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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship/Gold | 72 | 6892 yards | 74.0 | 136 |
| Back/Blue | 72 | 6653 yards | 72.7 | 130 |
| Middle/White | 72 | 6237 yards | 70.6 | 124 |
| Member/Green | 72 | 5745 yards | 69.5 | 121 |
| Forward/Red (W) | 72 | 5016 yards | 70.5 | 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: 73.1/133 | 378 | 415 | 429 | 543 | 185 | 490 | 185 | 344 | 385 | 3354 | 399 | 607 | 175 | 378 | 424 | 536 | 174 | 400 | 406 | 3499 | 6853 |
| Blue M: 72.2/131 W: 78.2/141 | 367 | 407 | 404 | 529 | 178 | 462 | 178 | 323 | 370 | 3218 | 390 | 595 | 170 | 371 | 411 | 531 | 163 | 376 | 398 | 3405 | 6623 |
| White M: 70.1/128 W: 75.9/136 | 350 | 377 | 365 | 509 | 157 | 452 | 151 | 315 | 357 | 3033 | 369 | 549 | 155 | 351 | 401 | 513 | 127 | 339 | 365 | 3169 | 6202 |
| Green M: 67.8/119 W: 72.9/129 | 325 | 317 | 353 | 462 | 140 | 420 | 139 | 283 | 334 | 2773 | 345 | 457 | 136 | 321 | 351 | 482 | 99 | 327 | 355 | 2873 | 5646 |
| Red M: 64.9/114 W: 69.4/118 | 303 | 314 | 312 | 397 | 104 | 411 | 99 | 252 | 289 | 2481 | 324 | 411 | 111 | 269 | 311 | 430 | 85 | 291 | 308 | 2540 | 5021 |
| Handicap | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 10 |
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🤮 Photo submitted by EddieBuckner on 07/06/2026
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Photo submitted by jimlevern on 10/02/2025
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Most greens Photo submitted by Jeremy8173625 on 05/13/2025
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The “best” green Photo submitted by Jeremy8173625 on 05/13/2025
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Dry Photo submitted by mCMYrJzX1RO3jdHtBBf8 on 03/14/2025
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Chopped up tee boxes Photo submitted by mCMYrJzX1RO3jdHtBBf8 on 03/14/2025
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Photo submitted by rauschjt on 08/25/2023
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Photo submitted by rauschjt on 08/25/2023
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Photo submitted by jimlevern on 07/12/2023
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Photo submitted by jimlevern on 07/12/2023
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Tee Boxes Photo submitted by Bouie1608 on 05/20/2023
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Fairways Photo submitted by Bouie1608 on 05/20/2023
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Photo submitted by Tappestry on 02/11/2023
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Photo submitted by gc1900314807 on 04/16/2022
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Typical green. Photo submitted by scrudle99 on 06/28/2021
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Photo submitted by Tappestry on 11/18/2020
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Photo submitted by gharper77 on 07/23/2020
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Photo submitted by u6846721 on 12/04/2019
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Photo submitted by jimlevern on 05/24/2018
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.
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.
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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!
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!
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!
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!
Good challenging golf course with excellent staff!!!
Good challenging golf course with excellent staff!!! Recently punched greens are a bit rough.
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
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.
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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.
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.
Thank you for reviewing us, zherz. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Hidden Hills Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Hello, u314163726405. 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!
Hi, antonio57. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course.
Hi, u314163874132. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course.
Would pass on playing here in the future
Staff was courteous and friendly. The course layout was ok. The greens were less than desirable. Overpriced in my opinion.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, jcarrio. 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.
Hi, u000006104721. 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!
mattturknett, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course.
Buyers Beware!!
Golfers please do yourself a favor and stay away from this place. The layout is the only favorable aspect of this place. I paid $73 with a military discount to play a course with no grass in the fairways or tee boxes. The greens were hard as a rock with pits everywhere in them. Our entire group of 12 golfers said never again. I feel most sorry for any members they have left. This course is a zero, but I had to give one star.
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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.