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2.7
1766 Reviews (1766)
5 Stars
434
4 Stars
690
3 Stars
302
2 Stars
171
1 Stars
169
Conditions
2.2
Value
2.7
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.3
44.4%
Recommend this course
1279 out of 1766 reviews
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2.4
81 Reviews (81)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
18
1 Stars
26
Conditions
1.9
Value
2.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
32.1%
Recommend this course
26 out of 81 reviews
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2.4
153 Reviews (153)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
37
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
51
Conditions
1.9
Value
2.4
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
3.9
33.3%
Recommend this course
51 out of 153 reviews
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Course Highlights
Hidden Hills features one of the area's most distinctive layouts, with rare elevation changes and challenging water holes that reward strategic play. Friendly staff and smooth pace of play consistently enhance the overall experience here.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6892 yards
Slope 136
Rating 74.0

Tucked away in the beautiful Ft. Caroline area near Jacksonville, Hidden Hills Golf Club stands on a historic battleground that witnessed the fierce struggles between France and Spain and continued into golf history with searing competition during the heyday of the Greater Jacksonville Open.

The 6,892-yard public golf course, built in 1966 on an ancient sand dune, was redesigned by Arnold Palmer in 1986. Palmer's creativity helped create a championship-caliber golf course unmatched in natural beauty that makes excellent use of rare hilly terrain to create a unique Florida golf challenge. The fairways are lined with majestic pines and stately oaks, and the unpredictable greens have helped Hidden Hills gain the reputation of being one of the most challenging courses in North Florida.

Sharp doglegs, strategic placement of water hazards and putting surfaces that are mostly elevated serve up a mighty test for the low handicapper. Approaches are narrow and many of Hidden Hills Golf Club's greens are well bunkered.

Hidden Hills has a rating of 74.0 from the championship tees, and the slope rating is 136.

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Course Details

Year Built 1966
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1986) Ed Seay (1986) Robert Walker (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed Yes, with permission only
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt req, no tanktops or cutoffs

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness
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2.7
1766 Reviews (1766)
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Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
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Previously Played

Greens are in rough shape

There is a bunch of disease on most of the greens. There is also quite a bit of exposed dirt areas. It’s just in rough shape. I’ve played it in much better shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 81
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/17/2023

Hi, u000006104721. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Hidden Hills Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Back at Hills!

Greens have come in nicely after a tough Spring.

Always friendly staff; glad to be back to the Hills!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/17/2023

Thank you for your review, jimlevern. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Hidden Hills Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/17/2023

Hi, u3951942. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Hidden Hills Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/26/2023

We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Hidden Hills Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 17
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens need help

Greens are absolutely horrible, so sad to see this course go downhill like this. Slow play may have been worse, took us 3 hours to play 9 holes, left after due to slow play. All this for a great value of 75 dollars. Hope they get it back to the way it once was

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/20/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, EddieCabler. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hidden Hills Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/06/2023

Hello, u314163705255. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Hidden Hills Golf Course. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 78
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Love this course! Only issue is right now the greens are awful. Especially on the front nine. Looks like the large amount of rain we’ve had lately drowned them. They were perfect when I last played three weeks ago. Hopefully they will bounce back soon. Can’t wait to play here again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/06/2023

Hello, u9057456. Thank you for visiting us at Hidden Hills Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Friendly Welcoming Staff

I had a great round on a very warm day. From the golf shop to the snack cart everyone was so nice. The course was challenging and fun and in great shape overall for mid summer in NE Florida. A couple of fairways were cart path only but it didn’t take away from the experience. Highly recommend!

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Commented on 07/06/2023

Thank you for your review, u314164155766. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Hidden Hills Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is not in good condition

The greens are getting better but still not that good. The course has a great layout but not that good of fairway grass.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/06/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, maggiesarasusie. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hidden Hills Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wonderful layout and routing. Poor conditions.

The course needs at least $2-3m put into it to bring it back to the Palmer gem it used to be. Greens had just been punched, so I’ll give a pass on that. But the fairways were bad, the bunkers and rough largely unmanicured and thin, with way too many bare spots. The cart paths are in disrepair, and the chances of getting a decent lie anywhere on the golf course are not good. We finally started playing lift, clean and place throughout the course.

This course still has great potential…but needs serious dollars spent to bring it back to its glory years.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Greens were the worst

I didn't take pics but from now on I will take pics of a pro and a con if I can find one.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/20/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, msumn007. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hidden Hills Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/20/2023

Hello u314161187905. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course!

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Commented on 06/20/2023

Hello u314161187905. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course!

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Commented on 06/20/2023

Hello u314161187905. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course!

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Commented on 06/20/2023

Hello u314161187905. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Hi, u314160440885. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Hidden Hills Golf Course!

Played On
Reviews 184
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Good challenging golf course with excellent staff!!!

Good challenging golf course with excellent staff!!! Recently punched greens are a bit rough.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fairways and greens

For the rates they are charging the fairways and greens should be in a lot better shape. I love the layout but I'll be playing other courses in town until they get the course in better shape

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Do better Hidden Hills

Absolutely horrible for the price point! The pace of play was an absolute joke! Four hours with 4 holes still to play. The course conditions are rough at best, with overgrown tee boxes, fairways in poor condition, at $75 for an 11:22 tee time is atrocious. Do yourself a favor, and play somewhere like Queens Harbor for that price instead. Sadly, this use to be one of my favorite courses to play but I definitely will not be back anytime soon. Do better Hidden Hills.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 06/23/2023

Hello, u000006397789. 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.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Worst course in Jax for the price.

This is by far the worst bang for your buck in Jacksonville. 72 freaking dollars on The Weeknd and 40 dollars for a twilight rate on the weekdays. Course is pitiful. Sand everywhere in fairways. Greens are and have been starched since February. Huge mud spots with practically no grass on greens in spots. And these guys have the audacity to charge 72 dollars on the weekend. The municipal course in blue cypress is a much better maintained course. The pro and head grounds keeper of this course should have a sit down and re evaluate 1. Their green fees. 2. How to make this once premier flagship course of Jacksonville a much better playing course. The track is nice but gosh i just cant get over the conditions. Huge let down.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not a good value

Was surprised to see so many tee times available for a Sunday morning. After playing, I can see why. Course wasn't in good condition. Patchy all around, Tees/fairways/greens. In the middle of the fairway would be on dirt. Also had a lot of weeds.

For the price, expected something a lot better. This would be more of a $40 course, not the $70 we paid.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
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