Gateway National Golf Links

Gateway is definitely one of the nicest courses in the Saint Louis area, and definitely has the most well maintained fairways and greens I've been on, I almost felt bad for taking practice swings and scooping up the lush turf. As for play, it's about as good as you can get for a public course, it's very challenging, especially the greens...there isn't a flat one on the course...and they are fast, so be prepared to three putt a lot. The greens are also normally well guarded with bunkers and rough, so don't expect to get to many by being short and rolling onto the green. The staff was nice and they had a beverage cart running all day on a Tuesday and they also have a snack hut at hole 10 after the turn. The course was very busy that day and we had to wait on almost every hole, so 18 holes took a solid 5 hours to play. My only complaint other than the pace of play was that there was a Drag race event that weekend and the cars were practicing all day, so it was incredibly loud and obnoxious. If you want a peaceful round to enjoy being outside, make sure to check the racing calendar before you book or you may be listening to drag racers or nascar engines scream your whole round. All in all I would recommend if you can go when the racing schedule abides.

When you stand on the 1st tee, the bent grass fairways are so green. Course was in excellent condition. The weekday senior rate in the $55-60 range is excellent too.

I would rate Gateway the best course in the St. Louis metro area, based on the best conditions and price.

Always in perfect condition, good thing for the hot deal, little pricey without it

Last year I played this course in the spring and it was in MUCH better shape. Playing in September the wear on the course was evident. Greens were heavily pocked with ball marks - clearly the players are not repairing their ball marks. Several tee boxes were in bad shape. Par 3s it was hard to find a spot that wasn't in a divot. Several of the longer holes had bare spots and dead grass on the tee boxes. Fairways and sand traps were in good shape. Rough was extremely difficult to get out of. If I play a next time it will be early in the season.

We finished the round in 4 1/2 hours. Seemed longer than that as we waited on nearly every tee box.

Gateway National is a great golf course that has not been maintained. The native grasses are overgrown. No one is replacing divots on the course or greens. I am glad that I went during the week and did not pay the full rate.

Unfortunately cart path only which can not be controlled but overall the course was fairly maintained fix your divots golfers!

This is the first time I played a course that was carrots only because it had not rained and the course was otherwise in perfect condition. I was informed I received a text telling me of the change but I can confirm I did not.

A midweek round that should have taken 1.5- hours took a full 3.5 hours, plus I lost some bls because I could not find where they were from the cart path.

On the plus side I got a screaming hot deal to play on Golfnow, so I guess that sort of makes up for it. Overall it’s still a great course in the Lou. .

This was our first time playing Gateway. Enjoyed our experience. Rare to see bent grass fairways and tee boxes. Loved the tee boxes. Have to make quality shots to play from the tightly cut fairways. Nice, but just different than most courses in the area. Greens were in good shape. Overall good experience at the cost at a fair price for an afternoon tee time.

Very nice course with a decent layout if you like links style. Pace of play is always slow since its very busy. Best fairways you'll ever hit off of though. Very high price compared to other courses though. Worth playing once or twice.

Golf shop staff and cart staff very friendly, course in good shape. Great views of the St Louis Arch from multiple hokes. Would play again

I have nothing but glowing reviews for Gateway National. Always in good shape and by far the best conditioned course in the metro St. Louis area. The weekday senior rate of $55 is outstanding for this upscale course.

First time I've ever seen this. Maintenance crew using a blower to remove divots from the par 3 tees. A nice touch.

Since they are owned by the nearby World Wide Technology Raceway, they have added the black & white checkerboard stripe outside the front door of the clubhouse. Also, on the first tee and hole 18.

Tee to green beautiful! True rolling greens, bent grass fairways immaculate!

The course is in outstanding condition. The $64 weekday (Friday) rate is on the higher side in the area.

Gateway National is always one of the best tracks in the St. Louis metro area.

Speaking of great tracks, Gateway has added a black & white start line on the cart path by the #1 tee. Also, a finished line at the 18th green.

They have also added scenic decorative covers to the porta pottys. First time I've seen this before.

Fun layout. Great condition. Get what you pay for.

Great condition. Great layout. Very fast, true greens. Recommend

Had a friend visiting who had always wanted to play Gateway, so we did. Feel like the price was pretty high for so early in the year but the course was packed.

Looked like they had cut down a lot of the tall grasses between the fairways so there were TONS of old balls that were visible. Ha ha! The course was in very nice shape for mid-April. Could see that the greens had been punched a while ago but fully healed and rolled fantastic!

One downer is the little restroom between holes 9 and 10. It was flat out nasty. Can’t imagine a woman using it as it was gross and needed to be cleaned.

My buddy was most impressed by the bent grass fairways. He very much enjoyed the challenges on many of the holes and loved that you can see the Arch from a number of locations on the course.