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Garrisons Lake Golf Club
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About
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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Good course for the money
I will definitely recommend this course to a friend. Reasonable pricing course was in pretty good shape.
Great overall experience
Nice little putting green and reasonably priced practice range. Had I believe six tees to choose from, all in nice condition. Fairways were all in nice condition especially considering the lack of rainfall recently. Many other courses I’ve played since this drought are not even close in condition. Greens were fast and undulating, a test for any player. Fairways were somewhat narrow as the majority had at least a slight to full dogleg to them. They offer some nice deals on tee times. Employees were nice. Great overall experience! Only down fall was that the pro shop was a trailer with no bar or restaurant that I saw, but I never stick around anyhow so no biggie to me.
Love this course
Super fun layout, staff is super friendly, very nice driving range. No complaints.
Improvements
The place has always been a god layout. Easy to walk, short distances between green and next tee box. Since its renovations/reopening it has continued to improve. As of now the fairways are good, the greens roll true and tee boxes well maintained. The staff does a great job of keeping the place in great condition and it is always a good time playing there.
Good local course
I had good time here. Tee box, fairway, and green all maintain very good condition. Only car path need to be repaved. Overall good experience here.
Gumba Golf Review
My Cousins and I play Garrisons at least 1x a week and sometimes more. The transformation of this course is incredible and all the hard work is paying off. The fairways used to be sparse and the greens bumpy and slow. The course staff have done a great job and it shows. I love playing this course. It does get a little slow at times but when they have a Ranger on duty he does a good job getting groups moving…
It looks like they have purchased a new tractor with a blower and they are keeping the fairways clear of leaves that will soon be an issue finding your ball and slowing pace.
Hit em straight!!!
Sunday pm round
We were a foursome that was held up by a twosome from hole 3 until hole 18. They never let us through. It was an older gentleman and a young teenage girl.
Starter/Ranger
When you golf at GL make it a Priority to get to know Mike the Starter/Ranger. Very friendly but business like. Finally a guy that will keep the pace of play moving with a great personality. Great job Mike and it’s always a pleasure to talk to you . I give Mike a 5 Star Rating!!! Oh and FIX YOUR BALL MARKS PEOPLE + 1 More…
Great Local Course
Love the range, carts, and layout of the land with no houses within play, staff is always friendly and peers are also always friendly
fall like
greens rebounded nicely from aeration and heavy sanding. STILL no sand in almost every trap. More like redi-mix dry w/ medium aggregate (stones). Maybe fix that??!!
Aerated
There was no indication that the greens were recently aerated and sand all over the greens. The bunkers need some work, its not sand!
Friday Play
Course was in good shape. Tees were good. Fairways were very nice. Greens were ok considering they were just aerated but not told that. Pace of play was pitiful. We teed off at 3:10 behind a foursome that we waited for most of the time then they must have played through a group between 9 green and 10 tee. We were then behind an older foursome who did not let us( a twosome) play through. Waited on tees and fairways every hole.
