Bunkers are a concern for golf course architects, superintendents, and players alike. Ensuring the best quality and playability of sand traps, thus resulting in a fair hazard, requires superior sand quality. The USGA considers numerous factors when selecting bunker sand: particle size, particle shape, crusting potential, infiltration rate, penetrometer value, chemical reaction and hardness, and overall playing quality. When you add aesthetics to the mix, high-brightness limestone stands out as the premium choice among course architects and superintendents, replacing darker silica sands.
Bunker-White® Marble Sand from Specialty Minerals
Specialty Minerals Inc. (SMI) Bunker-White® smarble sand is the preferred bunker sand for exclusive courses. Its playability, pristine whiteness, and exceptional drainage create a positive experience for players at all levels. Bunker-White® marble sand meets all Brown and Thomas recommendations for bunker sand.
Features of Bunker-White® marble sand for sand traps:
- No Plug Lies – Penetrometer = 3.0
- Superb Drainage – Infiltration = 42
- Low Erosion
- Consistent Playability
Most important, Bunker-White® marble sand offers enhanced course aesthetics. Traps filled with Bunker-White® marble sands are brilliant white, with beautiful contrast against the lush green grass.
Testing by Hummell and Company confirmed the suitability of SMI’s Bunker-White® screened limestone marble sand for golf course traps. Click here to download a copy of their report.
Bunker-White® Marble Sand Sourcing
SMI’s Bunker-White® marble sands are manufactured in both the eastern U.S., at Adams, Massachusetts and the western U.S., at Lucerne Valley, California. Click on one of these listings to download the technical data sheet.
- Bunker-White® - East marble sand – from Adams, Massachusetts
- Bunker-White® - West marble sand – from Lucerne Valley, California.
Specialty Minerals Calcium Carbonates For Soil pH Control
Also for golf course use, SMI produces ground limestones (calcium carbonates) and ground dolomites (calcium magnesium carbonates) to increase the pH of soils, thereby yielding strong, healthy grasses. Click here to read more about SMI products for soil remediation.
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- SMI minerals for Agriculture, Landscaping, Golf Courses, and Highways
- SMI minerals for Agriculture pH Control
- Hummel and Company Sand Test of Bunker-White® - Download the report.
- Downloadable Technical Data Sheets for SMI minerals
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