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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
Some greens are well manicured, others have may brown patches
I last played this course about 6 months ago and it was in better shape. It needs more watering!
Greens - worst I have seen in a while
just like the title, greens were in a very sorry state of disrepair, made putting impossible to judge. rest of the course wasn't all that much better
Okay but greens aren’t good
This course has a fun layout and is relatively tight with tree lines, bunkers, and water. The main downside was the condition of the greens that made it very hard to make decent puts over about 5 feet. Other than that it was a fun course.
Convenient but not great
Greens will test your skills and luck! Very hard and patchy grass on the greens. Fairways and tee boxes we average as usual. Great play to have a good time with buddies but I wouldn’t stake my handicap on that course.
We would play again, but if you require perfection for your rounds, there might be a better option in the area. We had a short window of time to play a round before our day started. The rate was okay at $40 with the cart, but we have played much better courses for the same. There were some really rough patches on fairways and greens. We flew through the course with an 8 a.m. tee time.
Great City Course even greater staff.
Woke up looking for a road trip course to play. Found Ironwood. While waiting out the rain conversing with the staff. They were so over the top welcoming and grateful I chose to play there today. The conditions were wet so cart path most of the round. A flatter course layout with challenging holes. The greens rolled pretty smooth but kind of patchy on some of the holes.The fairways maybe this time if yr are short on turf. Looking forward to making the trip up again to play Ironwood. I have played numerous city courses this one stands out!
Very nice
Greens were nice, fairways were nice. I had never played here before and was pleasantly surprised. Even saw a couple gators laying by the water on the front nine.
Golf on our way Home
Stopped in Gainesville for 18 holes before heading back to Ga- play was very slow at first, but back nine was much better pace of play.
Decent Course
First time playing here in quite a while. Though the course is kind of flat, the course was in good shape. Greens were sandy but still fast. More people playing than I remember but still managed to finish in less than four hours. I’ll be back.
Worst Greens Around
Greens aerated & heavily sanded. Approach shots don't hold & skip off. Putting difficult, not rolling try and picking up sand on the ball.
Course heavily watered & wet.
Departure time
Availability on the course with its respective golf cart should improve, especially on busy days. It was my turn this Sunday that even though I was 15 minutes before the starting tee, I couldn't get out because there weren't enough golf carts available.
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