Can Mowing Patterns Really Save Money?

Superintendent Chris Tritabaugh has a new story on his blog site about cost savings associated with the pattern in which the golf course in mowed. Here's how the story begins:

One of the changes made in my time at Northland is the fashion in which we mow fairways. Previously the fairways and tees were mowed using back and forth striping. Ten years ago you would have been hard pressed to find a golf course that did not mow in this manner. Over the past few years more and more courses have began mowing fairways in the half and half or light and dark pattern you have seen at Northland the past two seasons. There are many reasons for mowing in a light-dark pattern, with the most obvious being, a "classic appearance".

You can read the rest of the story here.