As part of our golf course master plan, the greens committee decided that we should undertake the restoration of a bunker in-house. This would form part of some work involving the hire of a mini digger.
So, the decision was made to renovate the 1st fairway bunker. Its old shape (see photo above) was not very appealing, the back edge was raised and so not conducive to accepting errant shots, the sand was very contaminated and the front edge required a more concave face.
The first task was to strip the turf in order to remove the raised back edge. We then proceeded to remove the topsoil until we found the correct level.
Having done this, the next step was to install shuttering around what would become the new edge of the bunker. Thus, we have not only re shaped the bunker but we have made it smaller too.
It has been a great little 3 day project for myself, Ryan and Phil Lockett. Although we have yet to turf this area, we hope to finish this next week once the snow has melted. We will then install bunker sand in March in preparation for the new season.
This is the third bunker we have completed this winter as part of the golf course master plan. We are all very pleased with the 2014/15 course improvements. A lot of progress has been made on the course this winter and we look forward to your feedback!
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