We have recently begun a 10 bunker renovation. The bunker are chosen are consistently the worst bunkers on the course, on a performance and physical level. These bunkers do not drain and consistently hold water after a rain event. Bunkers on the front of 7 green and greens side on 12 will become (1) big bunker while all the bunkers on hole 11 and bunker on 17 just get rebuilt with new drainage, liner and sand installed. Please bare with us this fall as these areas will remain GUR until we complete the project. Sand will be installed first thing in the spring as the bunkers will be sodded top and bottom this fall. The bottom of the bunkers will be sodded as a organic liner, allowed to root in and then sprayed with round-up in the spring and sand added right on top of the sod. This method has proven to be a good method to keep stones and debris from moving up from underneath. synthetic liners can be much more costly and in my experience, ineffective and cumbersome. Please check back here as updates will be posted as we proceed.
Mike O'Neill, CGCS
