Ironwood Golf Course
About
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
Thank you for visiting us at Ironwood. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Always Impressive
Very pleased with this beautiful course and it's exceptional staff. My fiance and I have even chosen Ironwood's business center as the venue for our wedding in September, so Ironwood will always have a special place in our hearts. Love what these folks are doing. Keep up the awesome work!
Your feedback is important to us. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Ironwood.
Great Public Course
The staff was very friendly, and the course was in good condition considering the lack of rain over the past month. Overall a great value ! I would recommend this course to anyone in tbr Gainesville area.
Thank you for the 4 stars! We hope to have you back soon.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Ironwood Golf Course.
Ironwood
Highs: staff is friendliest of any course anywhere, pace of play was whatever we wanted, scenic with wild turkeys on hole 17. Lows: greens we're slow and a little bumpy from areating 2 weeks ago. Overall I recommend and give 3/5 stars.
Hello, 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 love to hear the feedback about our staff and pace of play. We hope you'll give us another try in the near future.
Relaxing
Great place to golf even better place to hang out at the clubhouse bar two for one drinks awesome.
Hello, Thank you for the fantastic 5-star review of our golf course. We appreciate you taking the time and hope you will let us know if you ever need anything while you are here. Come back and see us again very soon for more of the best golf in town.
Awesome course!
All around a beautiful course where you can really connect with nature. I’ve played most courses around Gainesville and Jacksonville/ St. Augustine and Ironwood is around the top. Well kept all around and the past three times I have gone I’ve seen some cool wildlife along the course.
Hello Troy, Thank you for the fantastic 5-star review of our golf course. We appreciate you taking the time and hope you will let us know if you ever need anything while you are here. Come back and see us again very soon for more of the best golf in town.
Such a gorgeous day!
Greens and fairways are good. Most of the teeboxes are good. Bunkers need work. Pace of play was slow, but we expected that on Easter Sunday, without a cloud in the sky.
The staff (including the helpful starter) couldn't have been nicer.
Hello. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Hello Taylor, Thank you for the fantastic 5-star review of our golf course. We appreciate you taking the time and hope you will let us know if you ever need anything while you are here. Come back and see us again very soon for more of the best golf in town
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A Great Day
We are just casual golfers but do enjoy playing this course. The condition of the course certainly satisfies us, all staff are friendly and helpful, and the pace of play was great - the course can sometimes get busy, but the Rangers will check and keep things moving. Will definitely come back to this course the next time we are in this area. Thank you!
Hi Carmie, thank you for the five stars! We are thrilled to hear that you had a fantastic time from start to finish as well as a friendly encounter with our staff. We'll see you next time!
Lovely treed course.
Very enjoyable day, the course is in pretty good shape, a couple of the greens have some bare spots on them, and are very slow. The staff is very friendly and the pace of play is excellent, we will be back.
Hi, thank you for the four stars! We are happy to hear that you found our course in great shape and had a good experience with our staff. We'll see you again soon.
Ironwood is still worthy of the name Ironweed, but pace was great
Today was a perfect day for playing golf and my son and I decided to play Ironwood. We played 18 holes in 2.5 hours (which was awesome) and found the course to be worth the $18.50 green fees offered by GolfNow. Sadly the weeds and the condition of the greens were disappointing, but that has always been the case at Ironweed. The sand trap that I was in on #10 had nice fluffy sand that allowed me to get up and down for a par. The turkeys were out enjoying the weather and are always fun to watch how unavailable they are, especially since this during hunter no season for turkeys.
Hi Peter, thank you for the three stars. We are glad that you had a good time out there. We hope next time will be a five-star review!
Fun course
An interesting layout, lots of trees, every hole is distinct, no houses on the course, which is a really nice change.
The course is generally in good shape , some of the greens seem a little stressed, and they are quite slow, which took a little time to get used to. We are visiting the area from Canada and will definitely play here again, very good value.
Hello, We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. It is great to see you had an enjoyable time on the course and we hope you join us for another round soon.
ironwood
Good conditions the to green. Greens are very fast
Hi, thank you for the four stars! We are happy to hear that you found our course in good shape. Thanks for stopping by, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Enjoyed the day!
We are just casual golfers - the pace was great, the day perfect, staff friendly and the price right! Eer will be back again!
Hi Carmie, We're glad to have met your over all expectation on the pace of play, staff friendliness and value for the money. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Mature scenic and great value.
So much nicer to play on a mature course set amoungst wonderful trees like Ironwood, than surrounded by new housing and freeways like many newer courses are.
Its great value for money and the staff were super helpful.
Hello, You can't beat the view at Ironwood Golf Course. We're glad you liked our course. Please come back again soon.
Slow greens
Tight course, nice staff. Fairways are having mole issues or something. Bunkers good condition. Greens are ridiculously slow.
Hello, Thank you for providing your feedback. We will address your comments with our team in order to make improvements. Please allow us to make it up to you in the near future.
Thank you for visiting us at Ironwood. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.