Jeff Ross, head groundskeeper at Great Lakes Loons, is the winner of this year’s SFMA Mowing Patterns Contest with his “Fan Appreciation Pattern.” Ross credited his assistant groundskeepers, Ryan Wolter and TJ Fairchild, for helping with the design.
“The pattern was mowed with our John Deere 2500B triplex mower in the outfield and a John Deere 260B walk behind greens mower on the infield,” said Ross. “The ‘Fan Appreciation Pattern’ was a poll on our team’s social media where I came up with three patterns and the fans got to choose which one would be on the field for the final home game of the season.”
Ross won complimentary registration to the 2025 SFMA Annual Conference in Palm Springs, California. January 13-16.
