Golf Sands
The golf industry, over the years, has become one of our important concerns. We supply the market with a high quality sand that meets the USGA recommendations.
| Particle Size
Distribution |
USGA Guidelines |
Temisca Sand |
| Very Coarse |
Maximum 10% |
2.0% |
| Course Medium |
Total >65% |
81.8% |
| Fine & Very Fine |
Maximum 20% |
14,3% |
| Total Sand |
|
98.1% |
Criteria for good bunker sand evaluation
|
Criteria |
Temisca Sand |
| Silt and Clay |
<3% |
1.8 |
| Crusting Tendency |
None |
No Crusting Tendency |
| Fried Egg Lie Tendency |
<2.5g/cm3 - none |
2.6g/cm3 - none |
| Particle Shape |
Angular - Sub-Angular |
Sub-Angular & Sub-Rounded |
| Acid Reaction |
Non-Calcareous |
Non-Calcareous |
| Colour |
Generally Whiter Sands preferred. |
White to Light Tan |
According to Golf Course Management, the sands selected for bunkers should have less then 3% silt plus clay. Ball percentage studies indicated that sands requiring greater than 2.4g/cm3 were reported to have few fried egg lies. In some instances glare problems can occur with sands that are white, and it may be desirable to avoid one that reflects too much light.
Independent lab testing done by Standard Soil Consultants.
Highlights
- Due to the quality of our sand, over a hundred golf courses have their bunkers filled with our sand.
- Emerald Hills Golf Club situated in Stouffville (Ontario, Canada) hosted the Nations Cup in July of 1999, which is part of the LPGA tour. The bunkers are dressed with Temisca Bunker Sand coded as USGA bunker cream.
For more information or to order this product contact us: 1-888-689-6661 or 519-720-9664.
OPTA MINERALS has production and warehouse facilities in the following locations:
Canada: Waterdown, ON; Brantford, ON; Lachine, QC; Laval, QC; St-Bruno-de-Guigues, QC.
USA: Norfolk, VA; Hardeeville, SC; Attica, NY; Baltimore, MD; New Orleans, LA; Keeseville, NY; Milan, MI; Walkerton, IN; Richfield, OH. Los Angeles, CA.
Europe: Košice, Slovak Republic; Romans, France. |
