Rules were meant to be broken

I have a rules question, if you couldn't tell already. I know that it is illegal to improve your line by fixing a divot off the green. But can you fix it after you hit, like a normal divot. What happened was I hit a 5 iron into a par three, and it dropped from the heavens and left a hole the size of a crater off the green. I putted over it in order to not break the rule, but this was a tournament and a teammate of mine was playing behind me. I don't know if it was mine but he said he did have to putt over someones divot off the green. So I wanted to know if after finishing the hole I can fix it.

Thanks all
Big mike

You could repair your pitch mark after you made your shot. It would fall into the same classification as divot repair.

You can repair any pitchmark on the green at any time.
You can only repair any divot off the green when it is no longer in your line of play, you cannot improve your lie - unless the divot was made after you ball stopped. For example, you hit a ball down the fairway, when you get there you find someone from an adjacent hole has hit his ball onto your fairway just in front of your ball. You let him play first so that he can get out of the way but he leaves a big divot. You can repair it because you are entitled to have your original lie.