Ipswich Country Club GCM

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...

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...

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

7th hole - Afternoon of March 11th The temperature yesterday hit 60 degrees for the first time in Ipswich since last November. As the...

1st Hole Starting to Melt Out The snow and cold have continued here at Ipswich since our last blog post. Thankfully the temperatures are...

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...

4th pond brush removed Currently, snow is falling and will be followed by some colder temperatures. When the snow does melt please...

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

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...

We will have all 18 holes open for golf on Wednesday, Nov. 27th. The agronomy team was able to get all of the greens sprayed today with...

It currently looks like the agronomy team will be up against some weather as we try to complete our winter prep to the golf course. There...

It has been a very busy fall for the agronomy team especially with the added pressures of dealing with the drought. Ipswich is currently...

Fall is well underway and with it comes both some usual and unusual complications. The usual battle against the leaves around the course...

The agronomy team has been busy with a number of projects and agronomic work around the golf course. Only the 10th, 11th, and 12th tees...

With some much needed moisture falling and a break in the weather the agronomy team has switched gears from moisture management to other...

On August 18th, .28 inches of rain fell on Ipswich. This was our last measurable rain event. 30 days have passed since that rain. This...

Just wanted to take a minute and thank everyone who sent emails or texts yesterday on Thank a Superintendent Day. There was simply too...

It has been a very busy few weeks for the Ipswich agronomy team since our last blog post. As far as summer months go August turned into a...

The agronomy team has been busy resuming a number of projects this week. The previously seeded area on 13 has now been sodded. Two more...

The summer of 2024 was shaping up to be very similar to the drought of 2022. Ipswich received very little rainfall over the course of the...