15 Bunker Renovation

Recently we completed another bunker renovation on the golf course.  The bunker on the right side of 15 green has been completely rebuilt.  This bunkers playability and aesthetic quality has lacked as of late so we reconstructed it from the bottom up.  The pictures below illustrate some of the work that was done.  We began by stripping sod with the sod cutter from around the bunker.  It then needed all of the old contaminated sand and drainage shelled out.  The second picture shows our use of drainage tile to make a form for the new edges of the bunker on the greenside.  Over time, rainstorms and damage from golfers walking out of the high side of the bunker had caused the lip to cave.  New topsoil was brought in and compacted behind the drain tile.  This tile will eventually be removed once the new sod has been able to knit in, and the soil firms up.  The last two pictures show the completed bunkers with new sand and zoysia sod ringing the entire bunker.



After the sod around the bunker and all sod was removed.



Drain tile that was used as a form for the new lips of the bunker.

 

Completed bunker with very little flash left on the face.



View looking towards the green.  The tile used for the new lips is barely visible.

#6 approach

We have converted part of the approach on #6 to zoysia this last week.  We thought an approach that we can mow down to collar height (.5 inches) will have greater playability then the 2 inch rough we had before.  It will also look nice from the tee.  We stripped all of the cool-season sod off and used to patch other areas on the golf course.  The zoysia all came from our nursery.

 

Cool season sod stripped clean.

Different view of prepared ground.

Finished product with zoysia in place.