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Ipswich Country Club GCM


8/22: Greens Aeration Completed
Rolando hand brooming sand Aeration has been completed to all 22 greens here at the ICC. Weather conditions made this process more time...
Matthew Behl
Aug 22, 2025


Aeration Update: Weather Delay and Course availability for Thursday 8/21
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...
Michael Curtin
Aug 20, 2025


Bug Spray/Sunscreen, Entry/Exit Stakes, and Aeration
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...
matthewbehl
Aug 11, 2025


Proper Course Care by Golfers
Quick Ball Mark Repair Info Graphic from the USGA Ball Mark, Divot Repair, and Bunker Raking at ICC: The ICC agronomy team often receives...
Michael Curtin
Aug 5, 2025


July Update:
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...
matthewbehl
Jul 21, 2025


Ryder Cup + Misc.
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...
Matthew Behl
Jul 1, 2025


Course Wildlife
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...
matthewbehl
Jun 10, 2025


May 30th: 8th White tee and 18 Sod Update
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...
Michael Curtin
May 30, 2025


Course Update 5/21
We are just about fully healed from greens aeration. The recent below average temperatures have not helped with that last little push of...
Matthew Behl
May 21, 2025


Spring Update 5/10
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...
matthewbehl
May 10, 2025


Green and fairway aeration + 8th tee update
Greens and fairway aeration is scheduled to start on Monday, April 28th and continue through Tuesday, April 29th. The course will be...
matthewbehl
Apr 25, 2025


Drain Leveling 3rd Fairway
Monday, 3/31 - Curtin and I spent the day leveling the drains at the bottom right and left of the third fairway. These drains had sunk...
matthewbehl
Apr 1, 2025


Course Opening March 28
17 green late afternoon 3/27 As I write the course opening post this morning, the agronomy team is slowed by a morning frost. If we need...
matthewbehl
Mar 28, 2025


Course Update March 21
Late afternoon view of the 18th hole A formal announcement/course update will be going to the membership on Wednesday, March 26th with...
matthewbehl
Mar 21, 2025


Course Update 3-12
7th hole - Afternoon of March 11th The temperature yesterday hit 60 degrees for the first time in Ipswich since last November. As the...
matthewbehl
Mar 12, 2025


Winter Update: Feb 28th
1st Hole Starting to Melt Out The snow and cold have continued here at Ipswich since our last blog post. Thankfully the temperatures are...
Michael Curtin
Feb 28, 2025


Winter Update: Jan 23rd
9th Hole Monday Morning (1/20/2025) Ipswich has experienced a bit of a cold and snowy start to 2025. Almost all of the snowfall from last...
Michael Curtin
Jan 23, 2025


Winter Update - Dec. 20
4th pond brush removed Currently, snow is falling and will be followed by some colder temperatures. When the snow does melt please...
Matthew Behl
Dec 20, 2024


Audubon Recertification
As the above letter states, the Audubon recertification is a time consuming process with a lot of criteria that needs to be met....
matthewbehl
Dec 9, 2024


Thanksgiving Day 11/28/24
The golf course will open for walkers only at 10:30 am on Thanksgiving Day 11/28/24. Practice greens are not available until 10:30 am. On...
matthewbehl
Nov 27, 2024
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