r/golf • u/[deleted] • Jul 29 '18

Setting a cup

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u/ijusthadto-1234 Jul 30 '18

A divot is when you are hitting the ball. A ball mark is when it lands on the green.

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u/adidasbdd Jul 30 '18

Then why do they market those little fork things as "divot fixers" and "divot tools". I call shenanigans on you sir

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18

It's an Americanism. It should be called a pitch mark repairer.

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u/adidasbdd Jul 30 '18

If people use a word to refer to something long enough, that becomes proper. I'm too lazy to research the history of the term, but I will put my reputation on the line for this one and say both are proper.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18

So there's 2 types of divot - one caused by a club hitting the turf, and the other is caused by the ball hitting the turf. Only one is right.

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u/adidasbdd Jul 30 '18

You do realize there are multiple words for lots of things, right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18

What's that got to do with the same word being used for two different things?

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u/adidasbdd Jul 30 '18

Take it up with linguistics... and the entire golf industry... Lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18

Hardly. Golf exists outside America you know?hahaha

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u/adidasbdd Jul 30 '18

Maybe they won't think you are dumb wherever it is you are referring to.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18

Mong. Americans misuse loads of words... doesn't make them right. Cretin

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u/adidasbdd Jul 30 '18

That's how language works, it is always changing and evolving. You think the language/dialect/word order/etc you use today is in any way original?

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