GOLF COURSES
when the course was built . It worked quite well , but it didn ’ t last that long . In 2016 , we had a tropical storm that came through and completely destroyed all the bunkers on the par three course . We were looking at liners to help reconstruct them . We trialled several , including ZLine . Everybody – especially players – really liked the ZLine product best of all . When the sand got down below its recommended depth after a big storm it remained playable . So contractor Fusion Golf came in and reconstructed the bunkers on the par three course . We used them for a year to get a good review on the product , and then in 2019 I recommended we did the championship course as well .”
“ Ever since we redid the bunkers , our maintenance load has gone way down ,” says von Eschen . “ The
Ever since we redid the bunkers , our maintenance load has gone way down .
bunkers were basically replicated
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except that we rolled the lips over a little bit . No architect was needed . There were drainage issues that Fusion fixed when they did the rebuild , and the height of the flash has been reduced , but before , it would take me two days to get the bunkers back in play after a big storm . Now it ’ s three or four hours of pushing sand . We save one guy ’ s labour every day in bunker maintenance . We have also had to add less sand to the bunkers because we don ’ t have these huge washouts and contamination .”
Photos : Jeff von Eschen
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