The new bunkers on Lakes require a different method to properly maintain them compared to the existing bunkers on Grove and Orchard. We've tried several different techniques, and have settled on what most folks call the "Aussie Style". The new angular sand in the Lakes bunkers will compact much more than the old, contaminated sand. This will allow the edges, or perimeters, to be smoothed and eventually create a hard crust that will not allow a golf ball to stay on the sloped areas, but roll down to the raked bottom. The new sand was chosen for this reason and it's consistent playability. To help us properly maintain the new bunkers, we ask that you do not walk up or down the faces, or any steep slopes. It will require extra work to push the sand back up the slope and repair the deep footprints, along with starting the compaction process all over. Please enter and exit the bunkers from the low side, or an area with the least amount of slope.
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| Staff training earlier this spring |
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| Deep footprints on the face (slope) on Lakes #6 |
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| Side view of Lakes #6 with footprints going up the face towards the green. The ideal place to enter and exit this bunker is near the cart path and along the rock wall. |
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| Freshly raked bunker on Lakes #1 green |
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