, kmay__ said:

I use the 2 prong scotty tool to fix my "pitch marks" lol, I've also made a few over the years that I'll use if I'm feelin cheeky...

 

 

Awesome!

[AndLun]

Can't go wrong with the Cameron tool

[bjorn240]

I got one of these when I played Troon North.  It works well and is small and lightweight. And it was free. The horned lizard is a removable ball marker. Pic stolen from the internet.  

[bjorn240]

Double post. 

Edited January 17, 2023 by bjorn240

[GCormier]

Tee or Victorinox golf tool.

 

[Robert72]

I'm amazed at how fast the pros fix their ball marks, it's like less than a second!

[Bdck]

Heel of my putter, works like a charm.

[JordanAllaman]

this or a tee

[randyfitz]

i have several - single prong, double prong, retractable, etc. but always end up just using my tee.

 

i too try to fix two extra besides my own on every green.  people that don't fix them annoy the s*** out of me.

[bogeyman71]

Never had a problem using a tee.

[st1800e]

22 hours ago, Robert72 said:

I'm amazed at how fast the pros fix their ball marks, it's like less than a second!

Greens are typically firm, ball marks are more like dimples….

[BWillis]

[doglegs]

I always lose them so I've reverted back to a tee.  Losing my Old Course one really hurt...

[BYK]

Seamus single prong

I like a little bit of heft, and this one is perfect

Light ones seem to get lost, this one stays put in my pocket

Have a stainless Cameron tool as well for heft, but have been enjoying the single prong Seamus version

[ayong]

On 1/12/2023 at 12:42 PM, jerrytexastech said:

Tee

same here. most convenient 

[smojgolf]

I have a scotty cameron but I tend to use an ebay cheapo flick out tool more with a magnet to hold a ball marker, which is an acid house smiley ball marker.