Wednesday, December 16, 2015

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The Billy Bunker guys were on site one final day to finish the polymer spraying. We now have full control to finish all of the bunker sodding and install sand. I've heard a rumor or two about members that are in town trying out the new sand. While you are certainly welcome to, please be aware that this is NOT the finished project. After 6" of sand is installed, it will be compacted to 4". This will be done manually with a tamp and also by Mother Nature in the form of rainfall. My rush to get the sand in the bunkers ASAP is for this reason. The longer the sand is in the bunker prior to golf, the more time for compaction. Therefore, by April 1, the bunkers will play completely different.  We don't want to begin the rumor that the new sand is too "soft and fluffy."  Of course it is, it's brand new. We are hauling sand to the bunkers now simply to get it out of the parking lot to avoid a massive pile with a load of sand a day being delivered. Compacting and depth checking won't start until after Christmas.