Fairway Vertical Cutting

Vertical Cutting takes place typically one to two times per year during the growing season for Bermudagrass. Vertical cutting is necessary for removing excessive thatch and encourage new upright growth of turf plants. Vertical cutting slices turf plants and trigger new plants to generate from each plant cut. Vertical cutting helps fairways to become more dense and provide a tighter playing surface. Typically after completion of vertical cutting, recovery time for Bermudagrass is generally 2 weeks to 100% uniformity throughout the fairways.

Vertical Cutting Equipment



Vertical Cutting



Our fairways are constantly groomed by the fairway mowing units. The fairway mowers are equipped with groomers or mini vertical cutting blades. The groomers are set to slightly engage the turf leaf blade each time a fairway is cut. Grooming only effects the top 10% of leaf tissue unlike Vertical Cutting that effects the lower portion of the plant. Grooming on a constant basis allows the turf to remain in an upright growth state and reduce scalping from turf blades laying over, resulting in a puffing turf canopy where cutting units can fluctuate in height.

Fairway Groomer



Upright Vertical Growth