In recent years, I have developed a strong interest in bunker maintenance and improvement (including aesthetics!).
Now, I have discovered another solution that can benefit golf clubs looking to address the issue of poor turf quality in heavily trafficked areas.
LOKSAND is a unique soil amendment featuring interlocking, crimped fibers that bind and stabilize soil and sand profiles, particularly those supporting steep bunker faces in regions prone to heavy rainfall.
LOKSAND protects and strengthens entry and exit points for fairway cart paths, walkways, and green exits—eliminating the need for constant repairs or hardscape alternatives.
It’s the crimp in the fiber that makes the difference. With the increased fiber, bunkers with steeper angles of repose and more dramatic shapes can be created, ensuring they won’t collapse.
LOKSAND Global President Danny Potter, a former course superintendent and founder of Centaur, one of the Asia-Pacific region’s largest distributors of golf products, recommends a mix ratio of 3 kg per ton.
He admits that:
“We’re still establishing the limits of what it can do. We’ve used it to build stunning vertical bunker faces 3-feet high. It perfectly stabilizes the steep noses of bunkers that dive into bunkers.
Whether it’s a rolled -over edge, high verticals, or slopes where golfers enter and exit bunkers, LOKSAND and its binding abilities keep everything in place without compromising percolation in any way.
What’s more, LOKSAND can be mixed using whatever soils and sands you have on site. No need for any expensive import of particular sand mixes.”
LOKSAND has been reviewed by course architects, contractors, and superintendents in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The firm’s new office in Jupiter, Florida, now offers it in North America.
LOKSAND’s first U.S. installation, an original Fry-Straka design at Miakka Golf Club, is now taking shape 30 minutes east of Sarasota.