We played the new (opened April 06) 9 hole Gateway Park Golf course in Montgomery. It is a nice city owned course that is right off I-65. The location is convenient and they did a good job on the design. It is not the best part of town, but you wouldn’t know it once you’re on the course.

Although the course has nine holes, they recommend playing it twice, once from the white tees and then for a change they say to play the second time from the blues. We played from the Blue tees and that made the seemingly easy course play very difficult. The course is composed of five par 4s and four par 3s. The absence of par 5s was the biggest disappointment. I ended up shooting a 56, which was not totally telling of the course; but rather my bad driving accuracy. No pars and no bogeys will kill any chance of a good score.

The price was decent for a Saturday. $16 to walk 9. The driving range is $2 a bucket and they also have a nice practice green with a bunker. The scenery around the course was decent. Other than the interstate being right next to the course, you wouldn’t know where you were. Of course, the greens and fairways were immaculate. As you would expect from a 6 month old $1.5 million course. The bunkers and trees made the course more challenging; however, the course was pretty wide open. They did have some decent water hazards, but they were easily navigated.

Click the below image to see my scorecard from the round.

Overall, I give the course a 5 on my scale of 1 to 10.

Price: 6
Difficulty: 5
Scenery: 5
Club House: 7
Practice Facilities: 3