Verticutting For A Smooth Surface

We have completed another verticutting of our greens.  This is the 4th time this spring.  We have raised the cutting blades each time.  Now we are barely touching the surface.  The purpose of this is to keep the runners the bentgrass creates and stand up the grass for a cleaner cut.  Here you can see a close up of the grass standing up.  We probably will do this one more time before the heat of the summer.  this is part of our attempts to have healthy, dense greens that roll consistently, without extremely low mowing heights.