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3.9
402 Reviews (402)
5 Stars
90
4 Stars
210
3 Stars
65
2 Stars
23
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.5
85.2%
Recommend this course
346 out of 402 reviews
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3.8
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
29
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
81.0%
Recommend this course
47 out of 58 reviews
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3.9
79 Reviews (79)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
41
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
84.8%
Recommend this course
67 out of 79 reviews
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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

3.9
402 Reviews (402)
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Reviews 34
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 49
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Improving

Fairways to Greens are in good shape compared to when I last played a year or two ago. The greens are slow but decent. Great overall value for the dollar.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
3.0
Previously Played

Rangers were bothersome

Rangers came up to us three separate times stating that we needed to pick up our pace of play. We had a group in front of us that we continuously had to wait on, yet the rangers continued to bother us. We finished our round in almost exactly 4 hours, which on a crowded Sunday seems like the appropriate pace of play. Don't think I'll be visiting them anymore there are better options in lower Delaware.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Good beginners course

I like this course but the carts or cart paths are not in good shape. The greens sometimes have sand on them making it near impossible to make putts.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improvements

Greens and fairways were the best I’ve ever seen them. Consistent and no dead areas even with the recent heat. Next improvement needs to be the cart paths but course looks great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Pleasantly surprised

Played 7/5. Went in thinking it was going to be a cow pasture but was pleasantly surprised. Nothing special about it but it’s a good value for the money, as far as playing goes. No bar for drinks or food but there’s snacks available. More dog left lefts then I’m used to but nothin you can do about it. Tee boxes, fairways and greens were in good shape. Stay away from the trees and you should score pretty well.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

course in good shape

Course in good shape. We need rain in the area but greens were great. Sand bunkers were hard as a rock, and could use some rake work, but as hot and dry as it has been, I don't know if that would help.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course but couple use some improvements

I love this course as it’s close to my house and relatively a great course. I personally think that the cart paths need to be fixed because they are awful, there needs to be some sort of concession stand that I can get some basic food from (burgers, hotdogs etc)

Make these small improvements and it will bring in new revenue

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 34
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Hot weather
Walked

Dodged sprinklers on the back nine....

I enjoy playing Garrison's at least once a week and like the changes completed over the past year or so. Wednesday was unusually hot and we are in the middle of a mini draught so I can appreciate the work the grounds crew was doing to keep the course and greens watered. However, it seemed I spent the majority of the back nine dodging active sprinklers on tee boxes, in fairways and around the greens. I was walking the course and literally had to duck around the water sprays, hit my ball and duck back out before the spray came back around. It also seemed that the grounds crew was watering each green on the next hole, which I had to wait 5-10 minutes for the crew to finish watering the greens to hit my approach shot while simultaneously ducking the sprinklers in the fairway. This exercise made the back nine less than enjoyable.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ranger Mike did a great job getting slow twosome moving quicker.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Garrisons Lake

Course is getting worked on! But it is coming together. Greens are in great shape. Bunkers need some attention and maintaining weeds in the fairways are getting better. This can be a very nice course as long as they keep heading on its current path. Looking forward playing it again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Garrisons Lake Golf

Course is coming together after years of no money put into it. Fun course but no kitchen and no alcohol sold. Will play again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course is in very good shape

Kudos to the staff for all of the effort that they have put into upgrading the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 91
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

meh

greens have rebounded from severe aeration and rolled good, but still a bit fuzzy. Still don't understand WHY there is sand in only 5 or 6 traps on entire course?? The rest are concrete mix w/ plenty of stones and dirt! Is there a shortage of sand to go around? Please fix Troon Golf.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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