#18 Greenside Bunker

Here we go to the next trap, we are moving on to #18 left greenside bunker. We will have all the sand from around the edges piled in the center for the beginning to mid-week, so be patient with us.
 I am going with a little different look on this one. I wanted to add soil on the side closest to the green to create a flashing (I'm thinking the would be right term to use). reason being the current design of the bunker has very limited visibility from the #18 fairway anywhere from the 250 to the 100 yard markers. If we simply rolled the sod down, then the bunker would not be visible. Once the flashing is complete I'll install a products that helps in stopping erosion. So after it rains the sand will not move down to the bottom. This material allows sand to bond to it which in turns helps in keeping sand in place.
 Back to the flashing area, or we could remove the mounds in front of the bunker. However my feeling is this would allow shots taken from the 200 yard and out area vulnerable to end up in the lake left of the green. The slight mounding in front of the traps cushions the impact from the shot and ends up putting your ball in the trap or general area.
 So I have chosen to simply just roll the sod down to the bottom of the trap on three sides and create a flashing on the fourth side, I hope that makes sense to you. All of this will help tremendously in keeping these bunkers up. Just keep a reminder; We are not re-doing the drainage, so after big rains the trap will still have water in it but no erosion. All we have to do is pump and rake.