Ironclad Golf and Beer Garden

Like the work being put into fairways now finish up and fix the greens, sucks to have good shot onto the poorest of greens

I had fond memories of playing Willow Run in the early 2000’s. Since those days the course and my golf game have both declined!

The course layout is still challenging. However, the facilities are in need of upgrading. To start things off the steps leading to the pro shop were in poor condition with hand railings being very suspect.

Cart paths were in very rough condition and tree branches were overhanging and hitting the golf carts.

I do want to state that the greens and fairways were in good shape and I was quickly reminded of some very challenging holes.

I hope to play here again next year and hope to see some improvement in the source and my game!

Great day. Driving range is right as you check in and a easy time to warm up. A bit hot but let's face it the course cant dial back the heat. Water stops hole 7. Plenty of shade to be found. Fairways nicely maintained. Greens decent. Great to stop by the drink shack after hole 9.

I played the best game I've ever played in my life!

The greens are rough, but they are currently working on them. I don't fault them when they are fixing a problem currently. Definitely worth coming out and playing!

Greens are in terrible shape, online says all 18 holes are open, only the front nine are open. They should be very discounted right now for the shape the course is in

This is a nice course with good amenities but the greens were horrible. Literally watched my ball hop across the green when I putted due to its poor condition. 1 hole didn’t even have a green, there was a hole with a flag it in the middle of the fairway.

Greens were an absolute disaster!

All chewed up. Worst I've ever seen.

Pin was in the fairway on One hole.

While visiting my parents in Wilmington, NC, my father suggested that we play a round at Ironclad Gold and Beer Garden as he had played here several months prior. We drove the hour to arrive advanced of our tee time. We decided to hit a small bucket at their driving range. The matts were missing the rubber tees but we managed to get in a brief warm up. We then decided to get some lunch before our round. Surprisingly, “Shacko Taco” has a location here and the food was great.

Now for the disappointing part. Apart from changing hole #1 to start at where hole #10 is located ( swapping front and back nine hole essentially) my GPS wasn’t updated but the scorecards were. Each tee box had tuffs of grass missing. A good 75% of the fairways were in declining shape. Burnt grass and hard pan surfaces littered the fairways. The greens were in the worst condition that I had ever played. Mostly missing grass, which I can only assume is a fungus issue. What’s worse is the fact that before checking in, we were no given advanced notice of the poor course conditions. My father attested that he did not experience such poor course conditions the last time he played here. We made the best of the situation and had a good laugh on how poor the course was in. The other disappointing aspect was that this “ Beer Garden “ was lacking the beer! Infact, they posted a sign by the check in that stated no alcohol allowed on the course! One can only assume that they lost their liquor license. Maybe, the check in should advise golfers of these poor conditions. Maybe offer discounts or full refunds if they aren’t willing to repair these conditions. I would stay away from this one. Maybe check back in a year or two to see if it’s returned to its earlier glory days.

if it weren’t for the guy that I was playing with telling me that the course is usually in better shape, I would have rated this a 1 star. There were patches of dead grass on the greens that made putting nearly impossible. The fairways were dry with a lot of weeds.

For a “Golf and Beer Garden” I expected more food and beverage services. No beverage cart, the keg of beer had only one beer left in it, so that was a miss, and the only food that I saw were chips.

The greens were full of fungus and missing grass. It was impossible to putt on almost all greens. Back 9 was in much better shape then the front.

Greens were a mess, fairways not mowed. Overall we had fun, due to good company

Beautiful day and, truly, that made it a great day but a lot of hurry-up-and-wait-golf. The greens on the back nine (formerly the front nine) were for the most part unplayable. Decent enough otherwise. Overall though, price is more than fair, staff is friendly, and Shaka Taco is always delicious. I will continue to support.