First Substantial Rain

Standing water between holes #1 and #9

This weekends storm was the first substantial rain event since the bunker liners were installed on the front nine green side bunkers. We received a whopping 4.75" of rain over the last two days. With soggy turf and standing water in the fairways, our new bunkers came out of the storm relatively unscathed. 

Renovated bunker on #1

After significant rain events the newly constructed bunkers need to simply be raked after the sand was compacted with all of the rain, but that minimal raking is something that we do everyday during the course of the year anyways, with our daily golf course setup.

# 6 Green side bunker

Other holes on the course such as #6 and #9 green side bunkers use to hold water after large rain events. Since we fixed the subsurface drainage problems and installed the Capillary Concrete liners the standing water,post rain event have gone away. 

#9 Green side bunker

The other bunkers on the course did not fair very well, with washouts in almost all of the fairway bunkers and most if not all of the green side bunkers on the back nine, our staff will have plenty to keep us busy the rest of the week. 

Washed bunkers #16 Green 

The good news is that the washed green side bunkers will shortly be a thing of the past, staff has begun getting the back nine green side bunkers ready for liners. Hole #18 and #10 have already had the old sand pulled out of them. Our goal is to have the back nine completed by June 1st. 

Sand removed from the green side bunker on #10

Respectfully, 

Nick Marfise 

Golf Course Superintendent