Divot tools are used to repair the grass on the golf course. Often, when golfers play, they brush the grass with their clubs, and this can leave scrapes, and when golf balls land on the short grass on the putting greens, it can leave an indentation. This damage is known as 'divots'.

What is the purpose of a divot tool?

Golf divot tools are one or two-pronged tools that are used to repair golf ball pitch marks on the green that are caused by forceful impacts from long distances out. The farther away a golf ball is hit from, the larger the pitch mark (commonly called a divot) will be.

What is a divot?

1 Scotland : a square of turf or sod. 2 : a loose piece of turf (such as one dug from a golf fairway in making a shot) The caddies, I was solemnly assured, never replace a divot; they just sprinkle grass seed from a pouch they carry.