After many years of bunker shots splashing sand up on the turf face of a bunker they just need to be renovated. The sand gets into the turf canopy and it cannot be removed by blowing or raking. Many of our bunkers on the course have a "hump" on the green side right where all the shots are aimed. Over the years this sand raises the face of the bunker, makes the bunker deeper, and a maintenance headache to maintain turf on the grass face now that it is all sand and not soil. The slope gets steeper allowing the sand to fall down, the lip gets bigger, and during the hot summer months the soil crumbles and allows contamination to fall into the sand.
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| Before picture |
Sod is stripped off, all the sand removed (here it was 13"), the edge of the bunker is re-established, and new sod placed back down on soil.
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| Sand built up on top of he old soil |
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| Sand layer above soil |
The new lip is established with a sod layer, then masonite is installed as a barrier during construction to keep the sand and soil separate. Once the turf is rooted down the boards will be removed.
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| New bunker edge is created |
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| Masonite creating barrier, backfilled with sand/soil, then trimmed to turf height for playability for the next month |
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| Finished product 2 days later |
Here was before - hump is gone
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