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Taking advantage of a bad break...

This is the bunker covered in mud and clay, early Sunday morning.
A few hours later, our staff had collected all of the sand off of the bunker slopes and floor ready to be hauled away.


Those of you that played in the Men's Opening day on Saturday would are already be aware of the irrigation leak that washed out the greenside bunker on #15. Luckily (for me) I was not off the property at the time that a member noticed the break, I was able to isolate the green and stop the damage before it got out of hand. Unfortunately the broken pipe was directly on the top of the bunker bank on #15. The bunker was completely contaminated and washed right down to the clay base. The drainage was also contaminated with mud and clay. It is no secret that most of our members are not satisfied with our bunkers here at HCC. The Green Committee is looking at some current methods of renovation to solve the issues with drainage and the high lips that our bunkers currently have. We are going to take advantage of an unfortunate incident (the irrigation break) and renovate the bunkers on #15. Realizing the right bunker is to be rebuilt now anyways, it only makes sense to use this oppurtunity as a test plot. The irrigation break is now fixed and we have begun to remove the bunker sand and will then continue onto restructuring the lips and installing new drainage. Weather is always a determining factor with spring projects, but we hope to complete this one in rather quick fashion.

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