A TASTE OF THE FINEST SCOTTISH LINKS WITHIN SIGHT OF DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS!
Come Play The Most Challenging Golf Course In St. Louis!
Gateway National offers you the rare opportunity to return to the rich traditions of the game. Rolling links, separated by gentle mounds, meander through lush, green pasturelands. Tall grasses, lakes, wood-tie bunkers, and occasional giant cottonwoods complete the landscape. In view of the magnificent Gateway Arch, you will cross occasional stone bridges, glide on raised boardwalks through quiet wetlands, and enjoy play on the only public course, bent grass
fairways within hundreds of miles. Laid out through native grasses, it’s easy to forget you are just minutes away from the action in downtown St. Louis, and not tucked away deep in the Scottish Highlands.
The layout of Gateway National takes into account the factor the wind will play on the course and allows the player the options of running the ball up or flying it onto the greens. This will test the player’s ability with shots seldom called for on ordinary courses. The bentgrass turf that carpets each fairway, offers players the perfect firm surface from which to strike a crisp approach. Tall native grasses frame each of the generous fairways, but will test both the players’ skill and temperament should his ball find itself among them. Adding to the challenge on each hole is a host of fiendish bunkers along with natural wetlands and Scottish style burns (streams) that wait to devour any ball that strays too far off line!
A fearsome 7178 yard par 71 from the championship tees, our course has four sets of more manageable tees for the enjoyment of those not quite up to the challenge of the PGA Tour caliber layout. Pick the length that suits your enjoyment of the game. The large greens, once reached, offer ample opportunity for birdies! With such smooth rolling surfaces, the player has no one but himself to blame should the ball not fall into the cup.
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Course Highlights
Although it is difficult to single out any few holes from our eighteen gems, several stand out, as you ponder your card after the round over a cold beverage.
The 661 yard third hole is a true three-shot hole. This monster par-5 will challenge you from tee to green. As you arrive at our number one handicap hole, take time to enjoy the view of the downtown St. Louis skyline prior to pulling the trigger. Avoid the native grass on the left and the bunkers on the right, and you’ll find yourself sitting pretty on our lush, bentgrass fairway. Your work is not done yet, however, as your second shot must avoid the fairway bunkers that sit about 150 yards from the green. Your approach is difficult to get close because this tricky, undulating green makes birdies hard to come by. And if the flagstick is tucked in back, be careful. Long is not the place to be. Take par here and jog to the next tee.
After a one hole respite, you are back to another mammoth hole although this time it’s a par four that is 482 yards from the tips and one of the longest in Illinois. A big drive avoiding the fairway bunker on the left is a must, though you should also pay attention to the native grasses on the right. Your long iron approach into this green must avoid the green side bunker; a bail-out short or left is not a bad place to be. Walk off this green with a par and you just may pick up a shot on the field.
Please join us soon to enjoy the unique experience of golf in this truly classic setting.
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18 Golf Drive,
Madison, IL 62060
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