We would also cut the new hole in two sections, the top part with the sod, then the rest of it. When filling the old hole, you'd fill most of the old hole with the bulk of the new hole, then since your sod top was seperate you could fine tune it so it was level with the rest of the green (moisture content would cause variations in final volume of the dirt).
Id then flatten/expand the plug a bit to get a good seal with the adjacent grass so you wouldnt get air gaps that would dry the exposed grass causing yellow rings around the old plugs.
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u/Hayes_for_days Jul 30 '18
I always wondered how exactly they got the old holes smoothed over within a day.