Patent ID: 7611426

Claim:
A new method of repairing a ball mark on a golf green that speeds recovery time, the ball mark having a peripheral edge and a center, the method comprising: providing a golf ball mark repair tool having a body member generally along a first axis and a plurality of prongs extending from the body member generally along a second axis which is obtuse to the first axis, wherein each prong further comprises a bowed shape having a convex side and a concave side, the concave sides facing towards the first axis and the convex sides facing away from the first axis; inserting the prongs at least partially into the golf green and at or near the peripheral edge of the ball mark with the convex sides facing generally the center of the ball mark; pushing the body member towards the center of the ball mark to push the edge of the ball mark and adjacent green inward towards the ball mark center at and near the location of the inserted prongs with the of the prongs; and smoothing the green at the ball mark.