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Ironwood Golf Course
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Ironwood Golf Club has the distinction of being named one of Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play." Owned by the city of Gainesville, this popular course hosts more than 50 tournaments year. The course winds through a scenic landscape covered with century-old pines and sparkling lakes. Don't be surprised if you're joined by the wildlife that calls the course home, which includes deer and wild turkeys. The layout will keep you guessing with interesting twists and turns. The elevated greens have dramatic drops from front to back, making them a challenge to read. There are strategically placed bunkers throughout Ironwood Golf Club, as well as thick rough along the fairways. The obstacles combined with some tricky doglegs will make you think twice about swinging the driver too freely. Strategy, not strength, is the key to doing well on this course.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | 72 | 6607 yards | 72.4 | 127 |
| Blue | 72 | 6086 yards | 69.2 | 124 |
| Green | 72 | 5589 yards | 66.8 | 118 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 5589 yards | 73.2 | 134 |
| Yellow | 72 | 4805 yards | 65.5 | 111 |
| Yellow (W) | 72 | 4805 yards | 69.0 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange M: 71.8/130 | 499 | 361 | 421 | 180 | 367 | 217 | 386 | 420 | 528 | 3379 | 146 | 385 | 544 | 414 | 164 | 382 | 342 | 508 | 315 | 3200 | 6579 |
| Blue M: 69.6/125 | 471 | 331 | 385 | 162 | 337 | 197 | 346 | 387 | 492 | 3108 | 135 | 356 | 516 | 395 | 148 | 342 | 311 | 476 | 295 | 2974 | 6082 |
| Green M: 67.3/121 W: 72.4/125 | 438 | 298 | 350 | 145 | 311 | 174 | 322 | 365 | 461 | 2864 | 123 | 321 | 484 | 350 | 134 | 313 | 272 | 445 | 285 | 2727 | 5591 |
| Yellow M: 63.6/112 W: 67.9/116 | 355 | 266 | 328 | 129 | 224 | 152 | 282 | 316 | 375 | 2427 | 110 | 271 | 458 | 312 | 99 | 268 | 230 | 396 | 230 | 2374 | 4801 |
| Handicap | 9 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 16 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 14 |
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Photo submitted by u9680216 on 03/06/2023
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Photo submitted by u9680216 on 03/06/2023
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Photo submitted by u314161172500 on 01/21/2022
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Photo submitted by juandonis99 on 10/03/2021
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No. 2 green view from fairway. Photo submitted by u314159783524 on 07/27/2020
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9th fairway Photo submitted by hometeamfla on 04/09/2017
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9th fairway... having to tee up to hit, about 200 out from green in middle of fairway. Photo submitted by hometeamfla on 04/09/2017
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#9, looking toward green. All fairways are like this. Photo submitted by hometeamfla on 04/09/2017
Hello, arndog01. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Ironwood Golf Course. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
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Terrible
Staff was terrible. Ran out of golf carts, staff harassed us. Overall poor time
Thank you for taking the time to review Ironwood Golf Course. We are sorry to hear you may have had a negative experience with any individual on our staff. This is not acceptable and by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We welcome any further feedback in regards to your personal experience and what we can do to improve. Thank you for choosing to golf with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Bobby golf day
Course was in much better shape than other courses I had played the previous week while in Gainesville. Greens were nice an so were the tees. Tom. Ranger at start was so nice an friendly.
Thank you for your review, bobgreene. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Ironwood Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
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Good Course, Bad Pace
I understand that it can be tough for courses (especially public) to turn away golfers, but this place has been consistently overcrowded over the past few months. No reason it should take 5 hours to play 18 holes on a Monday afternoon. I won't play out here on again until I know that there have been some changes made to reduce the overcrowding.
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Hello, u146132010. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course.
Hi, sbriant. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course.
Thank you for reviewing us, u314159783309. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Ironwood Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Best Hometown Public Course
A little congested at times, but I always feel comfortable when playing. Well cared for and great staff!
ahimsa1985, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course.
Nature golf and airplanes
The course was in good shape overall for winter. Nice fairways. Fair amount of water and sand to make it somewhat challenging. Greens were average. I like playing this course because there are lots of wildlife around. Birds turtles etc. it is a public course so it can be a bit slow.
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I'm going to Miss it.
As everyone knows this course is gone. The developer money was too strong for it to survive. However, it will be back in one year in a totally new executive course design. with a new clubhouse and restaurant, I hope. I have really enjoyed this place over the years. Sad to see it go.
Hi, dc1330508052. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course.
You get what you pay for
This is no Black Diamond but it cost 1/5th to play. It is a nice course in decent condition for a fair price. If you're expecting more go somewhere else and pay for it.
Hi, dc1330508052. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Ironwood Golf Course!
Hi, lacullen. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course.
VERY NICE Public Course
I rated the course fairly easily but that is NEVER an accurate rating if you don't shoot par or under (which I did not). HOWEVER, the course is definitely manageable and makes for an excellent round and even practice round.
There's little trouble on the course
The sand is a bit hard
The tee boxes and fairways are nice
Greens appear to roll true
EVERYONE is SOOOOOO friendly there (Staff AND PATRONS) However there was a gaggle. flock or whatever you call turkey vultures that were really mean.
I hit my ball over into that area and didn't realize they were there until I started to drive my cart into the area, only to have the gang leader run toward me in a fit as if to say "Oh so, you're the punk who just hit that ball into my pod".
I just quickly turned and drove away which seemed to appease him/her and took a penalty drop in the fairway as they looked on. (about 8 of them that stood about 3 feet high.)
They have a decent driving range that I didn't use. It doesn't look deep and bomber could probably consistently put the golf balls into the trees/woods.
The putting green was ok and not as in good shape as the greens on the course.
The only suggestion I would make to the owners is to simply use a sign that points which direction to take from hole 8 to 9 and also a sign from 9 to ten.
The cart path layout was well thought out.
I will definitely play this course again when I am in the area.
Oh one last thing! I was pleasantly surprised to see a LOT of ladies on the course which was a delight and some of them girls could really hit that ball.
I was there with my wife and she was like "I can take her":
I paid about $65 and some change over 18 holes for the two of us.
Wow, we are so happy you enjoyed your round, Gmation! We look forward to seeing you again soon.
We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, u353288798. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course!
Always a good experience
I grew up in Gainesville and have played many courses in the area. Ironwood has been consistently a good course to play at any time of year. It offers a good mix of challenging holes and accessible pin locations. Me and my family always try to play this course whenever we are all back in town together and will continue to do so in the future!
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Greens
Greens are in bad shape. Thin and no grass in some spots
Hi, Mbs1! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Ironwood Golf Course!
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Hello, rickeyshelton. Thanks so much for taking the time to write a review. We're so glad that you enjoyed your round at Ironwood Golf Course. Please visit us again soon!