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.