If the divot from your preceding shot impedes your next shot, are you allowed to tamp the divot down? Rules Guy has the ...

Welcome to Shaving Strokes, a GOLF.com series in which we’re sharing improvements, learnings and takeaways from amateur golfers just like you — including some of the speed bumps and challenges they ...

Golf courses, known for their calm scenic views and precise grass patterns, take daily abuse. Divots created by golf strokes are a common occurrence, and can be a costly problem for golf course ...

Just like ugly pitch marks, unrepaired divots are seemingly on the ...

There may not be a more dangerous question in recreational golf than this one: How far do you hit your driver? That question ...

As a superstitious golfer, I’m always changing things up after bad holes or bad rounds. I’ll sometimes switch golf balls but will mostly shuffle my ball markers and divot tools. I always keep a few of ...

Divots are part of golf, especially out on tour. Pros swing with more speed, and they're usually hitting shorter clubs into the greens from really tight fairways, so it's always raining clumps of turf ...

My home course has a terrific practice area, which our greens crew has built and steadily improved over many years. Here are Corey (our pro, left) and Gary (our superintendent) last March, in the rain ...

One of my favorite things about 3-time major champ Padraig Harrington is that he really, really cares about making golfers better. With over three decades of experience as a pro golfer, I figured it'd ...

Golfers love to practice. But have you ever wondered how the pattern of your divots on the practice range tee affects the golf course? With every swing of an iron, a divot of turf is usually removed.

Scientists have evaluated 12 cultivars of turfgrass with the objective of determining the grasses' divot resistances. Golfers hit golf balls on each cultivar of turfgrass, and the divots created by ...