Ambassador at Hickory Valley Golf Club

Really interesting course with lots of character. Don't let the yardage on the card fool you. It plays much longer than 6300+ yards from the back. A few of the holes are about placement so the shorter length on a few par 4's and one of the shorter par 5's make it actually play more like 7000 yards. Greens were in excellent shape. Quite fast with lots of slope. A couple might be bordering on too sloped. One gripe on design. 16 from the back tees at 484 is far too hard for a public daily fee course and will definitely slow down play in general. A Slight dog right, extremely narrow with giant trees down both sides, and a small intensely sloped green make it too tough for its own good. Apparently it used to be a short par 5, but I think it's totally unreasonable as a 4. The Presidential course started as 9 holes. You can definitely tell. I prefer the front 9 plus hole 10. 11-18 are interesting, but can get a little claustrophobic if your driver isn't sharp. Overall a really nice experience. Staff was very friendly as well.

Played Presidential course and it wasn't our 1st time. Like the layout and the course was well kept. A little too much maybe since it seems over watered. Balls dug into the greens even though there hasn't been any rain. Won't be going back any time soon and 2 of our 4-some don't want to come back at all. mostly because of the pin positions. Played on a Monday morning and was the 1st group to go out so there wasn't any pace of play issues but there were at least 10 greens that had the pins placed on slopes so if you were on the wrong side of the hole you couldn't stop the ball. The course itself is hard but when you add unfair pin placements it doesn't add up to a fun round. 2 of us log a handicap but as per USGA specs. they are not abiding by the rules. Here is an excerpt for those interested:The USGA suggests that at least a 2-foot radius surrounding the hole “should be as nearly level as possible and of uniform grade.” The hole shouldn’t be placed on a steep slope on which a missed putt from above the hole will roll a long distance past the cup. “A player above the hole should be able to stop the ball at the hole,” according to Rule 15-3(iii).

Nice maintenance except only could play 15 holes due to in unannounced league

(Please note that weather caused round to end after just 4 holes, so I am writing a review from a round here a few weeks back)

Very challenging front nine in which you must be able to place the ball to score well. This is NOT A COURSE for beginners. (Which is why pace was slow as a bunch of hacks spent plenty of time losing balls and looking for them) Greens are nice, putt true, and fairways and tees pretty well taken care of too. Back nine is not as tough, but can drive you nuts as still plenty of hazards to avoid.

Also please play the sister course across the street which is a beatiful course called The Presidential.

Nice course and glad they participate in golf now and specials

My wife and I like the course and it was a good pace until the log jam at the 11th hole. We were at least 3 holes behind anyone else then bam. foursomes on the 4 holes in front of us. You would think they would want to get off the course as quickly as possible in that kind of heat. We got tired of waiting and went to the next open hole where we wouldn't hold anyone up.

It is a great course for the money and just wish they would monitor the slow play better.

good course to play but today's pace of play made it horrible. think they was a tournament finishing before we teed off but it took 2 hours and 45 minutes to play the front 9 because of it. I understand tournament play but this was ridiculously too long to play 9 holes. I usually can get through 18 in 4 hours which is normal but almost 3 hours to play 9 holes is u called for. no attention to pace of play. I had to cut out after 14 holes because I'm a father of 3 kids and cannot spend 5-1/2 hours to play 18. noone should have to wait this long to play 18. definitely took the fun out of the day. also had the sprinklers going of most of the round I played. not that good when you are getting ready to putt and you get hit in the back with sprinklers during your backstroke. good course usually. just not today

Course was Fun!!!! Had a good time

This course has been a pleasure to play each and every time. Easy to book, friendly staff, very good conditions and really terrific value. We rarely have to wait at any point during the round nor do we get pushed.

Secret tip: try the hot red relish in the snack bar. Really great!

A lot of Dog Legs which makes thing a little challenging. Enjoyable!

Great had a lot of fun will play again

This was definitely one of the nicest courses I have ever played and probably the hardest too. Fairway turf was tremendous and the bunkers were soft and always raked. Pace of play was not an issue at all as we played on a Saturday late morning. We were a two some and no tee time behind even got out 15 minutes early. Never had a problem. Lots of narrow tee shots. Couple that with the beer and the back nine got the best of me. Can't speak for the value of a full price round, but for the $25 we spent on group golfer vouchers, it was a great day. The Ambassador is nice, but this course has the feel of something far beyond just "nice."

We played the Ambassador course. It is a good course for beginners as it is not overly long and you certainly won't find many bunkers. A decent amount of doglegs will challenge the advanced golfers. We teed off a little after 2pm on a weekend. It is expected to be crowded so when nobody was in front of us, it was awesome. We flew through the front nine but then hit a wall on 11. It was at least 20 minutes a hole after that. I wouldn't want to know the pace in peak time.

I would have a difficult time finding another course this nice for the money. I can't write a single thing negative about it. Other than my score, I would duplicate everything about my golfing experience here again and again. I plan on coming back and playing both course on the same day.

please don't waste your time, no rangers to help with pace of play which is super slow, have people playing in tank tops, course layout isn't too good....no yardage markers horrible

Almost every hole had some form or forms of water.

Course is well designed and fairways and greens are in great shape.

Just need to drive in fairways, stay out of hazzards and hit the greens!

I will definitely play again!!!

course was in excellent shape,played in 3 hrs had 6:15 tee time

good course.

recommend to all levels of golfers.

Played the Ambassodor course for the first time and was very impressed! Had a $20 hot deal and the course and greens were in excellent condition. Long hitters keep the driver in the bag! Narrow fairways and a bit challenging. Great value!

The course overall is challenging with the exception of a couple short par 4's. Par 3's challenging and some monster par 5's. Right balance of dog legs. I enjoyed it and will play it again.