TripleF
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The course I belong to has a fun, challenging layout that has hosted many big college tournaments in years past but not recently. The greens are in okay shape but our bunkers are in terrible condition.
I've talked with our PGA pro who tells me the equipment they have only rakes this depth as its maximum. Sounds crazy to me but I know nothing about course maintenance equipment or the proper way to maintain a course's bunkers.
Our course has a ton of bunkers so I'm sure bunker maintenance is expensive and, like so many courses, money is a scarce commodity and the course owner likely is not interested in making the course great like it used to be . . . just wants it good enough to make a little money.
Suggestions and thoughts PLEASE!
- It looks like the bunkers are filled with fairly course construction sand and they always seem to need new sand. Even when dry, the sand is far from fluffy.
- After rains, many of the bunkers hold water for days.
- They mechanically rake the bunkers when the bunkers aren't wet, but the tines only rake about 1" deep. Under that . . . the bunkers are like concrete!
I've talked with our PGA pro who tells me the equipment they have only rakes this depth as its maximum. Sounds crazy to me but I know nothing about course maintenance equipment or the proper way to maintain a course's bunkers.
Our course has a ton of bunkers so I'm sure bunker maintenance is expensive and, like so many courses, money is a scarce commodity and the course owner likely is not interested in making the course great like it used to be . . . just wants it good enough to make a little money.
Suggestions and thoughts PLEASE!