Ipswich Country Club GCM

Starting Thursday, September 1 the Ipswich Cart Path rule will be back in effect. Carts may exit the paths and travel 90 degrees to the...

The golf course received .33 inches of rain on Monday afternoon into the evening. While this rain isn't substantial and not a drought...

As most of you are aware, last Thursday Ipswich was put into the extreme drought category on the latest drought map. So far in August we...

The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cooler, but we are not out of the woods just yet. As many are aware, we are still...

This Saturday, the agronomy team made the decision to go cart path only. This was a tough decision and one we didn't take lightly. Our...

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...