This morning we noticed some marks on the putting green. After a closer look, it was determined that someone had been practicing putting, but stood in the same place and did not move their feet for a long time. Obviously the person was trying to hit the same length putt over and over, but in doing so it damaged the grass badly. In the hot weather, the bentgrass which the greens are made up of has a hard time surviving each day, let alone when it has a person stand in one place for a prolonged amount of time. Please take a look at the photos below, and the damage that can be caused by standing in one place while practicing putting. This is not a good sight for a superintendent and can be very challenging to get damaged spots healthy again!
This set of foot prints is so bad you can almost see where his soft spikes were!
Please help us out and move when you are practicing putting! There are never 2 putts the same in a round of golf, so why would you hit 100 of the same putts when practicing!
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