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Agronomy Blog — April 2, 2026

Bunker Renovation Update

It’s been another productive week on the course! The construction team are wrapping up the finishing touches around the 16th green, including the surround bunkers, approach, and fairway.

  • Saturday–Monday: Drainage and gravel were installed.
  • Wednesday: The Better Billy Bunker liner was sprayed, and 20,000 sq. ft. of sod was laid just before 0.6 inches of rain arrived.
  • Thursday: Crews placed 100 tons of sand in four of the seven bunkers.
  • Friday, April 3: We’ll install an additional 10,000 sq. ft. of bentgrass sod on the 16th fairway.

The green surround on 16 is expected to be completed by Wednesday, April 8. Next, they will remove the pot bunkers on the first half of the fairway, replace them with two larger bunkers, and expand the fairway on the right side of the hole.

Our irrigation team also stayed busy this week, relocating 60 feet of irrigation pipe and two rough heads that ran under one of the new fairway bunker on 16. The work took two days and allowed us to pressurize the irrigation system by Wednesday, ensuring the new sod could be watered.

The green surrounds and approaches on 13 and 14 are growing in nicely. The team mowed the rough sod on Wednesday, and on Friday, we’ll aerify and roll the approaches using a 2-ton asphalt roller to smooth the surface

Better Billy being applied

Zoey overseeing the work




Sand going into the bunkers


Big roll sod being installed

More irrigation on 16

Santiago and Daniel working on the last head to relocate on 16.


Rough Aerification

We also checked a big spring task off the list this week: rough aerification. With the dry weather early in the week, conditions were perfect for pulling cores to relieve compaction and reduce thatch. After aerifying, we dragged the cores to break them up, then vacuumed what was left to keep the rough clean and healthy as we move into the growing season.

If you have any questions about our ongoing projects, feel free to reach out to me at maugustin@bellehavencc.com.




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