St Andrews Links
What did we do?
- Envirobunker Install
In July 2011 Envirosports were commissioned to re-construct a greenside bunker on the practice facilities of the Jubilee course at St Andrews Links.
Envirosports Ltd provided training in the handling and preparation of materials and worked with the St Andrews Links green staff to produce what was widely accepted to be a fantastic result. A small licence was purchased with the view to re-constructing other bunkers on the practice facilities.
Since that time many of the St Andrews Links management staff have continued to take a keen interest in the development of EnviroBunker and continue to have dialogue with our company regarding the benefits of the product. Gordon Moir, Greenkeeping manager of teh links trust helped Envirosports to organize a demo event after completion of the build at St Andrews. As a result of the demo event, Regional Open Championship Qualifying course Goswick (Berwick-Upon-Tweed), commissioned EnviroBunker on their golf course.
The R&A have also approved the use of EnviroBunker under the rules of golf. Mr Grant Moir, rules director at the R&A informed Envirosports that a local rule deeming EnviroBunker to be an integral part of the course would suffice in clearing the way for EnviroBunker to be used at Open qualifying courses, as well as all other golf courses.
We are proud of our association with St Andrews Links and hope to further develop the use of EnviroBunker at the home of golf.
We have been delighted with the result of a bunker we rebuilt on our practice facility using the EnviroBunker method. It looks almost identical to the other bunkers both from a distance and when you are actually in it. After weeks of heavy play, it looks the same as the day it was completed and there has been no negative feedback from any golfers who have used it, partially because I feel they haven’t noticed the difference! As the neighbouring bunkers deteriorate over the next year we will be rebuilding them using the Envirobunker methodGordon Moir, Director of Green Keeping, St Andrews Links Trust
