The Pro-Patch

This is just a quick note about a practice routine that will improve your iron play and make things a bit easier for the greens-keeper and crew.
Iron practice, specially with wedges can do a lot of damage to the tee area of the practice range. When practicing your irons try to tear up the smallest patch of ground you can. The method I use I copied while watching Vijay Singh warm up for the PGA when it was played just outside Seattle.
Vijay started with his wedges taking his beautiful, graceful and immensely powerful swing he took a healthy divot. The next ball was carefully placed even with the start of the previous divot just a tiny bit to the left. After another swing, exactly like the previous one, the divots created an even straight lined box. After about 6 or 7 more balls Vijay selected another club.  The ball this time was placed directly behind the first divot just the tiniest bit back from where the first divot started. Once again swing after swing produced a smooth straight edged square of removed turf.
When Vijay was finished with his iron practice all that was left behind was a bare patch of ground with even edges and a smooth surface.  It took his caddie a few seconds to cover the area with divot mix. He wasn't the only caddie that tidied things up a bit after his golfer.
When you look at the tee area of most ranges you will see a random globs of divots of various lengths,  depths and directions.
When you practice try to leave behind the "Pro-Patch". Smooth even divots.