The present invention provides a pitch mark repair device (10) having an elongate body (12) which may be insertion into the ground in a direction (A) substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body, the device additionally having a pair of arms (14) mounted to the body at or adjacent a first end of the arm and displaceable between a retracted position in which a free second end of the arm is disposed downstream of the first end with respect to the direction of insertion, through an intermediate position in which the arm projects substantially normally to the direction of insertion, to an extended position in which the second end is disposed upstream of the first end with respect to the direction of insertion, such that a pitch mark is drawn out through the action of the arms pulling on the surround earth as the device is withdrawn from the playing surface.