Bunker Rehab

One of my main goals this fall and off season is to rehabilitate the bunkers. The bunkers will be depth checked, re-edged, and any contamination within the bunker removed and refilled with fresh sand. One other issue we are addressing is the bunker faces. As the years pass, the green side bunkers will have a tremendous amount of sand splashed onto the grass faces. Many of the bunkers that are southern facing can begin to show decline during the summer as the sand beneath the grass will heat up much faster than the soil. The green side bunker on number 1 poses more challenges due to its southern facing banks (rapid heat up)as well as reduced airflow from the wood-line to the left. After removing the sod from #1 almost 5" of sand was uncovered and scraped away. Once the new sod becomes established we should see much better results for years to come.

Decline due to excessive sand build up coupled with a south facing slope.

Stripping away years of build up.

Re-sodding the face after proper soil amendments were applied.

Finished product!