divots in rough

when i play out the rough i make a divot is it ok to leave or should i repalce it

Replace it, no matter where you are.  And if you're anything like me, that includes in the trees.....

Dave, 

Not heard of that but it does make sense.  Will use that sound advice next time I play.

 Our green keeping staff are about to leave  a mix on the tees for this very purpose.

I don't take divots in the rough, I find it impossible to get that low down to hit the ground.

Don't you believe it Paul, all of my drives finish in the rough or a lake, that is why I am forced to play bogey golf.

Looks like I have been rumbled, will have to think of other ploys.

All is fair in Love, War and Golf. Paul.

What you have to remember Paul, is that I was young once and  had to learn the hard way when it came to gamesmanship.

Only a couple of weeks ago I was playing at Batchworth Park Golf Club in a fourball and my partner, Darren. we were one down playing the last and Mike getting the stroke was the danger man. I was on the same line as Mike on the green but further away and there was a pretty steep climb up to the hole with not much green beyond. I hit my putt and it went past the hole and almost off the green. Knowing that Mike would have been watching with interest I turned to Darren, my partner and said "You can't believe how hard I had to hit that to get up. Sure enough Mike knocks it past the hole and completely off the green resulting in a three putt, and with Darrens par four we scraped a half. We could not stop laughing.

I would say replace your divot, even if it's in the rough.

The part about not replacing a divot on the tee is true, apparently the loose divot could affect somebody playing after you.

Russ

Its actually for the Green-keeper and his cutters. A Divot can damage the leading blade and cost a lot of money to repair so that is why most Clubs provide the Sand & Seed Bins on most Tees, at least the Par 3's.

I am playing on wednesday evening with Chris next week, so I will do some for you.

That's bullying that is.  I'm telling my mom  

And your big brother

The divots I'm never sure about are the ones where I've taken the grass and a very thin scraping of soil.  With these you can usually still see most of the root still in the ground.  I do replace them but suspect that the divot will die as it has little root attached and the roots will struggle to regrow through the divot.  However if it isnt replaced the roots would probably regrow but there would be a little indentation in the fairway.

John, they are the worst ones to do.

I sometimes hit my golf ball and all I've done is shave the grass, and as you say, still leaving the roots in the ground.

Most of the time I cannot find the 'grass' that I've taken as it disintigrates (prize for longest word?  ) into thin air.  Or if I do find it, all that it is is grass, no roots, nothing to hold it together, but I put it back anyway, who knows what might happen.

Russ

–noun 1.Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.2.Scot. a piece of turf.Origin:
1530–40; orig. Scots, earlier deva(i)t, diffat, duvat, of obscure orig.Dictionary.com Unabridged
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A piece of turf torn up by a golf club in striking a ball, or by a horse's hoof.

Scots A thin square of turf or sod used for roofing.

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1536, from Scot., lit. "piece of turf or sod" used for roofing material, etc., of unknown origin. The golfing sense is from 1886.Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper