Week of June 24th

10 Blue tee surround ready to be sodded

Firstly, congratulations to Team Italy for winning the 2024 Ipswich Ryder Cup. The Agronomy team has spent time this week working on a number of projects around the course. The above picture shows the area on the 10th tee complex that will be sodded this Tuesday. This area will need to be roped off for a period of time following the sod installation to give the sod time for establishment.

Other Projects:

• The stump hole on the left of 13 has been seeded.

• We will be doing some extensive work to renovate the three bunkers on Short Game. As of this blog, two of the three have been completely edged. All three will be edged, cleaned of rocks/debris, and filled with new bunker sand.

• The hydraulic leak on the first fairway has been stripped away with a sod cutter. We will sod this area when time and bentgrass sod is available.

• Stumps holes near the 1st tee complex have been mostly cleaned out and filled with loam. Some touch up work to level these spots and seeding will be done in near future.

• Greens have begun to be vented with our Procore. This process allows for some much needed gas exchange in the root zone of the greens. It also helps with some water infiltration.
  

Before Edge

After Edge

Applications:

• Greens received an application to help with the algae formation following come recent rainstorms. They were also sprayed with an additional spray of fungicides and plant growth regulation.

• Tees received an application with a wetting agent, fungicide, and seasonal grub control.

  • There have been some questions by members after seeing us hand-watering tees shortly after rainfall or on cloudy misty days recently. Generally what we are watering are known as localized dry spots. Basically these are relatively small spots that form in the soil that are hydrophobic and need additional attention to correct. Essentially, we have to repeatedly soak these spots by hand or apply additional spot treatments of wetting agents to get moisture to a desired level.

• Fairways were sprayed with a wetting agent and for seasonal grub control.

• Spray Technician Jim has also been spending a good amount of time spraying clover in the rough around the course. This will continue in the coming weeks.

Greens spray in progress

Fairway spray in progress

Fairway spray being watered in

Well on 6:

Many of you likely noticed that there was work being conducted in the woods to the left of the 6th forward tee. This is the location of a well that we have previously mentioned in past blog posts. As a reminder this is a abandoned well that was found back in 2022. It was used during the original grow-in of the course and has not be used since the 90s. This week a well test was conducted to determine if the well was still functional. The tests have shown that the well is still viable and we are waiting on the final report.

Wildlife:

Bass swimming in 10 creek