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4.7
235 Reviews (235)
5 Stars
125
4 Stars
83
3 Stars
19
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.7
Layout
4.8
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.2
96.1%
Recommend this course
216 out of 235 reviews
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4.8
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
3
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0
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0
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0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.8
Layout
4.9
Pace
4.7
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
100.0%
Recommend this course
13 out of 13 reviews
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4.6
63 Reviews (63)
5 Stars
41
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
3
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.6
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.7
95.2%
Recommend this course
60 out of 63 reviews
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Course Highlights
Paupack Hills delivers a beautifully challenging layout with tree-lined fairways, elevated tee boxes, and fast true-rolling greens that reward skilled play. Warm staff, strong value compared to other Pocono mountain courses, and inspiring lakeside views make this reopened gem a standout destination.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6556 yards
Slope 134
Rating 72.5

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2024.

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Course Details

Year Built 1974
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/30
Architect George Fazio Tom Fazio (1974)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness
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4.7
235 Reviews (235)
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Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Sand, I repeat, sand traps

Hadn't played here in a couple years, course was in decent shape except for the SAND traps, which should have said SAND in them. Rocks, dirt and mud are in ample supply. If you're not going to take care of them, fill them in and grow some grass!

Scorched thru the first nine in less than an hour and a half, get to 10 and there's a dozen carts waiting there. Guy in pro shop says there's a league starting early. THANKS He "let" us play the front nine again. Won't be back anytime soon.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

9 holes

A little pricey for 9 holes but the course was in good condition considering how wet the previous 3 days were. Staff was very friendly, course layout was nice. Bunkers could benefit from some TLC. Some of the cart paths are banged up, they could also use some attention. Overall I gave the course 3.8 stars out of 5

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course was in fair shape

Played here a few times before, greens were a lot slower than before. Traps were in poor shape. If I paid full retail I would have been upset

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

TLC is paying off!

Last time I played the course was not in good shape. It is coming along nicely and have seen improvement . Will definitely be back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is starting to come back.

The last time I golfed here the course was in poor condition but it is in much better shape and I hope to be back again soon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Excellent course

Course was great, narrow fairways on most holes and the greens were very fast, great scenery around the course and overall I recommend playing it! The only downside was the sand traps were not taken care of so most of them are very solid other than that it was nice!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Nothing good to say

From the layout to the parking and finally the young arrogant staff and management, the place is really terrible. New management is unconcerned with your experience. Not gonna waste another minute. Just go somewhere else.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Don't waste your money!

Played in spring and the front nine is a mess. No real tees to speak of and the grass is very sparse. Back nine beautiful but that doesn't make up for the front. So peeved by the time you make the back nine you want to leave.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice course layout however very high grass on most tee boxes. Bunkers need more sand or at least raked.

Sand texture was very hard. Overall should be a $30-$35 greens fee

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 95
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Top 500 Contributor
Philly Advisor
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Country club is in the name only

As my title indicates I dislike places using the country club moniker when they're a former club and haven't maintained a resemblance of the type of care deserving of the name. Having gotten that off my chest, my review follows.

The layout was pretty good overall. Fairways were wider than the pictures suggested, so it played fair. Hole variety was good. I'd have liked a hole diagram as the tee boxes to help with many of the hidden doglegs and such, being my first time playing.

Condition wise, fairways were good, greens were average. Some ran faster than others, but met with your standard public course speed. The tee boxes needed some love. And the traps were the worst I've seen in years. Only one I saw was rakes and resembled sand, and some had rocks, and I don't mean pea sized pebbles. Golf ball sized rocks. Really irritates me that you ignore something so obvious.

The clubhouse was at one time a happening place. But much of the building seems closed off and parts of their vast outdoor patio, specifically the stairs, were rotting away. But they had a full staff serving quite a few folks but we only grabs some beers after nine, so no comments on the food.

In the end, we still enjoyed ourselves. The course really was entertaining, just poorly maintained and overpriced. I suspect their customer base is low when outside the holiday weekend so maybe there's few options. I've been on worse, but it's an average public course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Enjoyable

Very typical of a "hills" course.. Many ups and downs. Cart not required but very helpful. Fairways were moderately tight Bunkers fit the course but the sand if large grained. Tees were well maintained but small so the some were chopped up.

The greens are large with many undulations. They are fair but with very large breaks.

Sixteenth hole has a spectatular view.

The round was slow (+ 4.5) due to a group in front that insisted on waiting until the green was c,ear becore they hit <150 yard drives.

Likely will play again on a return visit.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

nice summer day

course in good shape sand bunkers need some work over and allcourses in nice shape. each hole is different

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful Fall setting

Gorgeous course...unfortunately it went private after we played there!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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