Ipswich Country Club GCM

Overlooking the 9th Green Winter here at the ICC has been very cold with frequent small snowfalls. While the snow amounts have been overall low they have forced the agronomy team off the course more than we would like in the early stages of winter. Thankfully, we have been able to perform work to some areas more easily accessible to us even with snow and ice over significant portions of the golf course. On the days spent inside the winter crew has been busy working through eq

New Tee Mower Monday, December 8th we received a new Toro Triflex 3300 to serve as an additional tee mower. This was a $44,000 investment by Invited. This investment will help us maintain our tees more efficiently. It currently takes 3 team members a total of 15 labor hours to mow, blow, and set tees for the day. Also, this investment will allow us to reposition two of our older mowers to topdressing mowers for greens. Topdressing sand quickly dulls mower blades and negativel

Cold winter days ahead The golf course will be closed for the season starting Monday, Dec. 1. Wintery Precipitation is predicted for Tuesday and temperatures don't look to get out of the 30's for the next two weeks. The temporary course will open daily at 10:30 for walkers only. Holes 1,6,7,8,9,10, and 18 will be utilized for the temporary course. Tee markers will be placed at the beginning of these fairways. All regulation greens and practice greens will be closed.

Assistant Superintendent Michael Curtin Spraying Greens Last Year The golf course will be 100 percent closed to play on Thursday, Nov. 27th, Thanksgiving Day. The agronomy team will be performing crucial winter applications to greens. The golf course will reopen Friday, November 28th as usual.

A Very Frosty 2nd Hole The agronomy team has been focused on fall cleanup and turf winter prep over the past few weeks. My team has done a good job with fall cleanup. Other than day's where we have had extreme wind, the course has been very playable. Unfortunately, the landscape company for the residential areas of the property has not blown backyards as of yet. Leaves blowing onto the course from backyards has been a source of frustration for our cleanup efforts. My primary

Irrigation Blowout 2024 We will be blowing out the irrigation system today Nov. 12th. While playing please expect some noise and disruption as we work our way through the course. The driving range will close at 2:00 PM today to allow for the range irrigation to be blown out.

Leaves: Fall in New England is well underway and with that comes plenty of leaves. Everyday the crew is busy blowing and clearing off play surfaces of leaves and other tree debris. Unfortunately, at this point in the fall the leaves fall at a rate that makes it impossible for us to completely keep up with. We do the best we can to keep play areas clear, but there will be times where accumulating leaves interfere with play like piles of leaves collecting in bunkers or blanketi

4 fairway bunkers after morning prep The days have become noticeably shorter and fall is now upon us. Our work day now starts under the...

Just wanted to thank the ladies golf association for the pizza, cookies, and klondike bars. It was very nice to walk into the break room...

Greens being hand-mowed after aeration Below is a brief update on some of the recent project work that has been completed or underway...

Rolando hand brooming sand Aeration has been completed to all 22 greens here at the ICC. Weather conditions made this process more time...

Radar at noon Wednesday Ipswich will open for play on the Front 9 only tomorrow with the back 9 remaining closed for the completion of...

It is that time of year again where we are starting to notice bug spray or sunscreen marks on our fine turf areas. Both bug spray and...

Quick Ball Mark Repair Info Graphic from the USGA Ball Mark, Divot Repair, and Bunker Raking at ICC: The ICC agronomy team often receives...

Perfect July Morning It has been a relatively dry stretch at the club since the end of May with most of the rainfall falling to the south...

Congratulations to team USA on their Ryder Cup victory! Double cut to greens What a week leading up to Ryder Cup for the agronomy team. 5...

Young Fawn It is the time of year when we have a lot of nesting and young wildlife on the golf course. Currently, this is the time of...

8th White Tee ready for play 8th White Tee: The 8th white tee will be reopened for play on Saturday May, 31st. Please enter the tee from...

We are just about fully healed from greens aeration. The recent below average temperatures have not helped with that last little push of...

It has been an extremely busy spring for the agronomy team and it's been a while since we have updated with a blog post. 8th white...