The Bunker Liners Are In

View of #1 Green with completed bunkers

The liners for the front nine green side bunkers have been installed. It took a total of two days, Thursday and Friday of last week. Staff moved seven concrete trucks or 61 cubic yards of material into place to cover the 8200 sq ft of bunkers that were prepped and ready. 

Capillary Concrete getting loaded into a work vehicle 

The Capillary Concrete is delivered in a concrete truck, but is not as wet or muddy as you may imagine traditional concrete to be. This product is more like a sticky wet gravel with the consistency of melted chocolate. 

The material is loaded into work vehicles and then transported to the bunkers. It is dumped into the bottom of the bunker, and then staff shovels, rakes, and rolls the product into place. 

Once the install is complete the bunkers cure over night under plastic. By the next morning the bunkers are firm enough to  walk on. You are then capable of getting the bunkers filled with sand the next day. 

Completed bunker #3

The bunker sand was delivered this week, and we spent part of the day beginning to get the bunkers filled with sand. Weather pending our goal is to get the front nine bunkers filled with sand and completed as soon as possible. 

Use of our materiel handler helps conveyor the sand into place

Staff uses the sand-pro to push and level the sand 

Respectfully, 

Golf Course Superintendent 

Nick Marfise