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Divot
Turf removed by a club when a golfer takes his/her shot.
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Divot Details
By Paul Wilson
Are you one of those golfers that's struggling to solve the mystery of how the pros take those perfect divots with each iron shot they hit?

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"Hitting Out of an Un-repaired Divot"
In the final round of the 1998 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club, the late Payne Stewart hit a perfect tee shot down the middle. When he arrived at his ball, he found it in an unrepaired divot mark. Bad break! ...

Divot: A piece of turf dislodged by a golf swing.
Doble bogey: Score of two over par on a hole. For example, when a score of 7 is done on a par 5.
Doble Eagle: Score of three under par on a hole.

Divot: A piece of turf lifted when ball is struck - typically on fairway, played to create backspin.
Divot Fixer: Instrument to repair ball pitch marks made on the green where the ball landed.

Divot
The chunk of grass (either fairway or rough) displaced when an iron or wedge shot is played. The indentation on the green caused by the ball on an approach shot is called a pitch mark, not a divot.

Divot - Turf displaced by player's club when making a swing
Dog-leg - A hole in which the route of play angles to the right or left before reaching the putting surface
Eagle - Two stokes under par for a hole ...

divot-- A small hole created when a player hits a golf shot and strikes the ground hitting grass and soil forward; the resulting piece of dislodged soil and grass.

Divot: Turf removed from the ground when a player's swing hits the grass.
Dog-leg: A hole that follows a broken, sharply angled line from the tee to the green.

Divot - A piece of turf removed with a golf shot. It is proper etiquette to always replace the divot, and to step the turf back in its original place. No relief is allowed for a ball coming to rest in a divot mark.

Divot: It is a notch (chunk of grass) caused by clubhead hitting the ground several inches before the ball. It is also called a pitch mark. Players must repair their pitch marks, usually with a tee or a divot tool.

Divot
A piece of turf removed with by the club when making a shot It is always replaced and tamped down
Dogleg ...

Divot---a chunk of turf torn away when the clubhead swings through the ground.
Dogleg---a curve down the fairway where you have to change direction to the left or right to get to the hole.

Divot
A chunk of turf removed by the clubhead when you play a shot, usually on the fairway.
Dog-leg
A hole with a fairway that bends sharply. A hazard is often positioned at the angle of the dog-leg to put you off driving across it.

Divot - The piece of turf uprooted in making a shot. It is common etiquette that all divots must be replaced. No relief is allowed for a ball coming to rest in a divot mark.

DIVOT - piece of turf cut from the ground because of a golfer's club head usually during an iron shot. Replace turf or fill with sand for the quickest recovery of the ground.

Divot: A piece of turf that may come out from under your ball after during the swing caused by the club passing through the turf. Bent grass divots should be replaced but most Bermuda divots cannot be replaced.

divot The small piece of turf taken with the club during the stroke.
dogleg A left or right bend in the fairway - a hole is said to be "dogleg right" or "dogleg left".
double bogey Two strokes over par.

Divot: Turf removed as a result of contact between the club and the ground. Divots occur as a result of most shots from the fairway or rough.

divot Scottish term for turf removed as a result of contact by the club on the ground. Divots occur as a result of most shots from the fairway or rough. Golfers refer to both the turf removed and the depression left on the ground as a divot.

Divot: Turf displaced by the clubhead during a swing.
Dogleg: Hole on which the fairway curves one way or the other.
Dormant: Grass on the course is alive but not actively growing.

Divot: A divot is formed when the clubhead strikes the ground during a stroke and tears out a small portion of turf.
Dogleg: The curve in a fairway to either the left or right.

divot
Piece of turf removed by the club head when a shot is played
dogleg ...

Divot: The turf displaced when the club strikes the ball on a descending path. (Her divot flew into the pond.) It also refers to the hole left after play. (Her ball landed in an old divot, making her next shot difficult.) ...

Divot : A portion of turf that is ripped out of the ground by the head of the club during a swing (regardless of whether the ball is contacted or not).

Divots: always repair or replace your divots. In case this results impossible to do, you can try to use the toe of your shoes to kick in the turf around the edges of the divot or take (when existing) extra soil to recover, partially, ...

Replace Divots
Anywhere on the course, a player should ensure that any turf cut or displaced is replaced at once and pressed down.

Replace Divots; Repair Ball-Marks and Damage by Spiles
Through the green, ...

Divot
Divot Fixer
Instrument to repair ball pitch marks made on the green where the ball landed.

Divot - When a shot is played the club head often removes a piece of turf known as a divot.
Dogleg - A hole changes direction sharply either left or right, normally in the landing area for the tee-shot.

Divot angled to the left? Yes ___ No ___
If the divot is angled to the left, you are coming across the ball from the outside-to-inside. This will result in a slice or a pull.
What direction does the ball start out?

Divot
The piece of turf sometimes cut from the ground when you hit the ball. The turf should be replaced and filled with sand to promote regrowth.
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DIVOT - a piece of ground that is taken up by the club after hitting the ball. A good golfer ALWAYS replaces his divots and tamps them back down so they will grow back again! ...

DIVOT
A gash of dirt and grass you take with your swing
DOGLEG
A hole that curves one way or another ...

A divot aiming left of your target is a sign of an outside-in swing resulting in a full fade or slice.
A divot aiming right of your target is a sign of a push, drag or hook.

Replace divots and step it into place, repair any damage caused e.g. by your spikes, pitch marks etc. immediately. After any bunker play be sure to use the rake and leave the bunker in perfect condition.

Taking A Divot - No Scooping (by Brent Nicoson)
Three Tees to Stop Topping (by Jason Carbone)
Beating A Bad Slice (by Jason Carbone)
Topping the Ball (by Mike Aldrich)
Add Yardage (by Logan Fondren) ...

Check your divots. Deep: may be you should have less lie. Not very deep: may be you should choose for some more upright lie clubs.

Replace all divots you have created with your golf club.
Stand well out of the way of an opponent when they are taking their shot, so as not to distract them.
Give warning to other golfers of a wayward shot by shouting 'Fore!'.

Replace your divots
This goes hand in hand with the previous comment. Like ball marks, divots should be replaced after your shots as well.

I like to see a divot path in the sand of 10-12 inches. Your club should never make direct contact with your golf ball. The momentum of throwing the sand out of the bunker will propel your golf ball as well.

With the irons, divots tend to be infrequent (with the majority of them occurring prior to impact), and the best shots are picked off the surface of the turf.

Playing out of a divot
If the ball lands in an old divot hole on the fairway, you should play the ball back in your stance, square the club face to the target and hit down on the ball with plenty of wrist action....
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sand and seed (also "divot mix") a mixture of sand and grass seed (sometimes also including soil and/or fertilizer) used to fill in divots
Example: Using sand and seed is better than replacing divots with some kinds of grasses.

Divot
the chunk of grass (either fairway or rough) displaced when club is swung. The indentation on the green caused by the ball on an approach shot is called a pitch mark or ball mark, not a divot.
Dogballs
scoring an 'eight' on any single golf hole.

DIVOT: A piece of turf dug out of the ground in the act of hitting the golf ball.
DOGLEG: A hole (not the one in the green) which "bends" to the right or left.
DRIVER: The club that hits the ball the longest, usually used on the tee.

Divot - piece of turf taken out of the ground when striking the ball.
Dogleg - a fairway that runs straight and then bends to the left or the right .
Down - a term meaning a player is behind in a match.
Double bogey - two strokes over par.

Replace any divots you create;
Do not fling or drop the flagstick to the green when it no longer needs to be tended but lay it down. If you have a bad back, use your putter to gently lower it to the ground; ...

Replace all divots.
On greens, tread carefully and repair all ball marks and spike marks.
Be careful when you swing a club so you don't hit someone with your club or your ball.
Don't play until the group in front is out of the way.

Almost 100% said that they saw the divots on their lofted iron shots. "I could tell where the ball was headed and how well it was struck by my divot." Four out of five said they were able to see the path of the club head through the impact zone.

In his golf swing he was taking big divots (fat shot) with tendency to hit pull hooks (shots that travel left).

The club hits the ball then the ground, therefore any divot is after where the ball was. The ball rides up and off the clubface with a reverse(back) spin. This back spin gives the iron shot green holding bite.

Right at this point I might say that the "greens committees" of the best kept courses in the country have not the slightest objections to players,' taking any sized divot or piece of turf they desire.

* Always replace their divots.
* Always rake the sand in a bunker smooth after hitting from the bunker
* Always repair ballmarks on the putting green
* Always repair spikemarks before leaving the green (it is illegal to do so before putting, however) ...

Practice shots from perfect lies, buried lies, perched lies, divots, and sandy lies. Vary the trajectory and curve of the shot. Hit high and low shots, right to left and left to right shots, specialty shots, and half and full shots.

Too bad if your ball lands in fairway divot. Play it as it lies. Too bad it is out of bounds. Take a penalty stroke. Too bad you dribbled the tee shot only 15 yards. Play it from there. And we all know that pros occasionally miss 2 and 3-foot putts.

Always leave the course in the same (or better) condition as you found it in - If you remove a piece of turf from the ground during a swing (known as a divot), make sure you replace it carefully.

2. When you take a hole out of the ground, this is called a divot; it is expected of you to replace the divot back into its original place, gently step on it, to bed it in. This helps the Golf Course to heal itself.

This tip will help the over the top player that hits to much ground, divots tend to go left of the target with a ball-flight that pulls to the left and/or slices to the right.