The Hollows Golf Club - Cottage/Road

PLAYED A DECENT ROUND (FOR ME), ENJOYED THE LACK OF CROWDS ON A WEEKDAY.

We had a great time until the end.

My husband and I are from Colorado, we were in town visiting family. Our brother in-law booked our tee time for the Hollows through golfnow.com. We were very excited about the great rates and all the extra amenities. We booked the rate that had the range balls, unlimited golf and lunch. Got to the course and checked in and off to golfing we went. The course was not in the best shape but for the amount we paid it was way better than our expectations. We golfed 18 holes and decided to go enjoy lunch. Lunch was great! A lot of choices and the waitress was super sweet. This is where the problem began. Lunch was supposed to be included with our rate per golfnow.com. We went to the pro shop to talk about the lunch since our waitress was also in the pro shop talking to the gentleman at the counter. This man was David Paradis. He told us we did not have lunch in our package because we did not DECLARE that we wanted it upon check-in. We are visitors, there was never any directions to declare lunch, not online or in store. We were not asked when we checked in so we thought since this is what we reserved this is what we were getting. David Paradis immediately was rude about it and loudly told us over and over if you do not DECLARE lunch you dont get the free lunch. He said on golfnow.com it also does not say lunch included but it actually did with the package we reserved, how else would we have known about it since this is our first visit to the course. I work in the customer service industry. The way we were treated was ridiculous. We are VISITORS we had no idea what the secret rules are and we should not ever be treated like idiots. Ive golfed many places and not once have I had an employee treat me this way. We had a great day golfing and really enjoyed the course only for the day to be dragged down by this extremely rude man. We will not return to this course ONLY because of David Paradis.

Let’s see where should I start. Well I guess we can start by saying the practice putting green is more or less dead since it has more dead sports than it does grass, all the greens on the course are almost the same way except for maybe 1-2, the temporary greens were easier to put on than the real greens (2 holes) The bunkers were either wet or had no sand in them to hit out of like a bunker should. The tee boxes were as hard as a rock as well. It’s almost like they have let the course just go and all they do is cut the fairways and that’s about it. I can tell you out of our 4some everyone said they will not be back to play this course for a long time. We could have paid $5 more and played a course a little further away from our homes which is a 4 star rating all day long. We will be making the drive from now on.

Most greens were in bad shape and the 2nd cut off the fairways was horrible

Greens are close to unplayable, in addition course has several temporary greens. Used to be one of my favorite places to come out to play., maybe next year as I don’t see the effort to save the course this year.

Course is usually in good shape but the greens were burned out and diseased. Understand it was hot and no rain in late July so a few courses around here lost their greens. Need to tell the patrons when they show up. Also ridiculous pace of play. Normally its fast Took five hours because we were behind these four rednecks. They were wandering around all over the place , searching for balls for five to ten minutes, driving backwards and blasting music. Held up the entire course. 10:26 tee time and finished around 3:20 PM.Won't be rushing back any time soon.

I normally like the hollows but it’s gone way down hill over the past couple years

The greens which had splotches of grass was molasses slow and there were several temporary greens. This course has taken a beating from the heat and is not worth the trip nor money to golf here right now. Many of the t boxes were burned out and the bunkers were nothing more than mud.Mother nature has not been kind to The Hollows.

Course was easy to schedule and started right on time.

Pace of play was very good,less than 4 hour round.

Could be more choices for after play food, but what we had was good.

Played The Hollows yesterday and I felt like I needed to warn others. The greens are infected with a fungus that has left most/all of them with holes/bare spots/brown dead looking grass. The attendant in the pro shop said nothing before we paid/teed off, and we quickly saw issues- the greens are all but lost in many cases. It’s bad enough that the fairways and rough aren’t in too good of shape either (easy to lose a ball just barely off of the fairway due to the type(s) of “grass” they have lol.

All I’m saying is that the course is fun, but if I had known the conditions I would have gone somewhere else. Even $30 is too much to pay play the course in this shape.

Great time played cottage and road courses greens and fairways in good shape the t-boxes need some work. Will definitely be returning for another round, hopefully able to play lake course

Solid course for a reasonable price. It's very well maintained aside from some of the tee boxes. The greens were all in amazing shape which made putting (usually the worst part of my game) very enjoyable. Varied hole designs so playing never got stale. Tight fairways on a lot of the holes made it a moderately difficult course. Only complaints are that they don't have a ranger (pace of play was very slow on my back nine due to one foursome screwing around), and that the carts are extremely loud.

I have played The Hollows since it first opened. After Tommy Pollard, the original owner and architect- a local suburb HS player who crafted this course - passed away from a severe heart attack at a young age - the course was sold by gamily to it’s present owners (young and ambitious).... they have spent a ton of money improving the fairways and greens and are constantly putting money back into the course. It is in the best condition and all I can say is Pollard would be so proud. It is a very fun course... not difficult yet a very fun course that does have a small handful of difficult holes but if you play smart can shoot a good score. A friendly course, friendly staff - not “in-your-face” friendly, just an”country-friendly” for those that get that. Each year it gets better, the owners put their profits back into the course and thrilled by their outlook and long term direction. It’s a FUN course - and a family friendly course. A gem for it’s appeal and focus. Definitely a value the money and worth the drive..... only a 1/2 hr from center of center city of Richmond.

This was my first round of golf since a recent heart attack. I wanted to play a familiar course as I’ve been here many times before. My playing partner and I played Road/Lake and it sure felt great being out! The course was in good shape except for one fairway under repair. The greens ran true and were perfect. The staff was very pleasant too. I highly recommend.

Played the Saturday (before Easter Sunday) after 15 tornadoes touched down in VA and the course was still in great shape. 90 degree rule and the greens were rough but the course played fair. Going back very soon and when my friends want to play I always make it their first time at The Hollows. Thank you to my old boss from Valentine Electrical, Dennis B, for introducing me to the enigma that is The Hollows! -JD Scott-

The course is in great shape compared to 6 weeks ago. The greens are really decent, the fairways are we good and we caught pass are much better than they were when I played a few weeks back. Are they friendly staff to a course in decent shape and you have a great bargain on GolfNow.

The Hollows is an incredible golf course, with 3 very straight forward 9 hole courses. Each one has it's own unique character. You can play 9 or 18, or if you really feel up to it, you can continue on and play the whole entire 27 holes!

You will use every single club in your bag. I know it sounds strange, but, you'll hit a crisp 7-iron one time, and then next time, you'll have to drop down to a 6-iron because either the winds changed, the flagstick changed, or maybe even the "Golf Gods" are making it play a little tougher! Ha ha ha...

Great staff, very friendly people, and just an overall favorite course to play! In closing, I hope you can see the very excited video that I shot today (4/22/19) from Lake #6, where I did an amazing "bump 'n run" with a 9-iron from roughly 20 yards away, and holed it out for a Birdie!