I have heard many complaints in the past of bunkers not having enough sand in them. The truth is, as I have always preached, they have plenty of usable sand in them. The problem is, when we get a big rain event where all the sand washes out, (Such as is depicted by the washout picture above) it essentially takes us weeks to have the time to properly redistribute the sand back where it was before the rain event. Bunkers are the most labor intensive aspect of our operation. We typically spend 8 man hours daily to get the bunkers raked and after a rain event it can sometimes take us up to 130 man hours minimum to get them back where they should be. We are currently in the process of extreme fine tuning of the bunker sand distribution for the upcoming member/guest as picture at the very top. We use the sand rake and the plow attached, with shovels and rakes to get the sand in the perfect placement.
Mike O'Neill, CGCS
