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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7002 yards | 72.7 | 126 |
| Blue | 72 | 6574 yards | 70.3 | 123 |
| White | 72 | 6381 yards | 69.1 | 116 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6381 yards | 75.0 | 126 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5864 yards | 67.3 | 113 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5512 yards | 70.7 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.2/125 | 371 | 354 | 203 | 547 | 425 | 368 | 534 | 151 | 327 | 3280 | 495 | 374 | 343 | 518 | 208 | 393 | 425 | 258 | 456 | 3470 | 6750 |
| Blue M: 70.5/119 | 352 | 338 | 189 | 532 | 411 | 359 | 518 | 140 | 321 | 3160 | 480 | 361 | 333 | 505 | 191 | 355 | 411 | 229 | 439 | 3304 | 6464 |
| White M: 68.8/114 W: 75.1/124 | 333 | 323 | 175 | 516 | 397 | 350 | 502 | 129 | 315 | 3040 | 475 | 348 | 322 | 492 | 174 | 334 | 396 | 214 | 422 | 3177 | 6217 |
| Gold M: 67.1/112 W: 73.1/120 | 314 | 307 | 161 | 501 | 294 | 340 | 486 | 117 | 309 | 2829 | 461 | 335 | 312 | 479 | 157 | 313 | 382 | 199 | 405 | 3043 | 5872 |
| Red M: 65.3/110 W: 70.5/119 | 295 | 292 | 147 | 485 | 288 | 331 | 470 | 106 | 305 | 2719 | 446 | 292 | 301 | 424 | 139 | 291 | 363 | 184 | 355 | 2795 | 5514 |
| Handicap | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
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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
Fairways and greens were in good shape but bunkers were awful. All in all bang for your buck was not bad at all!
Always fun
I have played Hillcrest about a dozen times in the last couple of years and it is always fun. Great design, challenging greens and lots of elevation change especially on the back 9. Fairways and greens are in great shape. 4 1/2 hours today. Will play here again!
Bunkers a problem
Bunkers were basically ground under repair; i.e., unplayable.
lawn mower frenzy
Well if you like to golf and swing your club with not 1 but 2 lawn mowers chasing you down, this is the place. If you like to golf and swing your ball among a lawn sprinkler and get wet, this is also your place. Although the front end staff was very friendly. I was shocked at the lawn mower etiquette happening here. You travel to go on vacation and pay good money to have this. You feel they don’t care about your experience. I would never go here again. Apparently yet talking to a local gentleman, this is the only course where they feel they are able to disrupt your golf game and they don’t care.
challeging
it is a long and wide course where you can use driver on all par 4s and 5s, greens are challenging and an old professional tour stop. great prices as well.
Nice place needs a little tlc
This course has some nice holes that will challenge any golfer. They need to
Mow the rough better, some holes yardage is way off. The overseesing is done and the greens look great. I’ll be back in three weeks and expect things to be better
Great time
Course is in great shape after the reseed. Staff was fantastic course does need new sand in the bunkers we played rake and place. Great time
Here me out
The course was definitely recently seeded for winter so it was under some rough conditions, but the back 9 was worth it. The front was 9 was almost unacceptable how wet and poor it was. All in all, I am a beginner and was grateful to have a course that was cheap. Lastly, GolfNow somehow isn’t connecting with this course, so beware because the front desk receptionist couldn’t find our reservation, even though I had the rate and times to prove. The employee made it right and even saved us a few dollars on the tee time.
Lose balls in the overgrown fairways
Fairways were mowed so high your ball can disappear and not be found. Granted: early morning light and playing a yellow ball, but this was like 1st cut of rough deep. Greens were correspondingly slow. Driving range boxes were on an uphill... all of them! Can't believe the members stand for this.
Goat Track
Bunkers were mud and unplayable. Greens were super slow. Fairway grass as long as the rough. None of the landscaping is kept up including the palm trees. I could see where this course would have some potential but I would not recommend playing there unless you are a beginner or a hack.
Poor conditions for a “golf” course
“Fairways” were mowed like rough in most places I’ve ever played in this country, deeper than first cut of rough in most places I’ve played. It was early morning and I lost 3 balls in the fairway because I played a green ball that would drop down halfway in the deep fairway grass. Imagine trying to closely watch every shot you hit because you know you won’t find it. Bunkers filled with water. Greens mowed like normal fairways, so slowwwww. Driving range boxes we’re on an uphill… ridiculous for trying to get your distance for the day. Ridiculous to have to hunt for your ball after every single shot except when it was visible on the green. Staff was nice. Course conditions were poor beyond belief.
Sand traps
The sand traps are the scores need a lot of work. The scorecard yardage is so far off as to be ridiculous
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