National Repair your Pitchmark Day proves a hit with Golfers
By: Owen Davies | Thu 15 Aug 2013
The power of Twitter was once again demonstrated this week with a campaign launched to improve the Uk's greens and raise awareness of the damage tha can be done by the humble pitchmark.
National Repair Your PitchMark Day saw thousand s of tweets being posted and retweeted to encourage golfers to repair their pitchmarks and those of others on Wednesday the 14th of August.
Here are a selection of the 1000's of Tweets that were posted on Wednesday using the hashtag #NationalRepairYourPitchMarkDay:
Today is #NationalRepairYourPitchMarkDay...so do your part and help keep golf courses in great shape! #Mistwood pic.twitter.com/HDKUqifcfp
— Mistwood Golf Club (@MistwoodGolf) August 14, 2013
Some of the @officialbantams Bradford City players taking part in #nationalrepairyourpitchmarkday #LGC pic.twitter.com/SkHZNDOdyR
— LeedsGolfCentre (@LeedsGolfCentre) August 14, 2013
Today is #NationalRepairYourPitchMarkDay Golfers, Golf Clubs and Greenkeepers please RT pic.twitter.com/3TTtq9T1V2
— golfshake (@golfshake) August 14, 2013
If you love golf then this is a must!! Get behind #nationalrepairyourpitchmarkday It's tomorrow Get involved!!
— Dean Ashton (@Dean36ashton10) August 13, 2013
Also doing the rounds on Twitter was this video from UK's Top Agronomist Andy Cole that Shows Us How To Repair A Pitch Mark Correctly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvNVBjI3rhs&desktop_uri=/watch%3Fv%3DYvNVBjI3rhs&nomobile=1
Watch out for August 2014 when #NationalRepairYourPitchmarkDay will no doubt return!
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