Shaped and Ready!

Alex was able to get the bunker on the left of #10 green shaped today and ready for final excavation, sand, and sod.  In the attached pictures you can see the painted yellow line which represents the size and shape of the finished bunker.   The area inside the painted yellow line will be excavated and filled with sand, the area outside will receive zoysia sod.

We've been very fortunate this winter that the weather has cooperated and allowed us the opportunity to complete projects like this. 

LEFT Front Bunker on #10

Demo and reshaping began today on the left front bunker on #10.  Similar to the right front bunker on 10 and the right front bunker on #1, this bunker will have the steeply flashed face removed and replaced with a grass face to prevent the erosion problems we've experienced in the past.  With the nice weather forecast this week Alex expects to have this bunker completed in fairly short order.  Most of the shaping is completed today (Monday) and barring weather issues he should do final shaping and excavate for the drain next.

#12 Cart Path

Remember the area at the bottom of the first hill on #12 where the cart path has a drainage whistle under it and those nasty, dangerous metal grates?   Shazzam!  The grates are gone.  The whistle is no more and the area on the fairway side has been filled in and sodded.  We left the concrete spillway on the right side of the path for now as a deterrent to erosion, but the metal grate is gone, replaced by a layer of concrete. We think this will be a nice improvement to the area.

Another Bunker DONE!

Alex and his crew have completed the renovation of the right-front bunker on #10 and I must say it looks GREAT!  

Patrick is even giving it his approval

#10 Bunker Update 1/10/12

Work continues on renovating the right front bunker on #10.  Today, Alex continued the process of working the edges of the bunker to build the base contour that will be needed to lay sod and build the new faces of the bunker.  This involves cutting every edge of the bunker to allow recontouring.

(Above) Alex uses the sand pro to work dirt up into the face of the old bunker.  Most of the face will be sodded and the only sand will be at the bottom of the bunker.

Alex uses the mini excavator to dig out the existing bunker and repurpose the soil for the banks of the newly rebuilt bunker

Alex works on the lower edge of the bunker.  Instead of being a steep drop off into the bunker, the new lower edge will be sloped gradually into the trap and will be surfaced with zoysia sod.

Jay hand digs the one "oops" that we've uncovered so far.  This is a 4" water line that we didn't realize was buried just outside the existing bunker. The good news is that its location won't require us to move it in order to compete the renovation.

Reminder

In case you need a reminder of why we're reconstructing this bunker, here's a shot from 2007.  This is what you get when a bunker is built with a high flashing face but the green design allows water to run right over the top edge of the bunker instead of being diverted around it.

NEXT? Front Bunker on #10

Today Alex started work on renovating the right front bunker on #10.  This will be simlar to what was done to the bunker on #1;  the steep face will be replaced with a sod face and a smaller, flatter bunker.

"BEFORE":

A little movie of Alex excavating