Ironclad Golf and Beer Garden
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About
Ironclad Golf and Beer Garden (formerly known as Belvedere Country Club) in Hampstead begins along the Intracoastal Waterway and then moves inland towards the clubhouse. The back nine is routed through tall forests that provide a home to grey heron and osprey. The golf course forms a large figure eight, which means you won't find any parallel fairways, but you will also be faced with wind whipping in every direction. The unique layout consists of six par 3s, seven par 4s, and five par 5s that all place a heavier emphasis on accuracy than distance. Many of the greens are elevated and the fairways are lined with trees. The par 3s are some of the most demanding holes due to their small, narrow greens. They are the toughest greens to hit in regulation but luckily if your placement isn't perfect there are still opportunities to save your score.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6144 yards | 70.9 | 126 |
| Blue | 71 | 5846 yards | 69.5 | 123 |
| Gold | 71 | 5088 yards | 65.7 | 114 |
| Gold (W) | 71 | 5088 yards | 70.3 | 124 |
| Green (W) | 71 | 4482 yards | 66.6 | 113 |
| Green | 71 | 4482 yards | 63.3 | 109 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 4036 yards | 63.6 | 102 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 70.9/126 | 398 | 482 | 179 | 378 | 385 | 487 | 193 | 491 | 152 | 3145 | 446 | 159 | 455 | 482 | 156 | 333 | 390 | 180 | 398 | 2999 | 6144 |
| Blue M: 69.5/123 W: 74.5/133 | 364 | 450 | 164 | 364 | 379 | 455 | 172 | 467 | 143 | 2958 | 434 | 149 | 431 | 470 | 155 | 319 | 376 | 166 | 388 | 2888 | 5846 |
| Gold M: 65.7/114 W: 70.3/124 | 329 | 437 | 116 | 293 | 309 | 406 | 156 | 418 | 130 | 2594 | 376 | 136 | 372 | 398 | 144 | 264 | 311 | 151 | 342 | 2494 | 5088 |
| Green M: 63.3/109 W: 66.6/113 | 234 | 372 | 86 | 285 | 300 | 380 | 113 | 349 | 83 | 2202 | 369 | 122 | 332 | 386 | 120 | 256 | 276 | 132 | 289 | 2282 | 4484 |
| Red W: 63.6/102 | 234 | 321 | 66 | 240 | 244 | 320 | 113 | 349 | 83 | 1970 | 313 | 122 | 281 | 338 | 120 | 256 | 241 | 87 | 251 | 2009 | 3979 |
| Handicap | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 8 |
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Good Time!
Course is always fun to play. Staff is great, value is great for the price. Starting to become a regular.
Work In Progress
Course has come long way since last year. Greens 100% better than last year. Sprinkler system installed it appears, all the hard work is coming to fruition.
Great Job!
Fun course!
It was a fun course, cool layout, needs some work but they are making big changes from the looks of it, would love to play there again. Next year this course should be a five star course! Shot my best score ever too! Also the staff should try to be more friendly and beer should be cheaper, may be wise to BYOB
Great Food, OK Course
Shaka Taco on premises is a fantastic restaurant with insanely good food. Take the time to call ahead and pick up at the turn or if it’s a slow day sit down and eat.
Course quality overall is extremely okay. Course is being worked so some holes closed. Greens a bit sandy. Hole 18 hole placement not on a green at all, couldn’t help but chuckle.
This course is very worth the deal price of ~$25.
Avoid at all cost
Booked it through GolfNow and nowhere on the booking did it say that the course is in horrible condition there are multiple holes that have temporary (3 just on the back) greens on the grass. The sign at the check-in desk said hole number 8 closed so start on number 10. One would assume that the rest of the course would be OK other than that one whole but that’s not the case. It’s a cow pasture, and there is not one green that’s in good shape. If they advertised it, it would be OK but they should not be charging what are charging to play in those conditions.
It’s getting there!
They’ve been working on the irrigation and fixing up the course. A couple of greens were closed but I’d say next year this is going to be one of the better courses around for the price. Shaka Taco is amazing and a great way to end a round!
Work in progress
This is a very nice layout. Tees, fairways and bunkers in very good condition. Greens are a little bumpy and there were 3 temporary greens. New irrigation is currently being installed. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed playing and will be back. New owners and crew are doing a fantastic job!
Well that was a waste
Got there and checked in and was informed that hole 6 was closed. Then they sent us off on the back 9 for no reason. Found out after playing a couple holes that there was multiple holes that had temporary greens. Green s we’re in poor shape large sand areas on a lot of the greens. We get to the 5 hole and there is people working in the fairway on water lines.
Ironclad June 19,2023
The staff was super friendly. The course had the front 9 closed down for repair. We played the back 9 and 4 greens were unplayable bc of repair needed and they had temporary greens on those. The layout was fun. Very easy to score. Very fair and open. If the greens would be open and fixed, this will be a very fun course to play. Shaka Taco was on site and amazing food. For the weekend golfer. It’s worth the money to play golf at the beach.
Fun Track
This course was a blast to play…the staff is amazing, great energy for a golf club….course conditions are getting better thanks to new owner whose investing serious money for improvements…highly recommend
Check it out
Great course! Great staff! Great tacos!! Can’t beat Iron Clad
Crab grass and sand
The best part of this course is the scorecard, that was well designed. The course consist of mostly straight holes with very slanting greens that are moved extremely low to cover up the large amount of crab grass. The majority of the tee boxes were uneven, with little grass and mostly sand. Fairways were playable.
Great course for the money
Course is still growing back, but is taking shape. We'll worth going out and playing a round. We have to remember that the course was abandon for years and they have a couple years to bring it back. They are doing a great job. I love playing here
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