Quick Course Fact...There are 157 bunkers on property, which equates to 3.5 acres of sand and 3.75 miles of bunker edge.
It takes a considerable amount of time to properly maintain them all, and this year we've devoted many more resources to that effort. A landscape company has been coming in once per week for the past 15 weeks to edge, pull weeds, and move sand from low areas back up to the slopes and faces. A member of the grounds staff has assisted them each week, and their combined time totals 560 man hours thus far. The greenside bunkers on all three nines have been edged, along with all the fairway bunkers on Orchard. The crew is almost finished with Lakes fairway bunkers and will turn to Grove to finish out the season. Work in the greenside bunkers went relatively quick as they only required minimal edging. The fairway bunkers have been a different story. Some of the fairway bunkers were so overgrown the crew ended up cutting back 12" to find the native soil edge. Once all the organic material is removed the crew can start moving sand around. Going forward, the bunkers only require bi-weekly trimming of the grass surround, pulling weeds as they emerge, and regular raking.
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| Edging a fairway bunker on Lakes #7 |
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