River Sand, Inc. provides divot sand in white, tan, brown, and green colors. The type of blend, preference, and price can determine the best color sand for your divot repair.
River Sand, Inc. provides divot sand in white, tan, brown, and green colors. The type of blend, preference, and price can determine the best color sand for your divot repair.
Fill divots with the sand provided up to the base of the existing soil, not to the top of the grass. Be sure to smooth and compact it slightly with a step from a shoe, and have fun playing.
Divots are holes creating from the golf club removing a portion of the turf. Sand placed back in the divot levels the surface back so the turf can grow back into place. If it is not filled the hole will remain as the turf grows back but it may cause inconsistent areas of play and unhealthy turf from uneven cuts with the mower. So, sand helps repair the turf for better play and better turf health.
Divot Sand or Divot Mix is a type of material golf courses leave on golf carts for golfers to fill back in the holes they make in the turf. A lot of times the sand used is the same type of sand that is used to topdress a course. However, many courses prefer a green or off-white colored sand to help disguise the many chunks of turf missing before they the turf recovers. Divot Mix can also be a blend of sand with peat, fertilizer, or grass seed to help the turf recover more quickly.
It’s a sand or sand blend designed to fill the divots creating by golfers when the club removes a portion of the turf beneath the ball. These holes often occur on the tee box or at certain areas within the fairway. Divot Sand is a way that the holes can be repaired quickly by the golfer to level the hole back up and provide a way for the turf to grow back over rapidly. Divot sand, also called divot mix, can be just sand or it can be blended with grass seed, fertilizer, peat or compost. The sand can also be dyed green or selected as a natural tan color to blend in the rootzone better than white sand. Divot mix is like your favorite recipe, and can be blended based on each golf courses needs and preferences.
You can use the same sand for both but they are not the same. Topdressing sand is designed more for the purpose of topdressing turf and the gradation is composed of medium sized particles. The same sand is not optimal for bunkers as it can become unstable and lead to fried egg lies or buried balls (low penetrometer readings). However, your bunker sand should not contain particles that if hit onto the green cause damage (large particles). Bunker sand is designed with more uniform gradation and angular particle shapes.
White sand has traditionally been the emphasis of some premier golf course. However, around the country and world that has not been the case. Locally sourced sands can come in a variety of colors that may offer a more natural look or less glare. River Sand, Inc. supplies bunker sands to golf courses in brilliant white to the darkest brown color.
Bunker sand ranges in cost significantly. Trucking costs from the mine also impact the cost per ton. However, you can expect to pay on average $12 to $30 per ton plus trucking costs which are generally $10 or more per ton depending on the distance. Some specialty bunker sands cost much more.
The USGA has recommendations and guidelines for selecting the best bunker sand. These guidelines outline important characteristics of bunker sand including: Particle size; Particle shape and penetrometer value; Crusting potential; Chemical reaction (pH) and hardness; Infiltration rate; Color; and Overall playing quality. Overall, a bunker sand should have most of the particles between 0.25 and 1 mm, a high penetrometer value, good infiltration rate, angular or sub-angular shape, and low tendency to crust. This type of sand makes the ball remain in the bunker while not burying in the sand but also allows the bunkers to drain rainfall and remain playable.
Bunker sand is simply the sand used in bunkers or traps on a golf course. Bunker sand is often held to the standard look of Georgia’s own golf course in Augusta. However, having a brilliant white color isn’t the most important characteristic of a bunker sand. The size and distribution of the particles along with the shape of the particles is what makes a great bunker sand. Often people ask for bunker sand knowing that it should be white in color but bunker sand may not be the best sand for other applications. RSI supplies bunker sand that is brilliant white, off-white, and even dark brown bunker sand.