#9 Greenside Bunker

 Many of you have noticed the massive renavation to the greenside bunker at hole #9. We had began with simply planning to roll the grass on the sides and do away with the walls around the edge of this trap some 20 inches deep.
 Once we finished with rolling the sod around the edges we discovered that we were some two feet below the ground elevation. therefore this bunker could be seen from the fairway anywhere.
 We then removed the sand, by the way 28 inches of sand was removed from this bunker. In fact we took all the sand from this bunker and moved it the two greenside traps on hole #13, three greenside traps on hole #8 and two greenside traps on hole #14.
 Once all the sand was removed we then had to add soil to the bottom and raise the entire bottom of the trap around two feet so we could make the trap visible from the fairway. Once we finished with adding the soil all the new drainage was installed. Then came the sand installed 6 inches deep, this should allow for a 4 inch depth of sand. Remember as the water hits the sand it will help pack it tight and in turn the height of sand decreases.
 We will now be moving on to hole number 18 greenside bunker left side.