This year we are trying out a few new strategies to improve the pace of play at our facility. We thought adding another pass around the fairway with our step cut mower might shorten the time it takes to play our course. Pace of play is very important to us and we are willing to try anything neccesary to provide an enjoyable, prompt, and efficient round of golf for our guests.
We have always mowed one pass, about 8 feet wide, around every fairway at 1". We call it "step cut", which is referring to a path of low cut turf intended for walkers. Many courses played on the PGA Tour mow a path connecting tee boxes and from the tee boxes to the start of the fairway. This is to prevent players from walking through taller grass often wet with dew. Our step cut is more of a graduated rough cut made around every fairway and now around every green.
We added an additional pass around every fairway, and a new pass around every green and approach too. The process of mowing step cut is a little more complicated than before, but we are happy with the visual difference and hopefully our guests will be as well. If nothing else, our new step cut does give a little more definition between the fairway and the rough.
