Greens Mower vs. Fairway Mower vs. Triplex Mower: What's the Difference?

These three names get mixed up in buyer emails. They are related reel platforms, but they are built for different surfaces and labor plans.

Greens mower

A Greens Mower is the fine-cut machine for putting surfaces. Walk-behinds still win on the most delicate greens and tight traffic patterns. Height of cut stays low, and quality of cut is the whole job.

Triplex mower

A Triplex Mower is usually a riding greens platform with three reel units. Same fine-turf job as a walk-behind greens mower, with more acres per hour when staffing is thin. Confirm all three units cut evenly before you buy.

Fairway mower

A Fairway Mower is wider iron for fairways and often approaches. Cut height sits higher than greens work. Reel count and width matter more than putting-green polish.

How to choose

Match the machine to the surface first, then to labor hours. Buying a fairway unit for greens work (or the reverse) burns money in grind time and unhappy members. Tell us which surfaces you cut when you request a quote.