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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
Great public course
Nice variety of wide and narrow fairways, water and trees.
Hi, ShariK. 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.
Not Real Busy For A Monday
Nice pace of play with no one in front of us or behind pushing us.
Fairways were just ok and greens were terrible with weeds, very thin grass wise and substantial bare spots. Greens were heavily sanded in an attempt to even them out.
Impossible to put on, pick up & add 2 strokes.
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Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course!
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Greens????
Just been getting into golf for about a year play this course often last year this time the course was in such bad shape but as the year went along I noticed a huge improvement in the course conditions but as of lately they have started to drop down the greens if you can call them that are in really rough shape
Hi, cgillen21! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!
Great for the Money - Gainesville needs more Golf Courses!!!!
I was thoroughly disappointed with the selection of golf courses in Gainesville Florida. For being a college and populated town in Florida you would think the options would be more than 2. I live in Tallahassee and the options are endless compared to Gainesville. Another victory for the Seminoles 😉 With that being said for the money you can't beat Ironwood. I paid 25 bucks to play 18 and the course was in pretty good condition for the fact of their being a huge storm the past week before. Greens could use a little work but can't complain much for 25 bucks. Also I noticed they packed the course. I played by myself and it took me almost 4 hours to finish. Gainesville needs more golf courses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, BradleyElliott6. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Ironwood Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Hi, Maderia708. 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.
Horrible Conditions
Staff was very nice and good pace of play. Golf course condition is horrible. Most tee box are under repair, greens have none to little grass and fairways have more sand then grass. Really don’t see a renovation here. Needs to be redone really bad. This course is the worst condition course I have ever played. Very disappointed in the experience. Drove an hour to play this goat ranch and that’s being nice. I can see why they have many tee times and the price is cheap. You get what you pay for is the lesson learned here. I will never play this course ever again.
Hi, rjbarabas. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting Ironwood Golf Course. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course!
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course!
For a city course this track needs some attention
The greens are terrible , there is some grass growing in the fairways . The restroom on the 15th hole was a disaster , someone needs to keep on top of these amenities .
Hello John1966819, thank you for taking the time to review us, and for the 3 stars. We're sorry to hear the course may not have been in the best shape on the day of your round. We appreciate your feedback as we work to make any necessary improvements. Thank you for choosing to golf with us, and we look forward to seeing you again soon at Ironwood Golf Course.
This course needs some help
Greens are rough with crabgrass and sandy bare spots. Some tee boxes are pretty bare as well. Nobody enforcing pace of play. This is a municipal course and one would expect that the city would have enough money to hire a good greenskeeper. Basically, it's the only game in town for most of us so we have to put up with it. This course could be so much better.
Try turkey creek
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Nice layout!
Layout is nice, the nature around is beautiful so it helps to forget that the greens and the TeeOff needs more love. We were only 2 and it take 3hrs to play.
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Thank you for reviewing us, slhoopaugh93. 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.
Thank you for reviewing us, u000008112847. 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.
Jabdilla
Course seemed in good shape.they didn’t seem to be pairing up foursomes which is good..my only issue is the restroom on the back nine of course.there was a ranger at that spot and as we approached he left.restroom was a unisex facility.upon entering you are engulfed by flys or bugs.there was excrement on wall around toilet as well as toilet.I worked in mfg for 44 years and not seen anything like this.I let the he proshop know when we completed round
Hi, Josephrabdilla. Thank you so much for your feedback. We are glad you had enjoyed your time at Ironwood Golf Course, and pride ourselves on delivering the best experience possible.
We hope to see you again soon!
Hello crotyle. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Ironwood Golf Course!
Hello, u314159703650. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.
We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.
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Thank you for reviewing us, DirkW1967. 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.