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2.9
565 Reviews (565)
5 Stars
103
4 Stars
240
3 Stars
146
2 Stars
40
1 Stars
36
Conditions
2.3
Value
3.2
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.2
54.8%
Recommend this course
442 out of 565 reviews
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2.7
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
2.4
Value
3.3
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.1
53.3%
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8 out of 15 reviews
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2.5
44 Reviews (44)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
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Conditions
2.0
Value
2.9
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
3.9
43.2%
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19 out of 44 reviews
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Course Highlights
The staff at Ironwood consistently earns high praise for their welcoming and professional attitude throughout the round. The course layout rewards strategic shot-making, and rounds move along at a smooth, enjoyable pace.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 6607 yards
Slope 127
Rating 72.4

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1964
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect David Wallace (1964) Mike Beebe (2010) MacCurrach Golf (2010)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

2.9
565 Reviews (565)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 20
Watching the Game 12
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 20
Undulating Greens 15
Water Hazards 13
This course/club is great for:
Locals 21
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 21
Advanced Golfers 9
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 19
Near the Airport 19
Worth the Drive 10

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Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/17/2019

Thank you for visiting us at Ironwood. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/08/2019

Thank you for visiting us at Ironwood. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/14/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/30/2019

Thank you for the 4 stars! We hope to have you back soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/23/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/23/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Relaxing

Great place to golf even better place to hang out at the clubhouse bar two for one drinks awesome.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/03/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/23/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/23/2019

Hello. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/16/2019

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

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 04/10/2019

Hello, Thank you for your 5-star rating! Please book another round with us soon.

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

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!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/27/2019

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!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/27/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 03/28/2019

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!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/25/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 12
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

ironwood

Good conditions the to green. Greens are very fast

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/22/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

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!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/12/2019

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.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/04/2019

Hello, You can't beat the view at Ironwood Golf Course. We're glad you liked our course. Please come back again soon.

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow greens

Tight course, nice staff. Fairways are having mole issues or something. Bunkers good condition. Greens are ridiculously slow.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/04/2019

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.

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