Gateway National Golf Links

About
Gateway National Golf Club is the top public golf course in St. Louis. The course sprawls across gently rolling pasturelands crossed with ribbons of tall native grasses and sprinkled with mature cottonwood trees. There are also several sparkling lakes that dot the course, providing challenges on several holes. Although it's nowhere near the ocean, the golf course has a classic links layout with wood-tie bunkers and subtle but tricky mounding that is in the tradition of great British Isles courses such as Carnoustie and the Old Course at St. Andrews. The Gateway National layout even incorporates Scottish-style burns. The fairways are generous but they are lined with rough that will readily swallow errant shots. It is a long golf course at 7,178 yards and it even boasts one of Illinois' longest par 4s, the 482-yard fifth hole.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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The Tips | 71 | 7178 yards | 75.0 | 138 |
Championship | 71 | 7092 yards | 74.6 | 138 |
Back | 71 | 6623 yards | 72.4 | 133 |
Middle | 71 | 6154 yards | 70.1 | 126 |
Combo | 71 | 5650 yards | 66.4 | 114 |
Forward | 71 | 5187 yards | 64.5 | 109 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Championship M: 74.2/127 | 401 | 462 | 655 | 194 | 475 | 556 | 200 | 417 | 427 | 3787 | 315 | 442 | 147 | 557 | 236 | 454 | 384 | 225 | 545 | 3305 | 7092 |
Back M: 71.9/126 | 376 | 422 | 630 | 180 | 452 | 530 | 180 | 408 | 390 | 3568 | 271 | 416 | 131 | 533 | 200 | 428 | 354 | 195 | 527 | 3055 | 6623 |
Arch M: 70.5/124 | 376 | 397 | 566 | 153 | 421 | 530 | 160 | 408 | 390 | 3401 | 271 | 394 | 131 | 533 | 185 | 408 | 354 | 173 | 527 | 2976 | 6377 |
Middle M: 69.6/123 W: 75.0/129 | 354 | 397 | 566 | 153 | 421 | 500 | 160 | 378 | 360 | 3289 | 251 | 394 | 115 | 520 | 185 | 408 | 325 | 173 | 494 | 2865 | 6154 |
Combo M: 66.8/120 W: 72.1/126 | 302 | 329 | 475 | 153 | 351 | 500 | 160 | 300 | 360 | 2930 | 251 | 330 | 115 | 520 | 155 | 330 | 325 | 173 | 494 | 2693 | 5623 |
Forward M: 65.0/106 W: 69.9/121 | 302 | 329 | 475 | 130 | 351 | 455 | 145 | 300 | 310 | 2797 | 202 | 330 | 90 | 462 | 155 | 330 | 274 | 156 | 391 | 2390 | 5187 |
Handicap | 13 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 71 |
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Photo submitted by Scott247 on 09/02/2023
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Photo submitted by chrishettwer on 01/24/2023
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Photo submitted by mu4scott197345 on 10/06/2022
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Gateway arch Photo submitted by pmonge on 07/19/2021
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Photo submitted by u509246630 on 06/05/2021
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Photo submitted by gallfera531 on 05/20/2021
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Photo submitted by gallfera531 on 05/20/2021
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# 18 Photo submitted by WayneJ17 on 08/02/2020
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# 15 Photo submitted by WayneJ17 on 08/02/2020
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Photo submitted by WayneJ17 on 11/19/2019
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Photo submitted by WayneJ17 on 11/19/2019
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view of downtown St. Louis Photo submitted by Jelly6911 on 08/08/2018
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Photo submitted by josephmchambers on 01/04/2017
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Photo submitted by dlovekamp on 06/13/2016
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Photo submitted by ddroege on 02/20/2014
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Photo submitted by Khang5905166 on 03/24/2013
Best Conditioned Course In The St. Louis Metro Area
You will not find a better conditioned course in the St. Louis metro area. The greens were running fast and they appeared to have been aerated several weeks ago and were in great shape. The senior greens fee during the week of $48, cannot be beat. Another course I like, Annbriar, is charging $60 during the week. Play Gateway instead. Better conditions and a better price.
The course is run properly too. Staffing at the inside dining room, 10th hole snack shop and a beverage cart.
If I had one recommendation, they probably need to enlarge the 4th tee box for the par 3. The gold tee is is not flat and getting beat up with the divots.
FIRST TIME PLAYING GATEWAY
First time playing here at Gateway and enjoyed a round of 18H golf. Great view of the arch and quite a challenging course with fast greens. Fairways were fairly decent, except for multiple areas which needed divot repairs by course maintenance. Nice to be grouped with a 3-some who were friendly and fun to play the entire round. Also loved the concession cart and the snack shack on the 9th hole🏌🏻♀️⛳️🌭🍺🏌️🏌🏻♂️
Great course!
Love this course, the fairways are unbelievable! The pace of play was a little on the slow side but tolerable.
Best Public Course in STL region
Incredible layout and conditions. Only issue was expensive pricing and slower than I would’ve liked pace of play. I would recommend playing this course anytime you are looking to splurge on a really nice round of golf.
Awesome conditions
The hot now tee time was amazing. Pace of play was fantastic, played 18 in 2 hours and 5 minutes, even having to wait for some of the greenskeepers to see me when they were watering the greens, which was no issue.
Almost got stuck behind a sixsome, but marked my ball on 18 and jumped to one to finish my round the. Came back to finish 18.
Corse was in amazing shape. Greens Rollie’s true and fast. Continually fixed divot marks on greens but unfortunately I have just gotten used to doing that because others don’t.
The free chilled water bottles one and ten were welcomed due to no on course support. However the water coolers spread throughout the course needed to more ice to remain cool in the exposed hot sun.
Having just returned from San Antonio where the courses were no where near in the same conditions as the courses here. Had to get used to playing on grass vs. dirt. Putts rolled true and fast too and very welcomed, the greens staff deserve some serious kudos!!
Best In The Area
Gateway National is in the best shape of any metro St. Louis course I've played in 2023. The tees, fairways and greens are excellent. The greens have good speed to them also.
Playing here during the week as a senior is a bargain at $48. They are a well run golf course, from the front desk, starter, beverage cart, snack bars at the clubhouse and 10th tee.
This course is much cheaper during the week. I checked pricing on Saturdays, which can be in the $87-96 range.
Gateway in Great Shape
Played on a Thursday and completed round in 4 hrs and 10 minutes. Greens in great shape as were the fairways. They had a drink cart and the young woman driving was pleasant and came by three times during our play on the course. Gateway has always been a top 5 public course in Saint Louis area and it did not disappoint.
Refresher Course
I hadn't played Gateway since the early years it was built. The course has matured beautifully. Conditions were excellent overall. Teeing grounds get a lot of use and show it. Fairways and greens were excellent and so fun to play on bentgrass! Pace of play was excellent - 3.5 hours. Played at midday on one of the hottest days of the year. Plenty of ice water on course and the beverage cart made it by 3-4 times. Staff was pretty indifferent - cart shed didn't want to come out and offload or watch bags at mandatory club drop, didn't advise what cart to use. Pro shop said they would announce when our group was up, but never heard anything so I just teed off at the appointed time. It was not crowded - I had no one ahead or behind me for 13 holes. Overall, a great round of golf!