The Golf Club at Hilton Head Lakes

The course was in decent condition for a fairly new course. Tee boxes were a little rough but just need some cleaning up. Overall we enjoyed the course. A few long drives to get to next hole that question the layout. I would go back since any of the problems did not make the round a bad experience.

I have played at all the public courses in Bluffton. This course is by far in the best condition and actually has restrooms in buildings. Most of the courses either don't have restrooms on the course or porta-potty's. That is especially important to women golfers! My only negative is that we really needed a barcart to replenish liquids as it was super hot outside. It's a Sunday, make some money with a barcart!!!

I was very pleased with the pace of play. Several of the greens are suffering and in need of work especially on the fringes. There’s just weeds all over. Many bunkers had standing water despite not raining in a few days. The tee boxes were in good shape and I can’t think of a fairway that was poor. Staff here has always been super friendly and for the price it’s worth the few shortcomings. I’ll be back!

Played HH Lakes for first time - 2 days after significant rain. Course was Cart Path Only (which was right thing for them to do given how wet the course was in many places). Taking the time to write a detailed review as feel it will help people decide to play here or not, with explanation on things 'not good'.

The Good

- Layout is very good. Variety, well designed course.

- Staff (pro shop, starter, and bag drop person - very nice, friendly, and helpful.

- Greens were very good (couple bare spots but pins not near them) Has recovered nicely from aeration which (my guess) was about two weeks ago.

- Wide fairways - there are places you can lose a ball to left or right (some, but not a lot of water you have to hit over), but friendly off the tee - and never thought of hitting anything but driver on the par 4/5s.

- Nice practice facilities (driving range, putting and chipping green - the range was close the day I played as landing area was too wet.

Just worth noting:

- It is a longer course than most in the area - choose your tees wisely are you will be faced with many very long approaches and have trouble reaching the corners on the doglegs. I drive the ball 235-250 (with some roll, which did not get often this day) I played the white tees (@6200) and it played long, more like 64-6500 with the wet fairways and very little roll. I could reach all the par 4's in regulation but definitely hit more club into them on usual for a 6200-yard course.

The fair

-- You should expect to roll the ball. I had to with the wet fairways and many 'squishy spots' but the fairways have a lot of grass, probably 80+ precent Bermuda, and 15-20 percent some combo of crab/weeds. No problem with having good turf to hit from, but you'd get some rough lies in the fairways if playing it down.

- Only was out of the fairway a few times, but unless you were well off the fairway there was plenty of grass (more crab/weeds than in the fairway), but playable. Rough was enough to annoy you, but you could hit the ball from it just fine. Note - not sure how long since it has been cut due to recent heavy rain (not a negative, as it was obvious it was too wet for them to take mowers on the fairway/rough).

The less than good

-- Bunkers had sand, and were wet from the recent rain - but way more than I expected had a lot of standing water several inches deep - my guess is the drainage on not working on the as it should.

The bad

- Cart paths are as far away from the fairway on almost every hole as I have ever seen. It was Cart Path Only and if you have trouble walking long distances you should ask before booking a tee time. A couple times I walked to my ball which was on the far side of the fairway (in the fairway not the rough beyond it). I used my rangefinder to see how far I was from my cart, and I was 95 and 93 yards on two holes - while I only did that twice, I know I was 50-75 yards many other times. It was literally 30-40 yards to the fairway from cart path on most holes. I jokingly told the person cleaning my clubs after the round that they would be better off putting in new paths right down the middle of the (wide) fairways).

-------- The walking on CPO days will be more than some golfers will want or be able to do, and it also slows up play considerably as it takes time to walk 75 yards to your ball, hit it, and walk back.

-- Green collars - well there were none - crab (mostly) dirt, and some Bermuda next to the green edge. If you like to putt from a few feet off the green, you will have trouble doing it. I only did once but was 30 feet from hole about a foot off the green.

-- On course ranger - never saw one .... enough said.

- Pace of play - was slower than usual once we caught up with a couple foursomes - hard to say they were slow with regards to hittling the ball and actually playing but due to CPO and the distances the players had to walk to/from the cart path really adds to the time to play a hole

Overall - for less than $60 it is priced reasonable for area for what you get. Very nice layout, good green. The IF is that you can handle long walks if they are CPO the day you play.

Would I play it again - Yes - but would call to check on expected CPO or not for the day I was going to play if I thought there was any possibility it may be CPO

We played just 9 holes. The front 9 was very long and challenging. The course conditions were wet, but we enjoyed the course just the same. The course needs a little TLC, but it was a really good value, as golf in Hilton Head is generally expensive. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We will play it again.

HHLGC was fun.

I thought the conditions were normal for the time of year.

Has some really good views of ponds with beautiful Lilly pads with wildlife 🤩

Course plays long so play the right T box for your game.

Greens were punched last month and almost fully recovered.

A friend I went to High School with was staying in Hilton Head and I booked a round for him and I at Hilton Lakes. Pace of play was great and course was in good shape.’

This is the closest course to where I live. My preferred course was closed for aeration yesterday, so I decided to play here instead. This course is overpriced for its conditions, gives no discount for locals, and the folks in the pro shop are obnoxious. As I checked in the pro shop attendant said there were no openings for a single for the next hour. I bought a bag of range balls, also overpriced for the size of the bag, and on my way to the range decided to stop by the starter to tell him I would be available if there was a no-show to go out earlier. Well, the starter wasn't there and there was a twosome on the tee box, so I rode up and asked if could play with them. The twosome were terrible and slow (but very nice people) and at no time did any groups behind us run into us at all until the sixth hole when a single rode up. How could the tee sheet have been full if no other groups caught up to a very slow playing group? My beef is that the pro shop attendant told me the tee sheet was full and it obviously wasn't. This isn't the first time this heppened to me here.

We were in Savannah for a family get together. This course was close to where we were staying and was very fairly priced. Regarding pace of play we were behind a foursome of older players. The first nine players was slow. We passed them at the turn and the pace was great. The course was dry. That was fine for me but if your like to hit down on your irons you may see it differently. The greens has recently been punched and were recovering. The staff was friendly, the price was great, the fairways were wide open.,really fun to play. There is not a lot in terms of a restaurant or bar experience.

There was a very large alligator (10+ ft) that was guarding the blue tee box on one par 3 hole. He walked toward us when we tried to move up to another (green) tee box. He then continued straight up the par 3 fairway when we went to the green. Added quite an additional challenge to that hole!

Pace of play was excellent, but that's because nobody was on the course. The golf course is generally in good shape, except for a few weeds and bare patches. Greens were recently aerated; they might be fine in a few weeks, but they were a bit rough for this round, causing some putts and chips to stray offline.

Loved this course, beautifully laid out, pretty open for tee shots. Fairways in great shape, only issue was the greens were newly aerated and sanded. Beautiful course!!

This course has the possibility to be a great round

of golf but the lack of maintenance makes it unplayable.

Course design is very nice as it meanders through many natural areas.

However the greens have black fungus and poa annua everywhere. Fairways and tee boxes have areas with no grass at all.

If I was a homeowner in this community I would be embarrassed about the condition of this course.

Don't know if the new developer owns the course but it will take years of hard work to make this playable again.

Absolutely avoid this course.

I played this course years ago when it first opened and really enjoyed it. I thought I’d give it another try this year since their rates were pretty reasonable. Staff was welcoming and helpful and the starter did a great job pairing me with a couple of other players and getting us out a little before our tee time. Fairways are wide open and give plenty of room for less than perfect shots. Our disappointed hit when we got to the first green. It was atrocious! Some sort of black fungus was scattered all over it and the grass was extremely uneven. A straight out rolled offline in different directions as the ball encountered bump after bump. We were hoping it was just anomaly on the first green but every single one had the same issue.

Tee boxes and fairways very dry - not the fault of the course. Greens terrible - fault of the course. Like the forgiving fairways and they were balanced by the traps approaching the greens. Overall I'd play again if the drought conditions ease up

Ok people, when you do a review and say there is grass on the greens and fairways, please understand that Poa Annua is not a grass- ITS A WEED!!! This is one of the worst infestations of Poa I’ve ever seen. Please understand that the course is screwing everyone on this, it only takes about $18K a year to spray to prevent this. Obviously would be more for the fairways, but this place is way too far gone to ever recover from this much Poa. The bumpiness of this makes it impossible to putt and there is very little Bermuda left in the fairways to get a good lie. Good layout but will not be back. There are much better values either on island or closer to HHI, especially using Hot Deals. Hilton Head Lakes should be ashamed of the conditions but at this point they don’t seem to care.

Fun course to play, greens a little rough but a great layout