divot

Fairway grass clump

A divot is a small piece of turf torn up by a golf club during a swing, or the shallow hole left behind.

Good etiquette requires replacing your divots.

The word extends to any similar chunk of ground or grass displaced by impact: The football player's cleat left divots across the field.

golf

fairway

Groomed golf strip

swingSuspended recreational seat
ironElement twenty-six
wedgeTapered splitting tool

replace · repair · turf · chunk · shot · approach · lie · pitch · chip · gouge

indentation

dent

Shallow surface depression

depressionProlonged low state
gougeConcave carving blade
holeAbsence in matter

nick · notch · groove · pockmark · cavity · scoop · impression · rut · dimple · crater

turf

sod

Grass-bound topsoil section

grassNarrow-leaved ground cover
clumpThick gathered mass
chunkThick solid piece

patch · lawn · plug · soil · root · tear · ground · repair · replace · earth

Categories

golfgolf, golf club, golf clubs, golf ball, golf balls
hollowscavity, crater, hollow, dent, hole
golf coursegrass, turf, rough, tees, greens
disfigurementsscars, scar, scarring, deformities, deformity
puttingputt, putter, putting green, cup, hole
golf shotsdrive, pitch shot, putt, chip shot, chip

Opposites

surface topology

divotbulge

Outward curved projection

bump · protrusion · mound · hump · knob

material continuity

divotsolid

Firm matter state

unbroken ground · fill · plug · smooth surface · level ground

Family

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G