The United States Golf Association published an article recently detailing the professional (and generally excepted) way of taking divots when on the range. Author Ty McClellan, the U.S.G.A. agronomist for our region, offers his insights:

"With the exception of an efficient tee stall rotation, enlarging the tee(s) and adding synthetic turf are improvements typically left for the off-season when time and funds become available.  So, until then, what can be done?  The solution resides with golfers.  Since randomly scattering divots can quickly destroy a practice range tee, the better approach is to shrink one’s divots by removing them in a pattern just like the professionals.  More specifically, this includes placing each shot directly behind the previous divot.  This can easily be repeated for up to 10 shots resulting in much less turf being removed."

He goes on to explain mathematically how much of a difference this technique can make.  I highly recommend you head the website and read the article yourselves. The U.S.G.A. exists to disperse informative pieces like this one and every golfer should be glad they do!

See you on the course!
Elliott  Dowling