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Garrisons Lake Golf Club
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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7060 yards | 73.7 | 128 |
| Red | 72 | 6698 yards | 72.3 | 122 |
| White | 72 | 6262 yards | 70.5 | 120 |
| Orange | 72 | 5672 yards | 67.3 | 119 |
| Orange (W) | 72 | 5672 yards | 72.8 | 122 |
| Green | 72 | 4963 yards | 63.7 | 110 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 4963 yards | 68.3 | 122 |
| Gold | 72 | 4190 yards | 60.8 | 105 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 4190 yards | 63.8 | 115 |
| Blue | 72 | 3462 yards | 57.0 | 102 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 3462 yards | 59.8 | 112 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.7/128 | 535 | 449 | 185 | 350 | 437 | 527 | 412 | 200 | 403 | 3498 | 402 | 214 | 501 | 455 | 204 | 413 | 409 | 536 | 428 | 3562 | 7060 |
| Red M: 72.3/122 | 511 | 423 | 166 | 321 | 422 | 508 | 391 | 183 | 395 | 3320 | 382 | 190 | 484 | 433 | 186 | 388 | 391 | 515 | 409 | 3378 | 6698 |
| White M: 70.5/120 | 479 | 357 | 150 | 314 | 394 | 478 | 367 | 163 | 373 | 3075 | 351 | 175 | 466 | 409 | 167 | 369 | 377 | 487 | 386 | 3187 | 6262 |
| Orange M: 67.3/119 W: 72.8/122 | 428 | 353 | 130 | 294 | 350 | 426 | 328 | 129 | 330 | 2768 | 323 | 155 | 416 | 356 | 160 | 325 | 342 | 454 | 373 | 2904 | 5672 |
| Green M: 63.7/110 W: 68.3/122 | 423 | 278 | 95 | 289 | 319 | 365 | 266 | 99 | 246 | 2380 | 318 | 150 | 375 | 301 | 124 | 320 | 272 | 449 | 274 | 2583 | 4963 |
| Gold M: 60.8/105 W: 63.8/115 | 327 | 233 | 90 | 283 | 251 | 315 | 221 | 94 | 242 | 2056 | 238 | 145 | 370 | 262 | 73 | 232 | 223 | 321 | 270 | 2134 | 4190 |
| Blue M: 57.0/102 W: 59.8/112 | 261 | 214 | 90 | 180 | 215 | 254 | 188 | 89 | 191 | 1682 | 189 | 125 | 330 | 212 | 67 | 184 | 196 | 271 | 206 | 1780 | 3462 |
| Handicap | 7 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.. :)
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
Nice coarse.......................................
Coarse in great shape/ greens were beautiful........
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.
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.
Very fun course!
Greens were in great shape,Fairways as well! Staff was exellent and informal! Beautiful setting( quiet country setting)
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.
Tree lined course - greens slow but true - well maintained
Tree lined course, slow but true greens. Will visit again.
Course was in good condition
The course was in good condition. My only negative comment is that we got there 1/2 hour early and there was no one going out in front of us yet they made us wait for our tee time; thus backing up the next three groupings.
the greens were the best i have seen anywhere else.
the day was great along with every part of this course.
from the tee box, fairways, to the greens only the rough needed to be cut shorter. i will come back to play very soon, thanks for a great day Ken Monico
The course was in good shape.
I had arrived at Garrison Lake Golf Course 30 minute before my reserved Tee time. The same Tee time was booked by 2 others golfers sharing the same Tee Time. One of the golfer was late arriving and I was force to wait on him till he got there. Which was 20 minutes late for the reserved Tee Time. Very unfair to make me wait on a some one i don't know and who had missed their Tee Time. One hour had past before I were allowed ton the Tee box. Paired with some one i never met and late for the Tee Time. The course wasn't crowded and there was no one on the Tee Box during the 25 minutes wait to tee off..Here's my Question if he was a NO SHOW, now how would the Course had handle that situation? I was force to wait 20 minutes after my Tee Time and then continue to wait another 10 minutes for the next group who had just arrived for their tee time while they prepared , NOT FAIR and very unprofessional!!!
