RENOVATIONS
White Eagle
Project Info
White Eagle Golf Club
Naperville, Illinois
www.whiteeaglegc.com
This private club completed a bunker overhaul on its 27-hole layout to reduce a major maintenance burden and make placement more relevant for modern distances. With an existing area of about 160,000 sf over the three nines, the bunkers were large and quite contaminated with years of washouts and storm damage. The renovation strategy included a reduction to around 86,000 total sf with much of the eliminated sand areas replaced by bentgrass run-offs and run-ons, providing a variety of different ways to approach the greens by using the surrounding slopes. The new bunkers were cut directly off green and fairway edges with harvested bentgrass extending to their edges, and styled with with flashed faces to maximize visibility while being fitted with Better Billy Bunker liners and white sand.
Original architect(s): Arnold Palmer 1990s