Bunker renovation

Late last week we started pulling sand out of some bunkers that are going will be re-done this fall. So far we have sand out of the fairway bunker on #1 and the green side bunkers on #2 and #3. Once we have the sand out we will pull the old drainage, cut off the sod and then start over. We had to stop hauling sand away yesterday because of how wet the course got, but we have a very good start and once we are able to get back to it we will. The weather can slow us down quite a bit this time of year, but we are able to stay busy with leaf clean up and tree removal until things dry out enough.

We also added a large catch basin between the fairway and green on #1 this week. Doing this will keep the area from turning into a pond after heavy rains which, once the area is changed over to fairway, will be crucial to maintaining a healthy and consistent playing surface. While we were there we also put in a new drain valve for the irrigation system because the one that was there had seized up and was no longer opening. This is something you'll never notice, but it is very helpful when maintaining the irrigation system.  I've added a few pictures below. 

Digging up the old catch basin. 

New catch basin with everything tied in. 

Peeling sod and pulling sand out of #1 fairway bunker. 

We'll continue to keep you all up to speed on our projects as they progress. It should be a lot of fun to see how the course changes, and improves, this fall and next spring. 

Ian