Hillcrest Golf Club at Sun City West
About
Hillcrest Golf Club possesses a championship length course that offers a great variety of game options with five sets of tees. The course has a traditional design that features open fairways lined with trees, which put a premium on straight shots. The greens vary greatly with some that are relatively flat and medium sized and others that are quite large and dramatically sloped or multi-tiered. In addition to several sand bunkers, water hazards in the forms of lakes and ponds come into play. The signature hole is the par-5 13th, which has been touted by the Phoenix Gazette as being on of the best holes in the state. Hillcrest Golf Club not only has a dogleg around a lake, the hole requires an approach shot uphill to a green that is guarded by eight bunkers.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by patarizona on 06/03/2026
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Photo submitted by patarizona on 06/03/2026
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Photo submitted by patarizona on 06/03/2026
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Photo submitted by patarizona on 06/03/2026
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Photo submitted by Pat2226859 on 06/03/2026
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Photo submitted by Pat2226859 on 06/03/2026
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Photo submitted by Pat2226859 on 06/03/2026
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Photo submitted by Pat2226859 on 06/03/2026
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Photo submitted by MrAwesome03 on 01/18/2026
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Photo submitted by GogolfJG on 02/19/2024
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Photo submitted by GogolfJG on 02/19/2024
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Photo submitted by GogolfJG on 02/19/2024
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Photo submitted by u000004961551 on 02/27/2023
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Photo submitted by docuwize on 12/29/2022
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Fun Day with new Golf Buddies!! Photo submitted by Graybeard1440 on 12/03/2022
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Photo submitted by wwjd12 on 07/10/2022
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Photo submitted by u416417810 on 05/03/2022
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Photo submitted by Keith9843006 on 02/27/2022
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Beautiful par 3 hole Photo submitted by GolfingGemini on 11/10/2021
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Photo submitted by u284945905 on 05/01/2021
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Photo submitted by George7004813 on 05/01/2021
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Photo submitted by Douglas1964228 on 03/14/2021
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Photo submitted by Rogueballardite on 01/11/2021
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Photo submitted by holtrod1 on 12/06/2020
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Downhill Par 3 Photo submitted by AZKoehn on 04/29/2020
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Photo submitted by AZKoehn on 04/28/2020
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Spectacular resort setting design. Photo submitted by AZKoehn on 04/28/2020
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Great Layout - lots of challenging, interesting holes. Photo submitted by AZKoehn on 04/28/2020
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Photo submitted by bknigh on 05/23/2019
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Photo submitted by SASandLLS on 12/16/2017
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Photo submitted by SASandLLS on 12/16/2017
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Photo submitted by SASandLLS on 12/16/2017
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Loved these palms behind one of the greens. Photo submitted by gailmaher on 03/18/2013
Golfer Reviews
First time at Hillcrest
Pace could have definitely been better. Not much the course could have done but the single golfer that joined our group shouldn’t play with others going forward. Would have loved to enjoy the round but with this person it was tough. Will go back and recommend, just hopefully not to get paired up with that gentlemen again.
Bare spots & 8 inch rough
For a course with so MANY bare spot, it's surprisingly EASY to lose your ball in the 8 inches of rough right next to it.... Walked OFF after 5 holes out was so bad. Do not recommend
No point in golfing here
Wanted to play a nice early morning round and I had been to Hillcrest before, I knew not to expect much but when I went before I had a decent time out there. Course wasn’t pristine but it was in good enough shape for a guy like me to play a round. This last time I went however was extremely disappointing, you want to support smaller courses like this but you wish they’d at least take some kind of pride in the shape of their golf course. I understand the Arizona summer brings challenges but they should be embarrassed if themselves for charging people $40 to play on this track. It might be worth $15 for 36 holes.
Better than expected
I know there are plenty of reviews stating lack of grass on the fairways and I experienced that a few months ago too, but that was not my experience this time. Recent rains must have helped in that area. Not perfect but very playable. Greens were a little slow but mostly in good shape. Bunkers are still bad, but they have done a little work on some of them to improve them. Not much sand so this is still the weakest link on the course in my opinion and most are not worth hitting out of. Still a good value for the money with a Hot Deal
Hillcrest
THe couse is in fair shape. The greens are ok but the fairways are pretty bare. Lots of areas without grass to hit off of. The staff were great as always.
The “Course” was “Course”
I booked a tee time at HillCrest in hopes that the course would be in better shape than the last time I played there, however, my hopes were unrealized! Each fairway had areas that were extremely burnt out and unplayable. In addition to that, the above ground sprinklers were on and the bare spots (and there were many) were soaking wet and muddy, thus we could not “play the ball as it lies”. The bunkers were “dirt filled” and, in some cases “muddy and wet”. It’s sad because the course layout is visually appealing and challenging, however the course conditions makes the layout irrelevant. With a little extra care this could be a pleasant day of golf. We’ll have to wait until and see if it’s ever afforded the “little care” it needs.
Fairways were a bit tattered but the greens were in great condition 👌.Really nice staff in the club house! CHEERS
Never again!
Never will golf here again. Horrible conditions and the woman in golf shop with short hair was rude and told me I could only golf front 9 smh no warning no heads up from Golf Now nothing. After driving over an hour I was forced to play and even that was a mistake. Horrible conditions and no excuses
Conditions terrible
First time playing course. It may be because of the summer time but the conditions on the course were just terrible. Mud everywhere, bunkers rock hard, standing puddles of water in bunkers and on fairways.
Tee boxes not set up, sprinklers on in the middle of the fairway(granted they did feel nice in the heat). We also got the unluckiness of doing a day where we had to play the front 9 twice since the back 9 was being aerated.