Bunkers Completed !!!!

 The bunkers on 4 & 5 are now complete and ready for play! This project took a little bit longer than expected but they look awesome! These new bunkers are going to drain better and hold up to any kind of weather nature throws at them. I have put the pictures from start to finish on the bunkers below. We also installed Zorro Zoysia on #11 blue tee because the Bermuda grass was starting to slowly check out because of the shade. The Zoysia will thrive in that area and will look great once it tacks down.

 

 

 

 



Bunkers

Renovations 4 & 5



The bunkers on 4 & 5 have been stripped clean of all the sand, liner, drainage, and gravel. The grading process has started on 5 and it is looking great! Soon they will be installing new pipe, gravel, spray on liner and bunker sand. These bunkers are called The Better Billy bunker. It is the same style that we have on the chipping green bunker that is close to the cart path at the driving range. Instead of having a fabric type of liner it is a spray on liner that reassembles pavement like in a parking lot. This liner helps with wash outs, improves drainage, and keeps the sand at a good playing quality. This project will be completed before the Dogwood and the players will be able to hit out of the bunkers. The only thing that the Dogwood players will have to use a drop for on holes 4 & 5 will be where they had to sod around the bunkers and approach area. Those areas might be GUR ( Ground under repair) because the sod seems will most likely still be showing but the sod will be tacked down by that time. We will worry about whether it is GUR or not once the Dogwood has arrived.



Wasps in the bunkers

The wasps in the bunkers burrowing themselves in the sand are called sand wasps. The female sand wasp has a stinger but rarely ever stings unless you step on her. The male doesn't have a stinger so you don't have to really worry about either of them. I am sure everyone has seen these pest when hitting or just walking around the bunkers. This year it seems they are in about every bunker on the course which is similar to me when I am out playing golf. Neal has been out every morning spraying for these wasps and trying to control them. Last year we thought we had tried just about everything but this year we have a new product that hopefully will work.

 

 

 

 

 



 



 

 

 



 

 



Update 06-12-15

 

 Hope everyone enjoyed the Invitational last week and now it is time to get ready for the Dogwood. The turf is really greening up and growing rapidly. We sprayed all the tees, fairways, and approaches on Monday with PGR ( Plant growth regulator) which will slow down the vertical growth and help push the grass to grow more horizontally. This will hopefully get those weak areas lush and green and no longer thin. We aerified, fertilized, and put seed out on the weak areas also. We aerified all the greens with the solid tines, rolled, topdressed, and broomed them in on Monday. The greens were rolling 10'8" today Friday June 12 on the stimp which is very good this time of year for the bentgrass. The project on holes 4 & 5 is moving right along as the bunkers on number 5 have had all of the sand, gravel, liner, and pipes removed.  They will be on # 4 today and that hole is currently closed for the day and will be closed on Saturday June 13. We are taking a lot of the sod that has been removed from 4 & 5 and installing it in areas needed on the course. We hope you enjoy your next round of golf at Druid Hills GC and we hope you have a great day!

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Areas of new sod

 

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