Bunker Reconstruction Continued

We have recently just finished renovating our practice bunker.  The practice bunker renovation ran a little smoother than the reconstruction of the bunker on number 18.  We did find where the inside of the bunker had not been draining, so we flushed the pipe out and the bunker is now draining.

This shows up flushing the pipe that runs the water out of the bunker and into the pine straw.

While we were working on the bunker, we decided to fix the shape of the bunker.  Over time, sand had raised the lip of the bunker a few inches which was making it more difficult to land a shot on the green.  So, we stripped the sod and shoveled a few inches off the top of the bunker.  We then reshaped the bunker and widened the left side of the bunker.  

This shows us trimming the top of the bunker down to it's original size.

Juan reshaping the bunker

The line that you see in the picture above is where we added dirt to reshape the bunker. 

The pictures above show that the pea gravel, drainage pipe and bunker liner have been applied to the practice bunker.

The pictures above show us packing and watering the sand in the practice bunker.  We repeated these steps until we achieved the appropriate sand depth.


If you would like a detailed step by step of the reconstruction of the bunker, please refer to the blog posted last Sunday.