1. (golf) a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals' hooves or a golf club)
   "The field was pockmarked with divots from the horses' hooves"
    
2. (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke
   "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot"

Derived forms: divots

Type of: cavity, greensward, pit, sod, sward, turf

Encyclopedia: Divot