Intermediate around greens with new fescue/bluegrass sod

The new fescue/bluegrass green surrounds are working well.  The look is great, the playing out of is challenging but there are times where a ball will rest right up against the 2.5" fescue or higher cut and getting a club on the ball is virtually impossible.  We are going place a one rotary push mower width intermediate cut around holes, PG, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, a small part of 17 and 18.  These are the greens which had fescue placed around the greens.  The rest of the holes have warm season around them that is cut by the regular intermediate reel mower at 1.25".  We will take the cut down slowly and will try to get it between 1.5 to 2" within the next few months.  This should normally be done in the cooler times of the year but if we take our time and not get in too much of the a hurry, we will have some relief for you from the shots that get trapped up against the collar and green surround. 

My camera case is on the border between the regular 2.5" green surround cut on the right and the 1 push mower width 2" cut.  I will try to get it down to about 1.75" over the next couple of weeks as some milder weather pushes in.