"I disagree with that.
Many, if not most of the early gang mowers used for fairways did NOT have the ability to raise their reels, thus, the cut in the rough would be at the same height as the fairway, and you wouldn't have them creating a "first cut"
Pat:
If there was no way to raise the height of the blades and they cut the rough at the same height as the fairway then most all courses wouldn't have had rough would they? It would all basically be fairway height?
That doesn't make much sense my friend, or is it friend?
Do you really think you can make statements on here that illogical and actually get away with it?
"Hey, Hugh, George, Charlie, Bill, Herbert, Devie, Tilly, Alister and Harry, did you hear someone just invented a way to raise the blades on gang mowers? I never would've thought of something like that. That is thoroughly brilliant; who knows, maybe that guy can figure out how to get someone on the moon someday!"