Hillcrest GC
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3.7
2615 Reviews (2615)
5 Stars
463
4 Stars
1060
3 Stars
655
2 Stars
273
1 Stars
164
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
81.6%
Recommend this course
2022 out of 2615 reviews
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4.0
69 Reviews (69)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
36
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.6
87.0%
Recommend this course
60 out of 69 reviews
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3.8
135 Reviews (135)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
63
3 Stars
26
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.6
84.4%
Recommend this course
114 out of 135 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns praise for its challenging design, including well-contoured greens that reward thoughtful play. Friendly, accommodating staff and solid value for money make this Phoenix course a worthwhile booking.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 7002 yards
Slope 126
Rating 72.7

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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Course Details

Year Built 1978
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Greg Nash (1978) Jeff Hardin (1978)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "John Jacobs' Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Shirt with a collar as well as no denim bottoms

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.7
2615 Reviews (2615)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 32
Patio Dining 15
19th Hole Specials 11
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 80
Bunkers 73
Undulating Greens 50
This course/club is great for:
Locals 79
Seniors 54
Advanced Golfers 31
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 60
Convenient to the City 52
Worth the Drive 28

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Reviews 25
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Enjoyed the course, staff very friendly along with good food. Only complaint would be the bunkers, lots of rocks and no sand.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course design

Course just a few weeks from overseeding. Fairways still a bit soggy in some areas. Greens were beautiful. Love the championship feel of the course. Outside of the fairways can be a little rough, but to be expected coming from one of the hottest summers. I enjoyed the round and planning on getting another tee time next week.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 145
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Great time

Nice course sand traps need work. Played in 4 hours. Great time good people

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Perfect weather
Used cart

Used to be a great course

The greens, fairways and tee boxes were fine after just coming out of over seeding. The rest of the course has gone into disrepair....sadly. Some areas could be easily cleaned up plus a little armour-all on the carts would make a huge difference. It's a fun course to play and the green fees seem fair.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Value

Hillcrest offers challenging course and great overall experience. Truly a great value .

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good day. Too slow

Course is recovering from overseeding. Plenty of tough patches that seem to be improving. Huge negative was pace of play that marshall seemed indifferent to. Not sure I’d go back unless the rate was extremely affordable.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Horrible experience

This was by far the worst course I hve played at. The grass was bumpy, broken and the greens were not smooth. There is no evident cart path and you cannot drive on the fairways. The layout is wierd, confusing a bit and wind-y. The staff was not friendly and told us to pick up our balls 20 minutes before sunset because “they were closing”. Everything is very poorly taken care of to even the broken cement parking lot. Sad a place like this goes to ruins. Overall would never go back here and also the golf carts were gas which was a little stinkier than we anticipated.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great course

Course is coming along nicely from overseeing. Still no carts on fairway, so it slows things down some, but still done 4 hours.

Green a work in progress, bumpy and slow.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun Course - was set for overseeing

Fun Course - course was shutting down for overseeing so it is what it is. Staff was awesome and pace of play was good. Back 9 is fun.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Layout bad conditions

I love the layout of this course but the conditions are little to be desired. If this course had some real TLC it could become a very nice course again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 59
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

A little rough!

Course had just opened and you could not drive on the fairways, rough only which was better than the cartpath only. Greens were quite bumpy and the sand traps have not been touched yet and they were hard as rock and some were been taken over by grass. Still enjoyed the round. We were aware of the “rough only” conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not Good at All

Course was in rough shape. Greens recently over seeded and still lots of sparse spots. Hole 9 most of the green looks like the surface of the moon instead of a putting surface . Although I did not hit into a greenside bunker, most of them were complete mud and had a lot of standing water in them. If the course maintenance cannot even get the sprinklers to not water the bunkers it would seem they just really don’t care. We Let the rangers know about why pace of play was slow and they did nothing. We left at hole 14 at the 4-hour mark. Was completely ridiculous. Have played here for many years and doubt I will be back based off n this experience at $70 to play. Was highly disappointed

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 145
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Overseeding

Just opened from overseeing, No carts on fairway was an inconvenience, but understood. Made the day longer, lugging clubs and sand around to fill diverts.

Greens were slow and bumpy, as they have not have much chance to work on them.

Expect the conditions to improve in coming weeks, as this is a wonderful course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Hillcrest end of summer

The greens were in very good shape. You can tell the tee boxes had work done and are in very good shape. The fairways are in good shape and the best I've seen on this course during the summer. The bunkers are very hard and packed. I was told those will be worked on in a few months. Great value for the money.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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