New 5th Hole

  

 

New 5th Hole 

 

5th Hole Prior to opening on Good Friday.  3 new bunkers with a rubber crumb base, over 400metres of drainage added and a green extension

 

New Banking to ease maintenance and health and safety concerns as well as creating added interest and a fairer result for the golfer who misses the green slightly.

New tee Installed combining a path and the winter tee mat.

Better Bunkers

We are constantly trying to find ways of improving the way our bunkers play.  The biggest issues for us over the past few years has been stones in bunkers and washouts which makes getting consistant bunkers difficult.  We have trialed a method last summer and this year we have enhanced the method and rolled it out to the 6 Bunkers we have reconstructed this winter.

Step 1
Take one hideous bunker that does not drain and start all over again

 

Step 2 

Reshape the bunker improving aesthetics making it add to the make up of the hole

Step 3 

Install Drainage to a positive outlet and then stone the base follow this with a compactor

 

Step 4

Install a Mix of permeable Resin and rubber mix that will prevent stones from coming through the surface but will also prevent washdown and sand contamination helping to keep sand levels consistent. 

 Rubber troweled to a uniform depth then it is tampered down to give a smooth finish

 

Finished product all ready for final shaping & Turfing.  Sand installation will be in early April.

4th & 5th Progressing Jan/Feb2

 5th Green Surround shaping completed by using material from behind the practice green. Initial turfing has also started

 

 Bunker Base being prepared on the 5th using type 1 granite hardcore.  This is in preparation for the rubber layer being installed in house in March

 4th Green Bunker having the same treatment ready for the rubber picture also shows the turfing completed apart from the actual face which will done once we have completed the rubber installation.  We will also be using different turf on the faces as an experiment that should remain greener during the summer months.

Work Progress Jan/Feb 1

 The Weather was terrible through Jan/Feb however work carried on at a pace

1st Tee had drainage Installed

 2nd was almost completely Turfed

Lely Installed new water fountain in new 2nd Lake concreted to the base so hopefully this one does not disappear.

CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBER

 New 5th Tee

Drainage installed to the old front tee and new raised Back Tee

 

5th Green surround and Bunkers Removed ready for new

 

4th Green Surround Taking Shape 

 

5th Tee with Rootzone and Irrigation Installed (Giving us an extra 70m2)

 One tired puppy in the office after a hard days watching !!!

6th Tee Continued

Work has gone well on the 6th with its new irrigation installed last week.

 

 

 

This was followed by the rootzone being spread across both Tees ready for final levelling before turfing in the new year.

Work Continues on the 4th

The 4th is moving forward quickly thanks to the kind weather we have had for a change this last ten days, from the initial topsoil removal we have carried out the following :

Installed over 150 Metres of Drainage around the green included in this are the 2 new bunkers, and removing the need for the existing soakaway

 

Subsoiled and shaped Two new bunkers followed by topsoiling to a rough grade.  The Bunkers will be much more visable from further down the fairway having the back faces lifted to make the sand higher.

 

The two new bunkers have had the drainage completed and have been stoned ready for the next part of the work. 

 

The rest of the banking has been topsoiled ready for final grading before we turf in the New Year

 

 

 

The Banks have been built up considerably to improve the visual appearance of the hole.  It will also allow us to maintain the banking much more easily and safely therefore enabling us to keep a better surface.