First, we are smoothing the faces with the back of the bunker rakes or by using a paint roller. If an area of the face has not been disturbed we do not touch that area the next day. The less disrupted the sand gets the firmer they will be come. We will also be doing some wetting agents on those faces to help keep them from drying out too much.
Our membership can help with this by entering the bunkers from the bottom of the bunker. The maintenance staff will be placing the rakes at the bottom of the bunker where the golfer should enter. Please exit from the same spot. Doing this rather than walking up the face of the bunker will help firm up those faces even faster. Please help out your club by spreading the word, since this is a new practice we are implementing.
