Bunker and Sand Trap Golf Drainage Design with AirDrain Drainage
The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City chose AirField Systems simple Sand Trap Drainage Renovation for their golf course drainage project. After a 3 year test of a few bunkers they went with all 52. It was completed with minimal install time, and will drain perfectly for many years to come.
This golf sand trap design can be installed by the existing course grounds crew at their own pace. Drastically reducing the overall cost of the installs, making it a design that all courses can afford.
By raising the sand profile an inch across the entire floor it brings gravity into play draining the bunker. Effectively making the entire floor of the bunker a drain. The filter fabric and grid is only on the floor of the bunker. 100% vertical drainage across the entire bunker floor!
To answer the debate of clogging geo-textile filter fabrics see the Final Report from the 5 year Research Study at www.usga.org. With the AirDrain Sand Trap System the entire floor of the sand trap is a drain of 92% air.
So even if a few feet of the bunker did clog over a 15 year span. You would have the remaining 95% of the bunker floor to allow for optimal drainage, by using gravity for optimal drainage to go vertically through the profile.
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- Sand removed and base prepared for an AirDrain Bunker Drainage Install.
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- Sand Trap sub base prepared for AirDrain Bunker System
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- AirDrain 32″ x 32″ pallets are easily transported to the sand trap
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- Small installation crew needed with minimum impact to the course
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- Sand trap being Installed with a layer of filter fabric above and below the AirDrain
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- Installing the filter fabric lengthwise in the AirDrain Sand Trap to minimize the seams
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- Trimming the filter fabric to fit the walls for the sand trap. For the AirDrain Drainage install.
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- Pinning the bottom and top filter fabric together to enclose the AirDrain
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- Completed AirDrain Bunker Drainage makes the whole floor a drain, using gravity to pull the water through
AirDrain Golf Sand Trap Design and Golf Course Drainage Construction at The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City an amazing Golf Course that has invested capital in making it one of the premier golf clubs in Oklahoma.
Update 5/8/14
Superintendent text: Rained 1.5″ last night bunkers drained excellent and didn’t washout !