TDI Golf Busy with Better Billy Bunkers

Certified Better Billy Bunker Installer TDI Golf has been moving right along in 2014. From Florida to Illinois TDI Golf's employees have been working hard. The company continues to be a leader in the golf course construction industry.

For additional information on TDI Golf or TDI International you can visit them on the web at http://www.tdigolf.com/ or follow them on twitter @TDI_Golf.

Having just finished up a bunker restoration at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida the crews will head to Virginia to start installing Better Billy Bunkers at Twin Lakes Golf Club and Biltmore Forest Country Club in Asheville, NC will undergo a full Better Billy Bunker renovation.

Recent rains tested the new bunkers at St. Andrews CC but a Friday night downpour didn't phase this Better Billy Bunker:

In addition to completing the project at St. Andrews CC and heading to Virginia and North Carolina crews have also been working hard at Ridgemoor Country Club in Chicago, IL and the University of Louisville Golf Club (formerly the Cardinal Club). U of L Golf Club is undergoing a complete Better Billy Bunker renovation at this time. Check out some of the pictures below:

Ridgemoor Country Club is not only redoing their bunkers using the Better Billy Bunker method but they are also completely renovating greens, tees, drainage and irrigation. Below you can can see the staff removing the existing sand in preparation for the "Better Billy Bunkers".

ForeFront Construction Continues Renovating Bunkers

It has been a busy spring and summer of 2014 for ForeFront Construction. They have been from Virginia to North Carolina to Texas to Arizona.

Earlier in the spring work was done at the Golf Club at Cinco Ranch in Katy, TX. The Carlton Gibson design features 50 bunkers throughout the course and is managed by Eagle Golf. Better Billy Bunkers were installed throughout to help ease maintenance and keep sand contaminate free.

Sand is installed by ForeFront Construction at Cinco Ranch

ForeFront Construction was also in Virginia earlier in the year at the Club at Creighton Farms. The Jack Nicklaus signature design is one on the finest golf course on the Eastern Seaboard and has been selected to host the Senior PGA Professional National Championship. Making the great course even greater, Better Billy Bunkers were installed around the course improving playability and easing maintenance.

Better Billy Bunker ST410 Polymer is Applied at Creighton Farms

Finished Better Billy Bunker with sand installed at Creighton Farms

The certified Better Billy Bunker installer is currently at Bears Best in Las Vegas, NV and Paradise Valley just outside of Phoenix, AZ working to install Better Billy Bunkers at both properties. Both projects should be completed by end of summer.

Completed Better Billy Bunker at Bears Best Las Vegas prior to sand installation 

Rock ready to be sprayed with Better Billy Bunker at Paradise Valley GC

another bunker ready to be sprayed at Paradise Valley GC

For additional information on ForeFront Construction you can follow them on twitter @4_frontgolf or you can visit their website at http://4frontconstruction.com/. For additional information on Better Billy Bunker please contact Adam Lemons or Todd Jenkins at 615-847-8877 or visit www.betterbillybunker.com or follow them on twitter @Billy_Bunker.

Green Tee Golf Renovates Bunkers at Champions Retreat Golf Club

Champions Retreat in Evans, GA is a unique golf course. It is a 27 hole facility just outside of Augusta that has 3 nines each designed by one of the games greats. Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus each put their stamp on this wonderful piece of property.

Renovations were recently completed on the Palmer nine installing the Better Billy Bunker system on course's huge bunkers. Green Tee Golf completely the renovation for Golf Course Superintendent Kirk McKinney in mid fall and a series of demonstration Better Billy Bunker out performed the existing bunkers during a flood event.  Recent rain events have tested the Better Billy Bunkers, but they have performed just as anticipated. In fact, the course plans to renovate the Player nine later in 2014.

For more information on the Better Billy Bunker system please visit the website; www.billybunker.com

Below are a few pictures of the renovation:

Better Billy Bunkers on Winged Foot Golf Club - Home of the 2020 US Open

Bunker renovations continue at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, NY under the guidance of consulting architect Gil Hanse and Certified Golf Course Superintendent Steve Rabideau.  Certified installers Labar Golf Renovations and Maxwell Turf are teaming up in a joint effort to install Better Billy Bunkers on the entirety of the course. 

Winged Foot Golf Club began installing a series of trial Better Billy Bunkers in 2011 and they performed so well that the decision was made to completely renovate using the revolutionary method that eliminates washouts and contamination by eliminated fabric liners and binding local stone together while maintaing porosity. Because of Better Billy Bunkers extreme drainage capabilities the sand does not get a chance to load with water and therefore wash out (known as "Radial Slide").  The Better Billy Bunker method also serves as a barrier to keep the sand contaminate free. 

Winged Foot Golf Club has also been selected to host the 2020 US Open. It will be the club's first major since Geoff Ogilvy won the US Open in 2006. Winged Foot Golf Club has previously hosted US Opens in 1929, 1959, 1974, 1984, hosted the PGA Championship in 1997, and US Amateur in 2004. Steve Rabideau and staff continue to make the beautiful A.W. Tillinghast original design look immaculate.

Poppy Hills Golf Course - Pebble Beach, CA - Renovation

Superintendent Manny Sousa at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach is looking forward to reopening his facility after a massive renovation to the legendary California course. In addition to some other major renovations the course selected the revolutionary Better Billy Bunker Method (Better Billy Bunker Website) to go in on all 130,000 square feet of it bunkers. Certified Better Billy Bunker installers Frontier Golf Construction and DHR Construction are combining efforts to bring to life the Robert Trent Jones II renovation. The project is in its final phase, and is looking fabulous.

Check out the link below to see how it is going:
POPPY HILLS GC RENOVATION - Pebble Beach, CA

Valhalla Golf Club - A year after Better Billy Bunker installation

Roger Meier and staff have done a wonderful job getting Valhalla Golf Club ready after the course was closed for much of 2012 for a bunker, irrigation, and greens renovation. On a recent trip to Louisville, the Better Billy Bunker crew stopped in and took a tour. Roger Meier and staff have done a fabulous job preparing the grounds for the PGA Championship in 2014. The beautiful Nicklaus design has previously hosted four PGA Championships (1996, 2000), two Senior PGA Championships (2004, 2011) and a Ryder Cup (2008).

In 2012 Better Billy Bunkers were installed in a number of bunkers on the course, and a year later the sand is still contaminant free and the bunkers are draining as advertised. Below are a few pictures a year after installation.

How The Better Billy Bunker Method Works

Start with a poor draining contaminated bunker

Old material is removed and bunker core is prepared for local rock installation

Local rock is installed per specification

The local rock is ready for the patented application installation

The patented method of application takes place. Only done by certified installers. Contact for Listings/Questions

Product is applied to specification insuring customer satisfaction

Bunker in foreground with white sand used the Better Billy Bunker Method. The two bunkers in the background used traditional methods, and over time sand contamination resulted causing clogged drain lines and washouts

Beautiful bunker after 2 inch rain. The Better Billy Bunker! 10 Year limited warranty. Durable-Linerless-Guaranteed!

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