You are spot on with this and may I add the raking of bunkers too, its a pity the folk who play some of the public golf courses in New York (and other golf courses around the world) don’t heed this advice and do what you ask. To many times I’ve played these courses in New York and each time you see people take a chunk and just carry on with-out a thought for those behind or what they are doing. I don’t know how many times I replaced other golfers divots. Come on people its not hard to do!!

Its the same for raking a bunker too, 30 seconds of your time and the bunker is back to normal. Or maybe thats why people don’t do it, they see an un-raked bunker and leave it as they found it. If that’s the case at least rake your mess and have a little pride in knowing you follow the rules of golf etiquette.