I started lessons in 2007 at age 37, played for the first few years at the local pitch n putt, then moved on to the big courses. I never really learned the etiquette of repairing pitch marks. This is the next part of my game that's about to improve.... I'm gonna be a pitch mark MASTER from now on! :)

Apparently the folks playing at my local public courses don’t use any of these methods…

Pretty interesting that repairing a pitch mark wrong will actually make it take longer to heal than just leaving it alone

good to see the three examples side by side with the time lapse. I use #3 but as mentioned elsewere here I dont twist the wrist.

Even number 3 is totally incorrect. You don’t mangle the hole. You’re simply pushing the turf back from the other side. You still lifted and pulled roots out .

My course loves example 2 ballmark “repairs” it’s ridiculous.

I want to know who's grouping 3 pitch marks within a foot 😮

The 4th and most commonly used method by visitor golfers is as follows: Step 1. Read green and line up putt Step 2. Miss the 12 foot putt Step 3. Give yourself the 8 foot putt back Step 4. Walk to next tee box

If you had applied 1st fix method (to #2 ) more gently, and not lifting so far as to obviously rip the roots out, then it would have worked just fine.

Joke.the only tool is a long tee used as you demonstrated. If you look at the steel cut key ring type fork it has 8 sharp sides which will cut into the fine green type roots & you delved in 4/6 that's a lot of damage.

Repair to 3 was shocking. You were twisting at the end😡

That was terrible

That drawn out method will easily add 15 minutes to every round, playing in a foursome. How silly to take time to make such a video with no putter.