Day 3 Bunker Renovation

Day 3 arrived with Kye Goalby beginning to do the design/shaping work on #16 bunkers.  The left bunker's soil was full of moisture making it difficult to smooth and for it to pack.  There are a couple of more hours work on shaping of #16 and he will then move on to #9 which will take him about two days to get shaped. 

#16 

We plan to trench and install drainage, spray the polyurethane liner onto the floor of the bunker and then install the sand and sod throughout the day on Thursday and should finish by Friday.

#9

We will be reducing  the back right half of the green around to the right front side by approximately 12'.  We will fill in the front bunker until next fall when we will expand the front middle of the green toward the water giving us a front hole location.  Kye will work Thursday and Friday on #9.  I would expect that we will be able to do some work on #9 by mid-day Friday/Saturday and part of the day before the tournament on Monday.  We will complete 9 by late Tuesday or Wednesday.  We have to relocate 4 heads and bring them into the edge of the newly shaped green.  When Kye digs out the small section of green, we will have to adjust the green drainage pipe as needed.

#18

The staff began to remove the sod around the bunkers as well as digging out the old sand.  This will continue throughout the day on Thursday and possibly some work on Friday.  Kye should begin #18's work on Saturday or Monday depending upon upcoming weather on Friday.  It should take him two days on #18 and will take us about three days to complete the install of the new bunkers. 

Kye shaping the left bunker of #16

#16 bunker beginning to take shape.  We might have to remove some soil on top which is not firming up and is excessively wet. The soil will have to be removed and new soil is hauled back into the spot.  

Kye shaping the right bunker #16.

The view from above the bunker near the back of the green.  Notice the old metal irrigation line that we  had to cut out.

The left bunker still has some work to be completed but is near completion .

The right bunker is well past 50% complete.

The view of the 9th green.  You can see the outline of the paint in the left side of the green.  This is the new collar/border of the green.  The size of the green will be reduced by approximately 500 sq/ft.