Hillcrest GC
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3.7
2608 Reviews (2608)
5 Stars
462
4 Stars
1056
3 Stars
654
2 Stars
272
1 Stars
164
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
81.9%
Recommend this course
2017 out of 2608 reviews
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3.9
72 Reviews (72)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
36
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
86.1%
Recommend this course
62 out of 72 reviews
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3.8
130 Reviews (130)
5 Stars
34
4 Stars
59
3 Stars
25
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.6
85.4%
Recommend this course
111 out of 130 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
2608 Reviews (2608)

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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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Water hazards

Hole 4 and beyond beware of the water hazards. If you keep out of the water you can put together a nice score for a 20 or higher handicap player.

I like playing this course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 110
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

course needs work, as usual. Would be a very nice course if they would take care of it. Greens are tough.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Too slow

We had a 7:10 AM teatime and expected a good pace. The group in front of us was at least three holes behind. And the course Marshall is nothing. Way too slow for the third group out. Otherwise, the course is fine.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful challenging course, serious potential

Loved the layout of this course. Had some interesting challenges on every hole. Grounds could have been in better condition, maps on each tee box would be helpful. Carts were awesome

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Your Golfing

Yes your golfing, this course is a little hidden gem as it challenges your game with hitting good tee shot as if you don’t your creating obstacles that will add strokes. FIR are fairly easy as this course plays short so if you a long hitter blue I’d the way to go…some of the greens are drivable even from the blue. Good water features and friendly staff. Second time playing and will visit again as a secondary choice when needed.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fall Post Reseeding Review

Wonderful friendly staff. Played early afternoon on a very busy day, ready for 4 1/2 hr round. Well maintained practice area. Good value for this time of the year. Beautiful views from the back nine.

Impressed by course tee time management with the placement of a starter at the first tee box. Although “cart path only”, the rough on this course, play moved at a good pace. The back nine still has some wet and mud areas from the last storms and large patches of grass clippings. Definitely would play again in November when regular play resumes.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Reseeding too early

All courses try to be the first to reseed so they can optimize there revenues,

Cart part only, more dirt than grass!

Greens so slow you need a driver instead of a Putter.maybe 7 or 8 on the stent.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Great practice facility

I’ve played this course two times now. The course is always in pretty decent condition right now. They are cartpath only because of seating which is normal for the season so greens are super slow and fairway is like hitting in the first cut on all great golf course helps you dial-in on your irons as if you hit a bad first shot, you can always recover nicely. I would say this course is pretty forgiving with minimal at a balance, even with the water features they don’t come to play as a threat. Unless you’re like me and try to go for things you know you shouldn’t be doing.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Just opened from Overseeding

I enjoy the layout, but conditions were still recovering from the overseed.

The fairways were decent, but no carts on fairways, so lots of walking.

Greens were long and bumpy, untouched from overseed, and very slow! So slow it was hard to adjust.

I know the course will improves as everything has a chance to grow, so might be well to wait 2-3 weeks, let them start cutting the greens.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course for your money

4 of us played and we all enjoyed our game. The staff are lovely. This isn’t a great time to review course conditions ( reseeding) but we found it the course very playable and rough only carts wasn’t a big inconvenience.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 144
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golf course was rough

To start off, the staff at the clubhouse was amazing, but after that nothing else was. During our play, we were constantly having to avoid the green’s keepers. They were constantly around the greens that we were playing on which made it hard to play without avoiding them. They wouldn’t move and were mowing around the greens that we were putting on. We felt that we were an inconvenience to them. The fairways and greens were very rough. Not a great time.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Course was in terrible condition for a $50 tee time

Hit the fairway to show up on hard panned dirt, bunkers were hard panned or mud, ball marks all over the greens. Greens rolled terribly

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Played On
Reviews 144
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Slow greens

Great time playing with friends greens were slow kinda fuzzy Great staff nice course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice Course

It's a nice course though I was a little surprised that playing on Labor Day there was no "Drink Cart" available on the course for the day, nor was there any cold water anywhere on the course. Little disappointed for sure.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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