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3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
2.6
Value
3.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.5
57.0%
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2.2
136 Reviews (136)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
36
1 Stars
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Conditions
1.7
Value
2.3
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
3.7
26.5%
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36 out of 136 reviews
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2.7
266 Reviews (266)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
58
3 Stars
69
2 Stars
52
1 Stars
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Conditions
2.2
Value
2.8
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
3.8
44.0%
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117 out of 266 reviews
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About

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

Tucked away in the beautiful Ft. Caroline area near Jacksonville, Hidden Hills Country 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 private 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 Country 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

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3.1
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1.0
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Course is in terrible shape

This is the worst I have ever seen this course and the audacity to still be charging the insane rates is mind boggling. I will not be returning to the course ever again. It was slammed busy so they are making money. The course should not be in this bad of shapes. The greens weren’t even work attempting to putt on. Had a 10:26 tee time but it was so backed up we didn’t tee off til 10:50.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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First Time Playing

Set up to be fun, but needs help

This course really could be a gem, and according to the guys we were paired up with the course used to be excellent. Challenging holes, great elevation changes, and enough water to make you order more balls on Amazon during your round. Fairways were decent, sand traps were hit or miss, but the greens were ROUGH. It didn’t look like they were recently punched, but it did look like a snowcat drove over them trying to groom a ski trail. They were unbelievably bumpy, and some greens just had huge patches of turf sitting loosely on the ground. That round was the first time I’ve considered using a wedge on the green. It honestly looked like something may have happened that ruined the greens. A storm of some sort. I say that because the practice greens were all closed due to maintenance. And finally, the first guy we met working in the pro shop couldn’t have been more unfriendly.

I think this course could be great, but it needs some time to heal.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

ROUGH

This used to be a beautiful course but it has been horribly neglected. I'm giving them some credit, because they're resodding and respraying, but that credit only goes so far. Most of the greens are nothing more than dirt and seed. They have signs that the sprinklers are supposed to come on every hours but I never saw them come on, and the ground was rock hard. On top of that, instead of limiting tee times to reduce wear while the course recovers, they're overbooking tee times (I heard the guy behind the counter explaining to a customer that they overbooked their tee time). IMO this course will never recover and they're putting a band aid on top of a festering bullet wound. It's going to be at least until next spring before i play there again unless tee times drop to $20, because that's all it's worth

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Stay away

What a disappointment.. We like Arnold Palmer courses, but this is a stinker because the ground sure just awful. The greens are unplayable inmost cases. A real shame as the layout is ok. Pro shop staff was not cordial in any way. Bag boys were just fine.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Interesting fun layout

Really fun layout. Lots of elevation changes, and an island green. There were some ground under repair areas, and some of the greens were pretty rough. In fairness every course I played this week had green issues to some extent. At least you could see they were working on it. Nice clubhouse, proshop, locker rooms. Still a good deal for a round in the $45 range. Pace of play was awesome, only had to wait at all on the last few holes. I'd play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hills not hidden

Beautiful day. Surly pro shop guy and a very angry starter on what appeared to be not such a busy day. First nine holes had aerated greens. Everything got better in the back nine including seeing the car girl.

Challenging course and with a better attitude from the staff it could've been an A+. We will be back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course overall was not in very good shape. Several greens had little or no grass and the some of the fairways are in need of some work as well.

Thankfully the green fees are not overpriced considering the condition of the course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

the course is in very bad condition. there is some work being done , but overall greens are horrible as well as the tees, no grass. fairways are hard as concrete.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens are ROUGH...

The overall layout of the course is great, but the green's were in poor conditions. They were extremely rough and seemed to be neglected and more of a "Band Aid on a bullet wound" type care was used to maintain them. I was expecting better from a course with such rich history, I will definitely look elsewhere for my next golfing experience in the Jacksonville area. I do not like to give such negative reviews, but it was just too much to not say something. I can only hope that they can improve the greens and restore this beautiful course to it's former glamorous identity.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

In Bad Shape

I have played Hidden Hills many times in the past. This is by far the worst condition I have ever seen this course. The greens are very bad where the ball bounces to the holes. Some holes the tee boxes have sprinklers going because they are so bad that you have to tee off in the middle of the fairway. Even the fairways have a lot of dry dirt spots. I don't recommend this course at all in its current condition. Especially what they are charging. I'm glad I got a discount using my Golfnow account. I was very disappointed.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Big disappointment

Golf Now kept telling us to try this course in our area (Amelia Island) so we drove 45 minutes down there and wished we hadn’t. Greens were unplayable, sanded, bumpy and just bad. This must have been a good course at one time, but was awful for us.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens need massive help

Love this course layout. Always challenging. But the greens were horrible.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

the greens are in really bad shape... the course is great to play, but the greens killed the short game

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Arnold is grieving

A lovely looking facility but the course conditions are awful. They lost the greens and they won’t recover anytime soon.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Struggling greens

The staff is very friendly. The course layout is great and is one of the few courses in the area that has some small hills on it. The course seemed a bit dry and hard but the disappointment is the greens. They are bumpy and dry. At some point they may need to be redone.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout, horrible condition

Great layout but they have lost their greens completely. It looks like they are working on the problem but right now unplayable at best. The fairways were not great either, many barren areas.

Played this course about 10 years ago and it was amazing. Was really looking forward to the round and was hugely disappointing.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Just terrible

It’s sad that this used to be such a great course. The greens are not playable. Should be be charging more than 20.00 to play for these conditions.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Patrick

Great course. Staff was very friendly. Would revisit without question. 🙋🏻‍♂️

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course decline

Played this course multiple times in the past and it was a premier track. I was back to Jacksonville for a visit after 5 years away and gave it a try. What a disappointment, the pro and superintendent should be ashamed of the condition the course is in. And they are still charging premium rate.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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