Hillcrest Golf Club at Sun City West

Hillcrest Golf Course is located conveniently for my wife and me. The course is quite well kept and will challenge any golfer. If you are in Sun City West give it a try. Wait until after the Super Bowl because prices have escalated.

When I arrived they said there was a frost warning from the night before as this was a hoax as it was only 39 degrees the night before. Then proceeded to my tee time at 2:00 pm when my original time was 1:30. It took 2 hours to play the first 6 holes. Never again. Would not recommend.

Nice course. Some dry patches but stay on fairway and you be golden

Always a great time at Hillcrest, pace was a little slow but hey its the season

Waited on every hole. Rangers on the course but I assume weren't interested in improving pace of play in the morning and created a mess in the afternoon. Some of the greens have ridiculous slope, which I assume doesn't help the pace of play. If you're even 5 yards off the fairway you're most likely playing off dirt. This is a tired course that is still super challenging from its PGA/LPGA tour stop days from years ago now.

Fun course, decently priced and almost always had available tee times.

Tee boxes looked terrible this week though.

The fairways were long, like they hadn't been cut in a week. The Greens were pretty good. I had forgotten that several of the greens have extreme slopes, making them quite a challenge. The tee boxes all seemed to be dome shaped, and the grass was long on them. The bunkers were overly firm, like they hadn't been groomed in quite a while. The overall course could just use routine maintenance.

This is a fun fun course. Bunkers are under repair so don’t expect to play all of them. I played off the good grass today and it was amazing.

The pace of play was fantastic. Did not see a ranger but all groups I saw were keeping up with the group in front of them. Only issues we had were the sand traps and we played them as ground under repair. They are working on the back 9 at this time. The other issue we encountered was the 1st cut around the green and the grass on the tee boxes. Both areas are a little long which makes it feel sticky. But all in all we’re we’re extremely please with the course.

The staff we encountered was very friendly and mad us feel welcome.

The course apparently has been around for a long time. The clubhouse guy gave us a short history and a player on the practice green did as well. We played with an older gentleman and had a really good time. The rough was pretty dead in spots but the fairways were good and the greens were ok. The course marshall also moved people along nicely. Its kind of sad that this needs to happen but it seems courses without someone on them really can have major time issues and the marshall was a nice guy but he definitely made his point to some folks. This course is kind of a nice hidden gem I think and we will play it again I'm sure!