Bunker Edging

Many of the bunker edges had sloughed into the sand over the past eight years. We have limited machine traffic into the bunkers in the previous two seasons to help alleviate the damage and in December tackled it full force. Below are pictures of one of the worst bunkers on hole #2 before and after. The left edge had about a two foot lip and the back portion had a small shelf built to catch golf balls, leaving the golfer with some very unusual stance issues. We went out with pitchforks, edgers, shovels, and many good backs to tackle the worst areas. Our plan moving forward is to edge six holes every season to eliminate this issue ever building up again.

Winter Projects

Over the next few weeks I will be highlighting some of the improvements we have made to the course so far this off-season. We have accomplished more than I anticipated and if the snow continues to hold off, we will be way ahead of schedule for spring. In my opinion, the most visible change is the outlet pipe along the path on number 10. The concrete wall was the remains of the original road used for the school coming off of 29. Besides the eyesore wall staring you in the face, the fairway side was slowly eroding with every storm. The crew faced and secured the outlet into the hillside using the leftover rocks pulled off site during construction. We completed the project by utilizing the sod harvested from our bunker edging project to stabilize the banks. It was in dire need of a makeover and the staff worked extremely hard and efficiently to make it happen. Below are the before and after pictures: