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3.8
416 Reviews (416)
5 Stars
91
4 Stars
220
3 Stars
68
2 Stars
23
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.5
84.2%
Recommend this course
358 out of 416 reviews
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3.8
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.6
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.6
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
84.6%
Recommend this course
11 out of 13 reviews
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3.8
69 Reviews (69)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
38
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.5
82.6%
Recommend this course
57 out of 69 reviews
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Course Highlights
Garrison Lake's wide fairways and well-maintained conditions consistently impress golfers across recent visits. Exceptionally friendly staff and outstanding value make this a favorite worth returning to.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Parkland
Par 72
Length 7060 yards
Slope 128
Rating 73.7

Garrisons Lake Golf Club, nine miles north of Dover, is a historic play centrally located to all parts of Delaware. The course is nature friendly: with tree-lined fairways and large, well bunkered greens throughout. The par-72, 7,060-yard course was recently renovated and improved, and players of all abilities will be confronted with a fair challenge. Not that there aren’t hurdles. Garrisons Lake is book-ended by two long plays: The 535-yard, par-5 first features out of bounds along the left side, and the 536-yard 17th features a challenging tee shot with trees on the right side. Garrisons Lake Golf Club also has a bustling practice range, putting green, golf shop and snack bar.

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Course Details

Year Built 1962
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Ault (1962) Brian Ault (2008) James Cervone

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.8
416 Reviews (416)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 9
Bunkers 8
Plays Long 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 9
Advanced Golfers 7
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 9
Convenient to the City 8

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Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Easy to Moderate challenge

Course was in decent shape, had a few rough spots and 1 or 2 greens with dry patches but overall not too bad. Decent value for the $. Would recommend if local and/or on a budget.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent course

Nice challenging course with lots of dogleg par 4's. best sand I have seen in a long time. Great stopover course traveling to Ocean City, Maryland. I'll be back

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course

The course was overall a lot of fun. No difficult forced carries or hazards in the middle of fairways is definitely a bonus for me. Large greens with some interesting breaks made putting a challenge (in a good way). Trees scatter most areas just off the fairways which penalize bad drives but not so much to the point that par is out of the question with a decent pitch-out or (if you have the line) approach to the green.

Greens and fairways in general were well manicured, but at least 2 greens were burnt and hard with little grass around the edges. Most putts rolled true during the day, though.

I'd suggest studying the course map or bringing one with you, as some holes are difficult to figure out from the tee box.

For such a low rate I think we got more than we expected and will definitely make a point of coming back.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

greens are bad

The course has been great all year but, the greens have died in the last two weeks. They say its Wet Rot from so much rain and heat.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course was great but receptionist was not friendly.

Course was challenging and I would recommend it to anyone except that the receptionist at the podium was not friendly at all.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Average Course..greens need to be improved.

Greens were not maintained, lot of dried out patches. Otherwise an average value for the money. Had been to the same place a few months back and it was in an excellent condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This was my first time on a course and it was a wonderful experience

Nicely laid out and quite challenging. As this was my first course ever played I was very pleased with the layout of the course and how nice everyone was.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course - always has a good deal to play the course

For an average golfer in this area, this is a really good course, long enough and tough enough,,, course is maintained as good as it can be for a public course, people are mainly responsible for helping out and it seems that most people at this course do so... recommend if you are in the area to try out the course, I recommend it to all my visitors and they always get a good deal and a good challenging game at this course.. :)

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Course is well maintained with a friendly staff. Have been playing here for years and thinking about becoming a member. Just wish they had a real clubhouse.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good for the money

It's the perfect course if you just want to pull up to the course and play. No scrambling to find the pro shop. The register is right there when you walk up.

The tee boxes and greens were absolutely perfect and the fairways were as good as can be expected because of the rain. It's a challenging course if you are wild with your tee shots as the course is lined with trees, but most approach shots are fairly easy. For the money, I think this is one of the better courses in DE.

If I had to pick on one thing, it would be the people that golf there. It's located in a community and for the most part i think it's the community members who play there. They play extremely slow and are unwilling to let you play through. Other than that, the course is a great value!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course was in good shape. Can't beat the value. Played it threw golfnow.

The course was empty and the conditions were pretty good. Fairways and greens were in good shape. The rough and bunkers were in so-so shape. Greens were rock hard.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great condition

Course played great - greens in excellent condition. Pace of play was nice. Finished in about 4 hours.

No amenities (restaurant or bar) on site.

Would definitely play again

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging round for the money, poor customer service.

The golf course is in decent shape. The greens are slow which takes away from the challenge but they are not bad. However, the very poor customer service is painfully noticeable and sadly it takes away from the experience. I have also noticed a change in the staff the two times I have booked the round through Golfnow.com, I have played the course before at full price and the staff had a different level of attention. I know Golfnow.com is a cheaper way to play golf but I don't want to give up decent treatment while enjoying my only weekly round.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is taken good care of.

No club house nor alcohol license. If you want a bite to eat you get a choice of hot dog or chicken cheese sauge link. And again no alcohol.Several years again this was a really nice course with a club house and you could take clients, have business outings, etc. Not much of a golf course anymore.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice coarse.......................................

Coarse in great shape/ greens were beautiful........

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Nice course. Lots of tree lined fairways & bunkers.

I'm new to golf so this course was quite challenging to me. There is not much room for errant shots.

The greens were pretty slow due to sand and previous nights rain. In better conditions they would have been much more challenging.

Plenty of seed/fill around the tee boxes & on the golf carts to encourage players to participate in course maintenance.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Stay out of the rough. Fun and challenging.

I played alone so was done in 2.5 hours. I was warned about the rough. Had a great time. The course is a lot of fun and certainly challenged me from the blue tees. You want to get greedy in the rough and go for the great shot. Don't do that.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very fun course!

Greens were in great shape,Fairways as well! Staff was exellent and informal! Beautiful setting( quiet country setting)

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0

Challange course , recent staff changes not good!!

Very unfriendly and rude staff. Got there early, asked to tee off early since the place was empty.
I was told "no, thats why we have tee times" in a very rude manner.
I waited the 1/2 hour and not one player tee'd off in that time.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Tree lined course - greens slow but true - well maintained

Tree lined course, slow but true greens. Will visit again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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