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Ipswich Country Club GCM


Week of February 6th
With the tree work on the 3rd hole finished, this week we finished the remaining storm damage cleanup and used a rented chipper to clean...
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Feb 10, 2023


Week of Jan. 30th
Extensive tree work along the 3rd hole was completed this week. This work was planned in conjunction with the ICC greens committee and...
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Feb 3, 2023


Week of Jan. 23rd
The course received a couple inches of snowfall over the last week. However, with some warm afternoon days that snow has largely melted...
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Jan 27, 2023


Week of Jan. 16th
In the next two years we plan to complete tree work to holes 1,3, and 4. This work is in conjunction to improving the rough conditions,...
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Jan 20, 2023


Week of Jan. 9
This week we spent most of our time finishing up the work to the creek on 8. The creek itself was cleaned, the remaining vegetation...
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Jan 13, 2023


Week of January 2
Work this week consisted of the start of a project on the 8th hole. To start, all the brush, vines undergrowth, and undesirable trees...
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Jan 6, 2023


Week of Dec. 19th
This week we focused on cleaning out the drainage creek adjacent to the 10th tee. We left the native marshy plants and removed the thorny...
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Dec 23, 2022


Week of Dec. 12th
We received the first snowfall of the year along with some frigid conditions over the last week. Most of our week was spent indoors...
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Dec 16, 2022


Week of Dec. 5th
After closing the golf course most of this week was spent on green maintenance. Monday we topdressed greens with sand. With rain...
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Dec 9, 2022
Temporary Course opens 12/6
The temporary course is set up on holes 1,6-10, and 18 and will be open daily for walkers starting at 10:00 am. The short game area and...
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Dec 5, 2022


Week of Nov. 28 - Course Closing for season Dec. 5
The majority of this week was spent on bunker work and cleaning some of the rock outcroppings on the course. The bunker work is...
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Dec 2, 2022


Happy Thanksgiving
I have many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. For one, I am very thankful to call Ipswich my home. Thankful for this wonderful...
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Nov 23, 2022


Week of Nov. 14 - The Switch Has Been Flipped
What a difference a week makes. The switch has been flipped and the warm November we have all been enjoying has changed to unseasonably...
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Nov 18, 2022


Week of November 7th
This week we had a large compressor reserved to blow out the irrigation system for winter. The date for this is scheduled months in...
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Nov 11, 2022


Week of October 31
The agronomy team spent much of the week concentrating on leaf cleanup. A tremendous amount of man hours went into the cleaning of the...
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Nov 4, 2022


Week of October 24/Frosty Weekend
As I write this week's post on Saturday morning we are sitting at 29 degrees. Plan accordingly for frost delays on both Saturday and...
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Oct 29, 2022


Week of October 17
We received another soaking rain this week with .57 inches of rain falling. Our irrigation pond is at about 3/4 capacity now and...
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Oct 21, 2022


Week of October 10th - Leaf season is here and a soaking rain
When it come to golf course maintenance fall cleanup is one of our most dreaded tasks. It consumes a lot of time and labor that I would...
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Oct 14, 2022


Week of October 3rd - Another busy one
Sod was delivered first thing Monday morning and the crew started in on sodding the rough area at the beginning of the 15 fairway. Below...
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Oct 8, 2022


Week of September 26th
It was another busy week of maintenance on the golf course and a good deal of work was completed. Some of our focus has begun to shift...
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Sep 30, 2022
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