Damaikis
Fairway Finder
I went out to the course today just to play with this tool. I hit into one of the par 3s (175 downhill) a bunch of times with all different shots to make different ball marks. I hit one regular shot, one low bullet, one skull with very little spin, and one high arcing shot with as much spin as I could possibly put on it. Of course, I got different depths, sizes, and shapes for my ball marks with these shots. The GreenSaver was amazing and I'll just give you a rundown of how I went about fixing each one. The greens were very wet as it was raining.
Normal Shot:
It pulled up a decent sized chunk of turf and it was pretty deep, so I started at the back and worked my way around each side to the front. After I got all the way around, just a few more pokes and the job was done. I tamped it down with my putter and it looked as good as new.
Low Bullet:
This made a long, shallow mark with the sides sticking up. Here I started by using the GreenSaver on the sides of the mark. Once I got the sides down well, I went to the back, then the front. After tamping it down, it looked pretty decent- back to flat but a thin line (less than 1/4 inch) of no grass (just dirt) running down where the middle of the mark was.
Skulled, No Spin:
This one left a longish dent in the green- similar in size and shape to the previous one, but it didn't pull up much if any grass. I worked my way around this one as I did the first- front to back on both sides-, and it was back to new. Not much work in this one, a very simple fix.
Lots of Spin:
This one went super high so the mark was very small but extremely deep. Here, it didn't matter where I started, but it was more important that I pushed in twice for each spot that I did to get the grass all the way up. Once I finished and tamped it down, it was a good fix- there was some evidence around the outside of the mark that it had been there, but in no way was it noticable. The green was flat and basically back to normal.
There you go guys: just about any shot into a green I could think of. My school course is generally empty, so if you'd like me to hit any other kind of shot, provide any specific photos or videos, or just about anything else, just let me know. I should be able to do so pretty quickly.
Normal Shot:
It pulled up a decent sized chunk of turf and it was pretty deep, so I started at the back and worked my way around each side to the front. After I got all the way around, just a few more pokes and the job was done. I tamped it down with my putter and it looked as good as new.
Low Bullet:
This made a long, shallow mark with the sides sticking up. Here I started by using the GreenSaver on the sides of the mark. Once I got the sides down well, I went to the back, then the front. After tamping it down, it looked pretty decent- back to flat but a thin line (less than 1/4 inch) of no grass (just dirt) running down where the middle of the mark was.
Skulled, No Spin:
This one left a longish dent in the green- similar in size and shape to the previous one, but it didn't pull up much if any grass. I worked my way around this one as I did the first- front to back on both sides-, and it was back to new. Not much work in this one, a very simple fix.
Lots of Spin:
This one went super high so the mark was very small but extremely deep. Here, it didn't matter where I started, but it was more important that I pushed in twice for each spot that I did to get the grass all the way up. Once I finished and tamped it down, it was a good fix- there was some evidence around the outside of the mark that it had been there, but in no way was it noticable. The green was flat and basically back to normal.
There you go guys: just about any shot into a green I could think of. My school course is generally empty, so if you'd like me to hit any other kind of shot, provide any specific photos or videos, or just about anything else, just let me know. I should be able to do so pretty quickly.
