Golf green repair device method and apparatus

A method of repairing an indentation, comprising a perimeter region, a center region, a surrounding green planar region, of a golf green comprising the steps of:

• a) positioning a golf green repair tool comprising a prong portion, and an earth engaging surface, to the perimeter region of the indentation,
• b) aligning the prong portion of the golf green repair tool at an angle towards the center region of the indentation,
• c) penetrating the perimeter region of the indentation with the prong portion towards the center region of the indentation and engaging the earth engaging surface substantially spanning sufficient surface area between lateral edge locations of the of the earth engaging surface to bias the perimeter region of the indention towards the center region of the indentation,
• d) thrusting the golf green repair tool towards the center region of the indentation whereby the earth engaging surface repositions the perimeter portion of the indentation downwardly and radially inwardly of the indentation to an upper surface orientation closer to the surrounding planar green region.

A golf tool comprising an upper transverse region and lower transverse region, the golf tool operatively configured to repair a dent in a green by a golfer comprising a hand and a thumb, the golf tool comprising:

• a) an operating region comprising a prong portion extending substantially about a prong longitudinal axis,
• b) a depth limiting feature comprising an earth engagement surface that is leaning forward with respect to the prong longitudinal axis,
• c) a grasping region comprising a handle portion operatively configured to be grasped by the hand of the golfer,
• d) a thumb engagement region located in a forward region of the golf tool and operatively configured to engage the thumb of a golfer.

A golf green repair tool configured to fix a crater formed when a golf ball forcefully lands upon a green and forms the crater comprising a perimeter portion, and a center portion, the golf green repair tool comprising:

• a) a handle region comprising forward and rearward portions about a handle longitudinal axis,
• b) an operating region comprising forward and rearward regions and comprising:
• i a prong portion centered substantially about an earth engaging axis,
• ii a depth limiting feature comprising an earth engaging surface having left and right lateral surface perimeters, the engaging surface comprising sufficiently continuous surface area between the left and right lateral surface perimeters to bias all of the perimeter portion of the crater between the left and right lateral surface perimeters to the center portion,
• iii a thumb engagement region positioned in the rearward region of the prong portion.

A handheld golf green repair tool configured to fix a crater formed by an impact of a golf ball upon a green, the crater comprising a center region and a perimeter region, the golf green repair tool comprising:

• a) a handle portion comprising forward and rearward regions and first and second transverse regions,
• b) a thumb engagement surface positioned in the forward and first transverse regions of the handle portion,
• c) an index finger engaging surface positioned substantially opposed to the thumb engagement surface in the second transverse region,
• d) an earth engaging surface slanted in a forward direction and having lateral extreme locations the earth engaging surface being operatively configured to engage the perimeter region of the crater and bias the perimeter region to the center region of the crater,
• e) a prong portion comprising prongs extending outwardly from the forward region of the handle, the prong portion operatively configured to pierce the perimeter region of the crater and maintain the position of the golf green repair tool while the earth engaging surface biases the perimeter region in contact and between the lateral extreme locations of the earth engaging surface to the center portion of the crater region of the crater.