Last season, when we began the process of checking sand depths and adding sand we noticed some tree roots intruding into the left greenside bunker on #11. In an attempt to rid the bunker of this problem we ran a trencher inbetween the bunker and the Maple tree overhanging the bunker, this process is called root pruning. This process prevents any more roots from growing into the bunker...but it does not do anything for the roots already grown in to it....
This past weekend we were again in this bunker to do some work and noticed more roots....little did we know what we were about to get into. There is actually a matt of tree roots inbetween the the sand and the clay that the bunker is built from. In the picture on the right, you will see the amount that was removed from the bunker floor. In the future we will be conscious of this problem and begin to address any others as time permits.
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