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3.9
411 Reviews (411)
5 Stars
91
4 Stars
217
3 Stars
66
2 Stars
23
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.5
85.2%
Recommend this course
355 out of 411 reviews
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4.0
8 Reviews (8)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.6
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.8
Amenities
2.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
100.0%
Recommend this course
8 out of 8 reviews
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3.8
67 Reviews (67)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
36
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
83.6%
Recommend this course
56 out of 67 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

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Reviews

3.9
411 Reviews (411)

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 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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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 37
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
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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 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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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
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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 43
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 95
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
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Stable conditions

I have played here many times, very seldom are the conditions not great. No exception today, fairways and tee boxes in good shape. The greens are very good and roll exceptionally well. Enjoyable round and although I played as a solo it only took me 2-1/2 hours to finish. Looking forward to playing there again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horrible conditions

Today I had booked a tee time through golf now at 10:20 for myself and 3 others. Basic maintenance, the greens were covered with winged samaras seeds that should have been blown off the greens before the day starts. The roughs were ankle deep in places, the group had a cart that was in poor condition, and periodically stopped for no reason. Each member of the group lost at least one ball in deep rough, this is unacceptable when looking for balls, they should be easily spotted. Due to this it caused holding of play for the group. Several bunkers were being reconditioned and that is understandable but added to the lackluster day.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth the Money

It appears that maybe at some point and time this was a beautiful course , now hmmm no. Between the branches, leaves and dandelions I was just disappointed in the conditions of the course. Not worth the money or the drive.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

Things are still getting green and the course was aerated or it'd be 5 stars all around.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Not bad course for the price

The course is in average condition, the sand traps could use a little help. There doesn't seem to be a dress code as jeans and tee shirts were common on the course. Golf carts were in need of replacement (seats were taped together). All in all we would play the course again for the price. Some nice water holes and the course was quiet too.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 15
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 95
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

u said greens??

absolutely terrible greens. plugged,sanded, and not rolled or cut. Like playing on Velcro w/ sand. (heavy) sand. ball would not roll straight, wiggled like my college girlfriends.

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