Ipswich Country Club GCM

Club Championship weekend featured hot and humid conditions. Temperatures topped out at 99 degrees on Sunday with a stiff wind. The high...

Over the past week, I have received a lot of questions on why we are watering so much during the day. Generally we go through greens,...

The bunkers work to hole three was completed this week and the aesthetics from the top of the fairway have been improved. The new sand...

Another Ryder Cup has come and gone. Greens were rolling a few inches either side of 12 feet for all three days of the tournament. This...

Much of this week was spent making applications. Fairways and tees were sprayed with wetting agent and preventative grub control this...

All the greens and practice greens were aerated with the samurai tine this week. This is a process of pulling a very small core that has...

Now that the sodded area on the 14th green surround is established, work continues on the expansion of the 15th green surround. Just...

Tee renovation progress The renovated tee on 9 and the new forward tee on 16 were rolled this week in preparation for the first mow of...

The tee renovations have been completed to holes 9 and 16. As soon as the sod begins to root more work begins. The tees will need to be...

Irrigation this May has been a common occurrence as we are very dry. Average rainfall for the month of May in Ipswich is 3.4 inches. This...

This week we were closed for two days for contract work to pull cores on fairways. We normally complete a solid tine aeration in-house...

This week we took advantage of a slower rainy day to prepare the old cart path turnaround by the 14th green for sod and expanded the...

Approaches: All the work to approaches the past two years is starting to pay off. Slowly transitioning to more bentgrass through...

Irrigation: A lot of irrigation work has been completed since we pressured up the system on March 31st. Saddles and repairs were made...

Superintendents love it, golfers tolerate it. Spring aeration has been completed on all greens and practice greens. Aeration helps to...

Each spring when we pressure up the irrigation system we are tasked with a great deal of irrigation repair. This is due to our saddles...

Greens are rolling nicely and carts are going 90 degrees today. Enjoy! Here are a few pictures from the morning as we prepared the course...

The Ipswich Country Club will be open for play Saturday April 2nd. We are excited to welcome members back to the course for the 2022...

Clean up and preparation for opening day is ongoing. The frost is out of the ground and turf is greening up and growing. It won't be long...

Preparation for the 2022 golf season has begun. Some seasonal staff has returned and more staff will be starting on Monday, March 21....