Proper Way to fix a ball mark
A university study has shown that a properly repaired ball mark will heal (in the growing season) in approximately 16 days. An improperly repaired ball mark will heal (in the growing season) approximately 38 days. Improperly repaired ball marks take 43% longer to heal than properly repaired ball marks.
* Improper use of the traditional tool doubles the time ball marks need to recover. After healing, surface quality remains reduced, and the mark leaves the largest scar.—Kansas State University Study, 2005
Inserting the tool and leveraging or lifting up on the depression actually tears the roots and does more damage than good.
"Levering seems logical, but it’s not the way the tool was meant to be used. We found that the digging and lifting actually has a more long-lasting effect than leaving the mark unrepaired,"—PhD, Horticulturist, Kansas State University
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