Palmetto Hills Golf Club

Course is under new ownership and they are working on improvements. Course is in good shape.

Dear Madam/Sir,

My name is: Tadeusz Wielgos - 8643207486

I had my game booked for today (Friday, Aug 21st). Weather didn't look good, so I try to call the golf club and find out if I should come over - no answer. I left a message - didn't get any response till now. So we (my wife and I) went there hoping that weather will improve enough to play golf. THE GOLF CLUB was closed! This is almost one hour drive from my home - one way.

Please return money I paid for this booking: 337569860

Yours sincerely, Tadeusz Wielgos

My first time playing the course. You might think the course is a little short until you see the hills you have to go up on the front nine. Really enjoyed the par 3's on the back nine. The only "complaint" is that everything needed to be mowed. Grass on tee boxes and fairways was too long, finding a ball in the rough was very difficult and the greens were a little on the slow side. Maybe I got them on the wrong day. A little local knowledge would come in handy for several of the holes. It is a 50 mile drive for me but I certainly would like to play again.

New management has made a major difference. Lots of small charges adding to a great overall experience

I wrote a review for this course a while back and it is not on here so I will write it again. I got a very good price of $17 to play this course on a Friday at 11:30. They were predicting storms so I showed up a little more than an hour early to try to T off and beat the storms. There was plenty of Room for me to go ahead and T off but the girl working the front desk would not let me because I got such a good deal. She made me pay 10 extra dollars to go ahead and T off early. Seems if you got a good deal on T time they penalize you because there was absolutely no reason for me not to be able to T off a little early. Once I got out there when I started on hole number 4 I ran into 3 or 4 5 somes. So I decided to drive over to the back nine and got on number 11 and play two holes and there were more fivesomes. The management in this place is very poor and seems they only care about getting your money and not treating you like a customer. They also do not care about pace-of-play because there was two somes and threesomes out there that I talked to that were very mad about being behind fivesomes. They need to actually get someone running the clubhouse that knows a little bit about golf. I will not be back and I will tell every single golfer that I know to avoid this place at all cost until they get new management.

It’s a laid back atmosphere on a challenging course. The staff is very friendly. More signage On the cart paths would be helpful. Overall, you can’t beat Heddles for the price. Great way to include those new to golf.

This could possibly be the absolute worst golf course in America.

I don’t even know how or where to begin to review it.

Let’s just start from the beginning. After checking in at 0835, I proceed to the first tee for my 0847 tee time. Where I find a group in the fair and 2 groups waiting to tee off in front of me. The group directly in front of us is a 5 some, so that should tell you all you need to know about this course’s management team.

While waiting to tee off there is a collection of roughly 20 people surrounding the number 1 tee box, the number 10 tee box and the practice putting green, which is no larger than a standard living room rug.

Then after waiting approximately 25 minutes to officially tee off, I was then exposed to what could possibly be the absolutely worst golf course in America. To call this course a goat path would be insulting to goat paths. You’ll find more grass in the crack in the parking lot than you will on most tee boxes. The fairways are littered with dead patches and unfilled divots. The greens putt and feel like a well manicured shag carpet. The cart paths wind endlessly with no signs or direct. A savvy neurosurgeon could make a small fortune repairing the bugling dics on the pour souls that dare drive them at any rate of speed.

Pace of play is absolutely abysmal. You can time a round on this course with a sundial. I saw two gentleman in the parking lot that were clean shaven and by the time they made the turn they had each grown 3-foot long beards. Then at the turn when asked how the round was going by a staff member, I dreadfully replied “Slow”. The staff member then replied “well that’s to be expected when you have 91 players out before 11am.” I can’t believe there were 91 first time players like myself out golfing that day, no one in their right mind would return to this godforsaken place for a second round.

The ONLY saving grace about this course is the random gun shots that ring out in the distance. This give you a sense of hope that a stray bullet might find you and end the horrendous nightmare that is a round at this course.

Around hole 16 you get a nice view back towards the club house. It is quite reassuring to know that the building hasn’t crumbled to dust in the decades you have been gone on the back 9.

It should be illegal to actually charge a fee to play this course. They honestly should pay anyone willing to waste 7 hours of their lives out there- and even then I would never return. If this was the only course in the world, I would trade my clubs in for a tennis racquet, or pick up knitting, or watch paint dry. All of which would prove to be more enjoyable than a round here.

I’m not quite sure who or what Heddles was, but they need to hideaway this course from every major search engine when using the key words “golf course”.

This is a short but challenging track. It was hot but there is plenty of shade trees and thankfully I brought plenty of water.

Fun round today with friends from Michigan. Course is in great shape.

Nice value, pace of play a little slow but I was playing alone. Groundskeeper mowing also slowed pace of play. Despite that I would recommend it

Heddles Hideaway can be a very challanging course if you are used to playing flat links style courses. The course was in good shape. Very friendly staff. Will definitely play it again.

Played here Thursday and Friday (convenient location) very friendly staff. The course is not terrible considering what’s going on with corona. Short holes but crazy up and down elevation changes. If I had a complaint it would be the pace. Seems to let members weave in and out as they please. No starter. 1-10 Tee box share a cart path. Very congested. I don’t see how you could play here with out someone with experience or a solid gps. But overall. Price is right. And close to home. I’ll keep coming