#7 bunker project follow-up

Our work on the bunkers at #7 green went very well this week. Aside from adding a “freshening” coat of sand to the far right bunker, we are all done. We took pictures to mark our progress but to also help illustrate exactly how the bunkers had changed from when they were rebuilt, as part of the master plan up until now.

This picture shows the beginning of the process of removing old sand from the left bunker. We used our skid steer for the majority of sand and then shovels for the remainder. You can see how the old sand has been scooped away up to the edges.

Once the old sand had been removed, we sod-cut two passes around the lip of the bunker. After removing the sod, we began to shave the built-up sand off of the original bunker soil edge.

This picture is the same as above with added marks for reference. It helps to illustrate how much sand had been built up over time. The black lines represent where the original bunker was built. The red lines trace where the bunker edge had shifted to when we began our work.

This picture gives a ground-level perspective to show how much sand was accumulated on the soil.

You can clearly see the two distinct lines in this picture: one is the soil of the original bunker, the other is the sand built up on top.

Again, this picture has added marking for reference. Black traces the soil and red traces the edge as it was before we started our work.

This picture is taken looking down at the sand build-up on the lip of the bunker.

Same picture with added markings. Again, black traces original edge and red traces sand edge.

This shows a portion of the bunker completely shaved and edged back to its original state.

The left bunker on #7 after removing all of the sand, stripping the sod, and shaving the edges all the way around.

Grounds staff adding new sand to the bunker.

Adding new sand.

The completed bunker on the left of #7 green. New sand and new sod have been installed.

This picture is from work being done to the far right bunker at #7 green. We did not entirely replace the sand in this bunker. Instead we clear a 3-4' swath around the edge that gives us room to work and keeps soil from contaminating the sand while we work.

Piling all of the sand in the middle allows us to re-use the sand after we finish re-sodding the edge. We clean up our sod, shave the edge, and then push the sand back out to the edges. We will add a small layer of fresh sand just to brighten the bunker.

The work done this past week was labor intensive. However, staying on top of this process for all of the bunkers extends the overall life of the bunker. 

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See you on the course!

Joe

jvillegas@bwrc.org