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Use a pronged ball mark repair tool, knife, key or tee
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Insert it at the edges of the mark --not the middle of the depression.
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Bring the edges together with a gentle twisting motion, but don't lift the center. Try not to tear the grass.
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Smooth the surface with a club or your foot. You're done when it's a surface you would want to putt over.