Scenic Hills Country Club
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Unlike many other courses in the state, Scenic Hills Country Club sprawls across a scenic landscape of rolling hills. In addition to the dramatic elevation changes throughout the course, the holes are sharply framed by towering pines that line the fairways. The holes play to generous putting surfaces that provide a variety of hole placements, but its best to play to the middle of the greens since there are strategically placed bunkers guarding all of the greens. Water hazards also come into play on six holes, but they require only minimal forced carries. Scenic Hills C.C. opens with what is arguably its most challenging holes. The par-4 hole plays downhill to a green that is not only protected on both the left and right with bunkers, but there is also a steep-faced bunker that is not visible from the fairway.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 71 | 6730 yards | 73.4 | 130 |
| Blue | 71 | 6317 yards | 71.7 | 128 |
| White | 71 | 6021 yards | 70.0 | 124 |
| Orange | 71 | 5424 yards | 67.4 | 118 |
| Orange (W) | 71 | 5424 yards | 72.4 | 129 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5150 yards | 71.0 | 125 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.2/134 | 446 | 487 | 412 | 159 | 386 | 346 | 433 | 201 | 438 | 3308 | 375 | 338 | 219 | 419 | 358 | 431 | 192 | 507 | 432 | 3271 | 6579 |
| Blue M: 71.0/129 | 427 | 462 | 383 | 152 | 359 | 321 | 401 | 179 | 399 | 3083 | 350 | 308 | 210 | 397 | 337 | 411 | 171 | 483 | 385 | 3052 | 6135 |
| White M: 69.7/125 | 417 | 435 | 375 | 148 | 349 | 311 | 393 | 171 | 359 | 2958 | 339 | 291 | 194 | 387 | 327 | 389 | 161 | 473 | 380 | 2941 | 5899 |
| Orange M: 66.2/112 W: 70.9/123 | 398 | 412 | 342 | 126 | 331 | 301 | 345 | 150 | 329 | 2734 | 319 | 263 | 92 | 315 | 244 | 314 | 137 | 403 | 305 | 2392 | 5126 |
| Red M: 65.0/109 W: 69.0/119 | 392 | 300 | 337 | 121 | 324 | 293 | 340 | 146 | 322 | 2575 | 315 | 210 | 73 | 309 | 238 | 310 | 133 | 398 | 299 | 2285 | 4860 |
| Purple M: 62.1/106 W: 64.9/112 | 345 | 260 | 296 | 93 | 269 | 241 | 284 | 115 | 244 | 2147 | 289 | 163 | 73 | 262 | 207 | 257 | 114 | 325 | 266 | 1956 | 4103 |
| Handicap | 5 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
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Great, fun course with friendly staff
This course obviously sees a LOT of action, but the fairways are in good shape considering- you can tell they keep it up nicely. Greens were in great shape, if slow, and the overall layout was pretty forgiving.
The best thing about the course, by far, is the staff. Skip, the marshall for the day was a delight. So friendly to talk to and just a joy to be around. Rick, another staff member, was also so nice and helpful. Even the cart attendant was very kind and funny.
We loved our time here and will be back whenever we return to Pensacola.
A course everyone should play.
I have played here often over the years. Overall Course conditions were very good. Many areas of the rough along and close to the fairways were lacking good “rough grass” and a few fairways need attention (skimpy grass areas) This course has improved however has a ways to go. Would be disappointed if I had to constantly pay “regular green fees” or was a member. Never could understand why courses are built with narrow and/or shallow “T” boxes. Widen them; lengthen them. Excellent club house. 19th hole is great for post game relaxation.
honesty is the best policy
The course was in great condition today. The pin placements were difficult, but the round was great. We played from the blue tees.
Good greens
Greens are in great shape and getting some speed to them. Really putting well.
Good shape
What a difference a year makes. The course is really starting to look great.
Sanded greens and slow play
The front nine greens were in very good condition, although I assume they were sanded later in the day after our group had played through. As we made the turn the foursome we had been following had picked up two others on number ten. That's right - a group of 6! The back 9 greens had been sanded earlier in the morning, and our disappointment in seeing this was only amplified by having to follow the group of 6 from the 10th through the 15th holes. A marshall finally appeared as we were waiting on the 16th tee. Luckily, the 6 split into two groups, two and four, and the marshall soon departed once he realized our foursome wasn't the hold up; I wouldn't be surprised if the twosome behind us had called the clubhouse and wouldn't blame them if they had. At the 16th and 17th we were all bunched up enough and with all groups in view the culprits to the slow play were observed by all. It's unfortunate we weren't able to play the front side twice - the greens coupled with the ridiculous group of 6 ruined the latter half of the round.
course was in good shape
Course was in good shape, greens were great. Driving range could use some work, but not a bad value. Staff was great!
Good time deapite the wet and cold
Course is in pretty good condition. Some of the tee boxes are suffering significantly though. Same recurring issues with the bunkers - hardly any sand or just hard pan, like hitting off a clay road. Greens were good and rolled nicely. We were trying to beat the tropical storm approaching so we had the course almost completely to ourselves. The upgraded carts are best in the area.
Scenic hills golf course, Pensacola, Fl
Staff very friendly and helpful. Course was in great shape. Would go there again. For you seniors, they have tee boxes for the mature golfers. Recommend it for everyone.
Scenic Hills
I tend to use scenic hills because it’s the closest. Not my favorite golf course in the Pensacola area but definitely still good enough to enjoy. Fairly good condition throughout and has definitely improved since new owners have taken over. I think this course will continue to get better. Not a great course if you can’t keep your driver fairly straight. Nice golf course in terms of having to think about your next shot before you hit the current one in order to set yourself up.
Much Improved
The greens have improved considerably over the past 5 weeks. A bit grown out and slow but rolls good. The rough, especially near the greens, is slightly deeper than the norm for this course which I think offers a more proper golfing reward for accuracy in the approach. Right now the only recurring critical issue with the course is the shape of the bunkers. There is practically no sand whatsoever; they are basically hard pan top soil with a sprinkle of remnant sand from bygone years. Unless properly sanded, these should be considered waste areas rather than bunkers or sand traps.
Great Track, Fury greens
Course has a great layout with some challenging holds, Nothing tricky but challenging especially from the back tees. Bunkers are neglected and greens, tee boxes and fairways are very fury. It looks like they are very cautious not to let the greens burn out. They were bouncy and slow, Difficult to make a lot of putts. For the money it’s a good deal and overall enjoyable. It’s a shame someone could not pump some money into the course because it could be a real gem.
Aerated greens
The greens must have been aerated and heavily sanded just a day or two ago. It didn't even look like they had run the sprinklers on the greens yet. The greens were also badly roughed up; I'm assuming from the aeration and the fact they hadn't been rolled or watered. We booked the course based on a friend who played last week and said the greens were in excellent shape. There was no aeration notification when we booked on teeoff.com. The clubhouse did give us a return aeration rate for when the greens recover so that helped out. If you play this course shortly after this review then I highly recommend giving yourself a two putt and go; don't bother packing your putter for the round.
Absolutely Gorgeous
Everything about this place is great. Course is in excellent condition, staff was awesome as usual. Thanks for a great outing.
Very Good Course
Thoroughly enjoyed the round of golf at Scenic Hill GC. This was not the first time that I had played the course. The Greens were in GREAT shape; very well manicured and putted well... Fairways are well laid out and, like the greens, are well cared for and set the ball up nicely for the shots from the fairways.
2 golfers, 2 riders
My buddy and I took our wives with us. The management was cool with this... and it couldn’t have been any better!
The course was in full bloom, so the ladies loved it. There was a single golfer behind us with his wife and a youngster.. We caught a foursome at the turn, that had us play through. We saw no other golfers the rest of the way...
Awesome golf course!
Bad Interaction
So I guess there was a tournament scheduled for noon and we teed off at 7:33 AM. We were behind a couple groups that were super slow but we were still underneath their mandated for our pace of play. We were actually keeping write up with the group in front of us but the course monitor felt the need to nonstop interact with us And tell us that if we didn’t finish in the next 30 minutes the last four holes then we just wouldn’t be able to play them. I told him that he should go talk to the two groups in front of us because they were the ones slowing it down. He talked to them once but was too timid to continue trying to keep them playing quickly and continue to and tell us that if we didn’t finish in the next 30 minutes the last four holes then we just wouldn’t be able to play them. I told him that he should go talk to the two groups in front of us because they were the one slowing it down. He talked to them once but was too timid to continue trying to keep them playing quickly and continue to fill feel they need to bug us until I told him to stop talking to us and since we were under the four hour time limit and teed off when they allowed us to tee off then we were finishing around until leave us alone. He was a jerk and I called the pro shop about him and they tried to defend him stating that we wouldn’t be able to finish even though they admitted that we were underneath their pace of play time and I told them then they shouldn’t have let us tee off if they knew that we would be running into a tournament. Overall, it was just a very bad interaction. Very unhappy about their level of customer service.
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