Bunker on #2

On Wednesday November 17, 2010 we removed the bunker that was positioned just off the right front corner of #2 green.  The removal of this bunker is called for in our Long Range Plan, and was a project that we could undertake without a large capital expenditure.  It basically cost us just the manpower to do it.

As you know, this bunker is one of a few on the course that were repeatedly made unplayable by any heavy rainfall.   While it is not as big a problem as say the right bunker on #1, or the bunkers in front of #3 or #10, it was a situation that we could remedy quickly and without a large expenditure, so we were able to do it at this time.  We are hoping to do something similar to the back bunker on #10, and eventually the back bunker on #1.  All three of these are targeted for removal by our Long Range Plan.  (click pictures to see full size)

Above is a picture taken the day before demo / reconstruction began.

The picture above shows the same basic area after it has been filled and reshaped.  It has not yet been seeded or sodded, but will be very shortly.

Here is another view of the area, showing that the entire area was resculpted so that it won't just look like we filled in a bunker.  The mounding around the bunker was smoothed to blend with the existing terrain.

And finally, this view looking back toward #2 tee demonstrates that the revised area is not just going to be a grass bunker, but was reshaped to blend with the existing terrain.  You can also see a bit in this picture that the mounding on the left (as you view this image) is angled so that a ball hit that far right will have a chance to kick either straight forward, or maybe even back toward the green a bit.