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Ambassador at Hickory Valley Golf Club
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Hickory Valley Golf Club boasts two 18-hole, regulation-length courses, named the Ambassador and the Presidential. The Ambassador Course is the shorter of the two at 6,450 yards but it still offers a fair test. The classic layout is routed through towering hardwoods forests that stretch to over 70 feet high. The tall hickory trees loom over the fairways. The small greens are sloped back to front, presenting a challenge for even the most seasoned players. Water hazards come into play on several holes and there are a few tricky doglegs to contend with. The bunkering is minimal but the abundant trees will be enough to keep you on your toes. The golf course has some challenging holes but it's not overly punishing for the high handicapper.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6369 yards | 70.8 | 119 |
| White | 71 | 5910 yards | 68.9 | 116 |
| Gold | 71 | 5096 yards | 65.1 | 105 |
| Red | 72 | 4967 yards | 68.9 | 112 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship M: 71.4/128 | 542 | 360 | 132 | 334 | 173 | 379 | 398 | 362 | 617 | 3297 | 495 | 352 | 175 | 465 | 375 | 269 | 172 | 391 | 378 | 3072 | 6369 |
| Tournament M: 69.9/123 W: 75.7/129 | 471 | 346 | 120 | 316 | 163 | 351 | 385 | 353 | 531 | 3036 | 440 | 330 | 153 | 413 | 365 | 258 | 164 | 384 | 367 | 2874 | 5910 |
| Players M: 65.9/113 W: 71.1/119 | 418 | 284 | 104 | 234 | 130 | 304 | 318 | 283 | 468 | 2543 | 401 | 294 | 150 | 348 | 309 | 253 | 142 | 338 | 318 | 2553 | 5096 |
| Forward W: 70.4/118 | 409 | 281 | 89 | 219 | 123 | 301 | 314 | 280 | 454 | 2470 | 397 | 288 | 143 | 340 | 306 | 249 | 132 | 333 | 309 | 2497 | 4967 |
| Handicap | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 16 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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Every fairway looked like this Photo submitted by COOcampo3 on 08/23/2025
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Photo submitted by cDrBv9n7iHmgGbUxd9Oi on 08/02/2025
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Photo submitted by cDrBv9n7iHmgGbUxd9Oi on 08/02/2025
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Best Brothers 1st Round of 2.0 Project! Photo submitted by StuKnod on 04/03/2022
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Photo submitted by ericgrafton on 11/14/2016
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Photo submitted by ericgrafton on 11/14/2016
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Photo submitted by ericgrafton on 11/14/2016
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Par 3 16th Photo submitted by bfalker on 06/16/2013
Late Winter Golf
It's late winter golf and we used a hot deal time with a 25% discount that saved a big $3 over the senior rates. The course has weathered a lot of heavy rain this winter. The fairways have survived in good condition and the 90° rule is in effect due to a number of soft areas. The traps are in rugged condition and will need work after drying out. The greens are understandable slow but also survived the winter in good condition. We play here a lot and look forward to playing here again this season when the weather and conditions are improved but it was great to play on an unusually warm day in March.
Enjoyed the course!
The course was in very good shape considering it's February. A fairly tight lay out with small greens and plenty of winding creeks throughout a lot of the holes, makes this course fairly challenging. Great value.
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First time at Hickory Valley
The course overall was a good time to play for the first time. I am hoping overall conditions are better during regular season as the putting greens were a little beat up with divots that no one fixed, the sand traps were not raked and had foot prints and ball shot marks, par 3’s around the ponds had a lot of goose poop. But the tee boxes and fair ways were in amazing shape even for Fall Golf. The club house staff were super friendly and even let me go out early because it was a slower day. The course was wide open for the most part until I caught up to two groups of 4 on the back 9 who were playing super slow. Outside of that I would definitely come back and play this course again as I only paid $33 for 18holes and a cart.
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Slow greens
Played presidential before several times, layout is fun, requires well positioned tee shot.
Green was quite slow compared to other courses are pretty fast in the Fall. Seems greens are aerated a couple of weeks ago.
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Hickory Valley Ambassador
Check in friendly and efficient. Staff is very organized. The Ambassador course is in excellent condition, and my only suggestion is that the course work on trimming back some of the overhanging tree branches near certain greens and blocking approach shots (left side of hole 3, for example). Great pace of play! We finished in 3 hours, 45 minutes. Greens in great shape. I always need to pack a few extra balls when playing this challenging, fun course.
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Good track, in season prolly good
In season i imagine it is in great shape. Stay away for the winter unless u dont mind half healed aeration. Number one sign of an incompetent superintendent is aerating too late in the season ruins the greens for the winter. Bunkers are great tee boxes are fine and the fairways are in decent shape. Paid 35 for a hotttt deal, would never pay full price.
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Hello, Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.
We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.
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Great course to play
I was very impressed with this golf having payed it for the first time. Excellent conditions. Fun to play!
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A beautiful course
The course is beautiful, well maintained and challenging. Will come back to play again.
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Ambassador at Hickory Valley Golf Club.
Hello, Samyull. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Ambassador at Hickory Valley Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
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Trees not well maintained on Ambassador course
Many overgrown trees lining the fairways (on 1st 10-12 holes) that need to be trimmed back. Overhanging trees made already narrow fairways even narrower. Some of the overhanging trees are quite close to the tee box providing only a narrow opening to drive onto fairway. I would not play the Ambassador course again unless this is addressed.
We apologize for the overgrown trees that affected your experience on the Ambassador course. We appreciate your feedback and will make sure to address this issue promptly. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
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