Repairing Ball Marks

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As your playing golf this time of year at Mediterra, you'll notice that the greens are covered in ball marks. Bermudagrass growth slows considerably during the winter months, and that results in slower recovery of ball marks.

With that in mind, it makes it more important to not only repair ball marks, but properly repair ball marks. The image above displays the steps that should be followed when repairing ball marks. Research has shown that improperly repaired ball marks can actually take up to a week longer to recover than un-repaired ball marks. A properly repaired ball mark can recover up to one week faster than an un-repaired ball mark, and up to two weeks faster that an improperly repaired ball mark.

Please take the time to properly repair your ball mark as you play your round at Mediterra. It is often a good habit to not only repair your own, but look for a couple others that haven't been repaired as well. This will help improve the quality of the putting greens.