LPGA International - Hills Course

The course should have been closed, everything was terribly wet. Every tee shot stopped dead in the fairway, one shot landed and it took me ten minutes to find it as it buried itself. No ball wash stations so my clubs and balls were completely muddy the whole round as my towel was covered in dirt. My feet were soaked and it just wasn't worthwhile. A lot of the sand traps were underwater or the bottoms were hard sand from water. Thanks for taking my money, sometimes you just need to shutdown for a few days to let things dry out.

The Hills course is harder of the 2. Played the Jones course earlier in week. Still lacking in the small details you get from really nice resorts. It was raining off and on all day, so not much I can say on the course. This is the LPGA International and they did not have women’s rental club available. They said prior to us coming that they did have lady’s rental clubs but they were just men’s. I confirmed with the guys in the cart barn and they said no women’s sets. Disappointing that LPGA would not cater for women at all. Still would come back and play golf here.

Course was well manicured, as always. Played behind Stetson University’s golf tryouts today. Even though we caught them often, pace of play was still under 4 hours to get round in. They were polite and even asked if we wanted to play through. I hope they all make the team.

If you are new to the area this facility is the best Daytona has to offer. I highly recommend playing here.

It was a great day except for the 4 drunks ahead of us.

This course is in great shape and the greens were near perfect and quick. There is major land clearing going on the entire front 9 which ruins the beauty of the course and they were burning giant piles of trees and brush and it was almost a health concern breathing in the thick smoke on many of the holes.

Impeccable conditions on a fairly challenging layout. Good pace of play. Great staff.

Best course I’ve ever played. Fairways and greens were in excellent condition.

The LPGA is my favorite 2 courses and I play these often. However on Saturday had a bad expiernce with a 4 some ...They were holding up 4 groups on the back nine on the Hills course . They were the slowest group I have ever experience in 30 years of playing golf. When we asked if we could play thru since we were just a 2 some ...they told us to F off.

If you like small geeens, thick rough, deep bunkers and a tough test- this is the course for you. It is much tougher than the Jones course. It is playable but tough. Miss the fairway and the rough is penal, short side your approach and the green slopes will leave you a 30 footer for par.

This course is one of the best marked in Florida, the tees have the distance to hazards and bunkers clearly labeled.

The restaurant has excellent food and drinks

The practice area is one of the best in the state.

The only thins that could be improved are the carts- no gps and they need to be updated and the removal the native areas. It’s sad to see the native areas being cleared for additional home construction. I get the need to make money off the raw land, but it does take away from the course for those who remember what is was like just a year ago.

Regardless- if you like a great test and a nice lunch- this is the place to go.

If you want a challenge this is a course for you deep rough and postage stamp greens.