Aldwickbury Park begins bunker renovation project

By Alistair November 15, 2024 09:43

Designed by former Ryder Cup player, Ken Brown, Aldwickbury Park GC recently began a phased bunker renovation project using a combination of Durabunker’s Synthetic Bunker Edging and Capillary Flow Liner. The contract has been undertaken by Countrywide Contractors, which has worked with Durabunker on previous projects including a major bunker renovation at Wycombe Heights GC.

The Aldwickbury Park project begun in late September and will be carried out over a number of phases, the recent work being phase one.

Rhydian Lewis, founder of Durabunker, commented: “Phased work, whereby golf clubs renovate all their bunkers over several years, is a very familiar execution model, that we are currently undertaking with multiple clients. This type of project means a golf club can adapt works to their existing budget and cash flow, sometimes on a year-by-year basis, or as a strategic phased plan, with clear goals at each milestone. Whether the greenkeeping install product themselves, after initial support from us, or via our own team or partnering contractors, it’s something that appeals to many clubs and we are more than happy facilitating this approach.”

The combination of Durabunker Synthetic Edging and Capillary Flow liner has been seen in multiple projects across the globe, including America, South East Asia, Europe and Saudi Arabia.

Lewis continued: “This construction method offers a fully sealed bunker system, eliminating sand contamination, stone ingress, washout, edge erosion and so on. Those who have installed similar systems, testify to the huge maintenance savings it brings. We work with multiple liner products and partners such as Capillary Flow, Bunkermat and others, and also offer our own bunker liners such as our rubber crumb liner, DuraCrumb. Our synthetic bunker edging is a flexible product that is compatible with any type of bunker liner, and we are uniquely positioned to offer impartial advice on liners due to our multiple partnerships and liner products. We have been successfully collaborating with different companies over many years and having worked with Countrywide Contractors on previous projects, we are delighted to be partnering with them again at Aldwickbury Park GC.”