Since their installation back in the spring I have been asked what are those bricks for? The bricks can be found on all holes except the par threes.
Above is the brick on #3 as you can see it is located in the fairway cut right beside the intermediate rough. This lets the fairway cutters know how far up to go. As well it shows the smaller triplex unit that cuts the approach how far down to cut.
Here is Corey cutting on #7 making his pass right over the brick.
Here is the fairway unit cutting towards the approach. You are probably thinking that it is easy to see where to cut to. The dew has been knocked off where Corey has already cut. On this particular day it was easy, but the cuts are not always made on the same day. Plus as well Corey knows exactly where I want him to cut, he doesn't have to worry about how far he is going out. Before the cutter always seemed to make extra passes just to make sure they went far enough. Then the fairway would also make extra passes. This adds up when these areas are cut three times a week. That adds up to a lot of man hours and diesel.
Here I am making the pass sideways right at the brick.
The brick is a indicator for the cutter to be more efficient when cutting. I use to see over cutting and sometimes under cutting which led to missed grass. Now they are cut perfect every time.
Cheers Kendall
