If you've been on the course in the last week you've probably noticed and hopefully enjoyed seeing the change to the bunker complex on 9 green. The reason we removed the 3 large bunkers was two-fold and actually part of the bunker renovation plans.
First of all they were a maintenance nightmare. Almost any amount of rain caused massive washouts and even infusions of new sand did nothing to improve their quality. Secondly, they were considered as being extremely unfair to the high handicap golfer. Low handicaps rarely ended up in them but anyone who did was faced with an extremely daunting uphill bunker shot. After your shot out of them, you often ended up in one of the smaller remaining bunkers and were faced with more of the same.
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| Step 1: Take a picture of the bunker |
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| Step 2: Remove sod as needed and begin filling |
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| Step 3: Continue filling... and filling and filling. |
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| Step 4: Irrigation and detail work |
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| Step 5: Lay sod and the bunkers are gone. |
Follow
this link for all the pictures from the project.
