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The new course has twelve bunkers , which cover about 400 sq m in total , and which have been lined using the Capillary Bunkers system , including the Capillary Wash Box , which will enable Blair ’ s team to keep the sand ’ s colour through pressure washing .
three years ago , and has just been recertified . “ When we installed the Capilary Bunkers on the academy course , we assessed the sustainability issues very closely – and we have used warm season grasses across its entirety ,” says Blair . says Blair . “ There is no liner in them now – the old fabric was ripped and useless – and they didn ’ t present too well . We could not keep the colour of the sand , because the fines in the clay contaminate it . Sometimes if we spray a wetting agent and turn on the irrigation to water it in , we get puddling in the greenside bunkers – on the academy course there ’ s not a drop of water to be seen . On the eleventh hole , we have three bunkers that flood quite badly – we have put Capillary Bunkers into one of them , so we will get a really good comparison this winter .”
Aphrodite Hills earned certification for its environmental work from the Golf Environment Organization
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