Groundstaff have been working this week on repairs to the lower pond wall.
A couple of sections of the wall were collapsing into the lake and blocks required removal, clean up and replacement.
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Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Friday 5th September 2014.
Staff have been concentrating on necessary bunker work over the past month. A priority list of bunkers requiring work has been established and we are focusing many of our hours to this work.
This has primarily involved the removal of excess sand off the bunker face and relocation back to the base of the bunker. Over time sand is hit from the base to the face and this softens the angle of the face and in turn encourages buried lies and golf balls to finish on the face.
We have also looked at adding more bunker sand to some bunkers to reduce the big step off and improve both pedestrian and machinery access. This seems to occur more often in newly constructed bunkers as over time the newly constructed bunker sand to compacts and when this eventuates bunker base levels drop.
Members can help their cause by correctly raking bunkers when leaving. If 2 hands are used to level and rake sand a better finish can be achieved. This is particularly important if you have to play a shot from the face. The rake should be turned over when leveling the face using the smooth side of the rake to leave a smooth finish. This will help to reduce the likelihood of a golfer behind getting a buried lie and having to climb the face to play their next shot and hopefully breaking the circle of buried lies.
It won't eliminate it but it may help!!
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Staff have been concentrating on necessary bunker work over the past month. A priority list of bunkers requiring work has been established and we are focusing many of our hours to this work.
This has primarily involved the removal of excess sand off the bunker face and relocation back to the base of the bunker. Over time sand is hit from the base to the face and this softens the angle of the face and in turn encourages buried lies and golf balls to finish on the face.
We have also looked at adding more bunker sand to some bunkers to reduce the big step off and improve both pedestrian and machinery access. This seems to occur more often in newly constructed bunkers as over time the newly constructed bunker sand to compacts and when this eventuates bunker base levels drop.
Members can help their cause by correctly raking bunkers when leaving. If 2 hands are used to level and rake sand a better finish can be achieved. This is particularly important if you have to play a shot from the face. The rake should be turned over when leveling the face using the smooth side of the rake to leave a smooth finish. This will help to reduce the likelihood of a golfer behind getting a buried lie and having to climb the face to play their next shot and hopefully breaking the circle of buried lies.
It won't eliminate it but it may help!!
Excess sand is removed from face with skid steer and face steepened. Base leveled.
Once machinery has finished, final shaping and smoothing is completed by hand.
Golfers can do more to help each others experience!!!!
This photo was taken early in the morning of Thursday 4th Sept after a Wednesday afternoon competition. Obviously the golfer entered the bunker at the wrong point to reduce the amount of raking. They then finished it off by using the toothed side of the rake and replaced it incorrectly!!!
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