The perfect grassy hollow - note the wear, though, between the bunker and grassy hollow - and the golf buggy - which should not be allowed anywhere near the green.
new bunkers will be turfed to the point at which sand can be raked up to meet it, without washing back down to the base of the bunker after every rainstorm. It is possible to use a mechanical
bunker rake in most new bunkers, or a combination of machine and hand- raking where sand is required to be raked partially up the faces. The surrounds will be significantly easier to mechanically mow because of the smooth grades and slopes.
A heathland bunker with a severe drainage problem!
undertaken, the bunker banks and bases must be shaped to be a gentle (concave) grade and then drained. Generally, a shallow drainage trench would be excavated in the lowest point in each bunker, creating a number of spurs, which will link into a main outfall drain, excavated at the lowest point. Perforated drainage pipe would be installed in each trench and then backfilled to the surface with gravel, finished off with geotextile membrane over the trench only. Topsoil can then be spread on the surrounds and turf laid. The bunker drain would be connected up with the existing fairway
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drainage system or adjacent ditch. All bunker bases would be firmly tamped down or rolled smooth prior to any sand placement. When stones or flint are present either a geotextile membrane or suitable clay can be laid over the bunker base or upturned, downgraded turves, to prevent stones coming to the surface.
The actual sand area of the bunker will be determined once the turf is established. Where the bunker is an essential visual hazard the sand must be visible from the tee or the fairway, as appropriate. Generally, the faces of the
It should become an essential part of the general maintenance procedures to ensure that sandsplash is brushed away from bunker banks and green aprons, as a matter of course. It will also be necessary to regularly aerate the bunker surrounds (Vertidrain, or similar), and to topdress, fertilise and overseed, when necessary, to maintain a good healthy grass sward. It will be this grass cover that will prevent establishment and wear problems re-occurring. A bunker renovation and remodeling
programme can give any course a facelift and bring it forward into the 21st century. The courses at West Hill and Worplesdon were both already fundamentally very good, but the bunkers needed attention in order for them to really ‘show their teeth’ and achieve their true potential as two of the best courses in Surrey. This has been achieved to the satisfaction of the committee, members and consulting golf course architect.
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