What you see in the picture above is our newer coca mat being pulled by a John Deere Gator on our 17th green. One of my first purchases almost three years ago was a cocoa mat. The cocoa mat is primarily used to brush in our top-dressing sand. Well, the original cocoa mat had finally reached its useful life so we recently acquired a new one and this morning we took it out to use it as a pre-brush before the greens mower. This is something Tom and I have been discussing for a while so we decided to give a try this morning. The idea being that it would help stand up the turf before the greens were mowed. Our final consensus was that it was a good idea and did seem to increase the amount of clippings in the baskets in comparison to our previous couple of mowing's which should result in a smoother surface.
