109 PROMOTED Capillary Bunkers Booth: 3206 Lancaster Country Club chose the Capillary Bunkers system for its renovation ahead of the 2024 US Women’s Open. Working with Nagle Design Works and Mottin Golf, the club sought more consistent bunker performance, especially after heavy rain events. “Capillary Bunkers helps us manage moisture in the bunkers, which directly improves playability,” said Josh Saunders, the club’s director of golf course operations. “After major rain, bunkers often become firm and the sand on faces washes away. With this system, the sand stays in place longer, and we avoid the hours of work normally required to repair washouts.” The project supports Lancaster’s long-term strategy to reduce maintenance strain and deliver consistent bunkers under championship conditions. Blue Marble Geographics Booth: 3131 Global Mapper Pro’s automated classification tools play a key role in course-mapping efforts that are designed to improve efficiency of maintenance and planning. Starting with a detailed lidar point cloud, the team uses the software’s built-in automatic classification models to classify ground, buildings and vegetation before training custom subclassifications to isolate cart paths and greens with impressive precision. The refined dataset reveals clean paths and clearly defined green perimeters, offering a fresh look at surfaces that shape both play and operations. Additional analysis tools create contour and slope variation maps, supporting decisions around drainage, turf care and renovation planning. By leveraging point-cloud subclassification, Blue Marble Geographics delivers an efficient and accurate view of course infrastructure, helping teams work faster, understand conditions clearly and plan with confidence. A photogrammetric 3D point cloud that has been created and classified in Global Mapper Pro Lancaster CC, which hosted the 2024 US Women’s Open, renovated its bunkers with Capillary Bunkers
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