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Old 07-09-2014, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mickey100 View Post
Regarding over-mowing, I was told by someone who is familiar with the situation, that the golf course maintenance contracts are written up in such a manner that the fairways get mowed "X" amount of times per week. The contractors do that, whether or not the fairways need it, because its in the contract and they want to get paid. When you contract out the work, the courses aren't going to get the personalized care that our courses up north got from from dedicated greens keepers.

Cutting grass costs a lot more up north and so does most golf.

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