8th crossing trial

For a while the crossing between the bunkers on the 8th has been a major problem
It is a high traffic area that funnels the traffic through a narrow pathway consequently any work done would soon be pounded into the ground.
We have had the idea of widening the crossing for a while but still believed that a track would be created as everyone tends to walk on the same line.
Just recently, Geofabrics have made a new product called Grassprotecta. It is a grass protection mesh that is heavy duty and UV stabilized, the idea is that it is laid on top of the turf surface thus allowing the turf to grow up through the mat creating a very strong stable surface. The mesh is designed so you can play a golf shot off it, and it will distribute the wear of the high amounts of foot traffic over the whole of the grid, sounds good, so we thought it worth a try in this area.
The original path was dug away with all turf and topsoil removed, we shaped the sub soil surface to distribute any water into both bunkers to use that as drainage
We then bought in sand to widen and lift the crossing, this was put down in layers and packed tight then another layer put on and packed and so on to the right height and width was achieved.
We then repacked the bunker faces and topped with bunker sand and packed this as well thus helping support the actual crossing, this was also done in layers. the area was watered and turf laid over the crossing then the grassprotecta laid out and cut to shape then pegged down that is where we are at now.
we will leave the area to settle down and let the turf take root and grow through the grid, we ask that the crossing not be used to the edges stabilize thanks pete