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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
Cool layout
Nice course. Greens were nice however some were sanded and fertilzered. I would play again. Tight fairways.
We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars. We hope you'll give us another try in the near future.
Course is getting better all the time, As long as it don't get any rain !!
Like a Municipal course.
This course is very much like a municipal course. Fairways have been redone and seem to be growing in nice. Course had not been mowed properly because of all the rain so the rough was a little ... rough! Greens were in good condition but a little slow.
Nice driving range and carts. Decent Pro Shop.
The bar staff is excellent and Sara is a delight.
Well worth the “Hot Deal” on Golf Now. Will definitely return.
Course is looking good
The course is continuing to improve and the greens have the looked the best since early in the year. Keep up the maintenance and course conditions and I will keep coming back to play.
Course conditions still need work
While the aerified greens and fairways look better than five weeks ago, there was way too much top dressing still on the greens and thus sand kicking up when putting on the greens. Secondary rough needs to be cleaned and up mowed to make for a more delineated area from the fairways. Hopefully the greens and fairways will come back in the coming weeks.
Unplayable Conditions
I have played this course a decent amount and was very disappointed this time. I arrived at the course and the course had just completed aerifying the greens and fairways and putting top dressing on. I had no idea as nothing was stated on Golfnow at the time of reservation. The course should have been closed for at least a week or two after this heavy of maintenance was done. There was no reason to even putt on the greens and almost all of the fairways were just unplayable. I am glad they are keeping up the maintenance but a lot of courses aerate greens and fairways and close the course for play for a couple of weeks so they greens and fairways can bounce back. For people playing the course check the course website to see the status update. Overall if I would have seen the website posting about this I would never would have played the course until a few weeks after these procedures.
A lot of courses "close for a couple of weeks" after aerating? I'm not sure where you're from, but I've never seen that and I've played all over the Southeast for the last 30 years. I'm also surprised at how many people are 'surprised" by aerated conditions when they arrive at a course. I ALWAYS call this time of year to inquire about this.
greens need help
This was my first experience at this course. Fairways were pretty sparse in places and most greens had multiple bare patches. Course layout was pretty good, lots of water in play. Overall, an okay outing.
Waste of time
Good layout. If u like playing in a cow pasture this is the course for u. Fairways terrible,greens r a disgrace . Can't believe a city would let course run down into this condition . Shame on them. Three stars . U have to be kidding. Even started told us the course is terribe.
Great Day at the Course
Have played the course a few times over the past month and the conditioning is starting to improve each time. Hopefully as the season progresses the greens and fairways will continue to improve. A nice course to play in Gainesville with some nice challenging holes.
Course conditions need some improvement
Course is a nice challenge and layout. Need more course maintenance to get the greens, fairways etc in better shape. Staff are friendly and it is a good course to work on your game. Improved driving range is also an asset but practice green and chipping greens are basically not usable due to burnt patches etc. Pace of play is good and was overall a good value for the money.
Horrible course conditions
The course is in terrible shape. You can not tell the difference between fairways and rough all the it’s all same length and half of the grass is dead and gone. Everything was dead and dry and very hard. Half of the tee’s were hitting off of weeds and and the other half was like hitting off of a hard sand trap
Course conditions need some improvement
Course has a nice layout and presents some good challenging holes. Greens were in fair to poor condition and assume they had been aerated and hopefully would be in better condition soon. Staff is friendly and driving range is really nice. If the course continues to improve course conditions it will be a great place to play on a regular basis.
YES!!
Played the course two days before and posted a mediocre review. But it rained on us then and again the following day. But today was clear and dry. But the course was in great shape. As I had mentioned the fairways and greens were in tough shape and in need of water. The rain did the trick. Had a great time!
Hoping for improvement.
Played here about 6 weeks ago. Have also played there last year.. Today was disappointing. Fairways were very dry and grass was in poor shape. Greens were blotchy as there were patches of different grass growing. I was told it was due to the change of the seasons here in Florida and they were letting the new grass grow in. Maybe. I like the course, as I stated I have played here before. It was better then. Playing again today (two days after this review) and after a few rainstorms. Hopefully the course will be better.
Great value and nice layout
Love this course but the maintenance is not up to par. Greens are good but the fairways are poor.
Iron Wood was great
My wife and I had a wonderful day of golf at Ironwood. Fairways were in great condition. It took a while to adjust to the greens for putting.
The starter gave us excellent tips on how to play some of the holes, where wildlife might be seen. Also that the front had more water and the back was a little tighter.
All and all was a wonderful day.
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We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.