Bunker Restoration

The crew arrived Tuesday morning and gave a simultaneous sigh when they saw their job description for the day.
Mariano: Bunkers
John:       Bunkers
Christof:  Aeration
Martin :   Bunkers
Neal:      Ventrac Machine- Bunkers
Rene:      Bunkers
Andreas: Bunkers
Carlos:    Bunkers
....
We received 3.5" of rain in a very short period of time early Tuesday causing all of our 80 bunkers to wash out. Even with the liners, which do an excellent job holding the sand in place they were no match for the downpour we received.

All day Tuesday and Wednesday the crew shoveled the sand back in place, repaired any torn liner, and replaced sand that happened to spill out. We will spin the bunkers with the machine on Thursday to smooth out any imperfections.
   

The surge of water coming through the course must have been amazing to see.

This latest rainfall brings the total to 19.1" of precip since June 6th. On a good note, the rain re-filled 16 irrigation pond back to the top level after syringing all last week during those scorching temperatures.

We took advantage of a free Tuesday to needle tine all of the greens. The heat wave subsided and I used this opportunity to open up channels allowing much cooler air to enter and begin drying out the saturated root-zone.