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 |
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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 |
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Black M: 72.9/126 | 363 | 365 | 228 | 582 | 430 | 372 | 547 | 152 | 454 | 3493 | 518 | 370 | 345 | 536 | 212 | 397 | 432 | 267 | 466 | 3543 | 7036 |
Blue M: 70.9/121 | 347 | 346 | 212 | 552 | 407 | 353 | 524 | 144 | 430 | 3315 | 482 | 356 | 325 | 515 | 190 | 368 | 404 | 236 | 430 | 3306 | 6621 |
White M: 69.0/116 | 325 | 320 | 181 | 512 | 392 | 345 | 510 | 135 | 413 | 3133 | 462 | 340 | 319 | 500 | 168 | 347 | 392 | 200 | 420 | 3148 | 6281 |
Gold M: 67.3/114 | 296 | 313 | 162 | 505 | 295 | 337 | 493 | 121 | 308 | 2830 | 445 | 323 | 309 | 490 | 155 | 337 | 383 | 190 | 402 | 3034 | 5864 |
Red W: 70.5/119 | 292 | 292 | 148 | 482 | 282 | 333 | 480 | 111 | 303 | 2723 | 436 | 287 | 300 | 444 | 137 | 285 | 365 | 180 | 355 | 2789 | 5512 |
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 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
The greens were ok but the rest of the course was in horrible condition. I’ve played a few other Sun City West courses recently and gave them all a pretty big thumbs up. Hillcrest should be an embarrassment to Sun City West. For $62 some will say it’s inexpensive but I feel I overpaid by $40. Visually I felt I was playing golf in a landfill with some patches of green.
Nice track
The grass is green from tee to green, dried out outside of the rough. We hadn’t played here for a number of years but had heard it was getting revitalized: true, and the layout is still fun and challenging. Staff was friendly and the rate was decent so we booked another round for 48 hours later. Have you seen the weather around the rest of the country?? Get yet butt out there anywhere!
If you are not fussy
Keep the ball up the middle and fairway, you are on green grass the entire round. Greens were in good shape. Sand traps were hard as the cart path. Did not give at all when you walked into them. Pace of play was quite good. Picked this course because it was affordable and being our first round for 2025, I didn't want to hit the more expensive ones. Would I go back? No. Has some challenging holes. Pretty easy track to play. Hard to lose a ball here. Biggest hazard is a few ponds. You have to hit an errant shot that goes haywire to lose a ball here. Good course for the higher handicap players.
Fairway ok but bad next to it
Fairway ok but bad next to it, means you should have perfect control of your balls otherwise you have to play from waste areas.
2/14/25 Round
Really like the layout, greens are in excellent condition, tee boxes are good. Fun course to play. The staff members are very friendly.
Needs some work
As long as you were on the green grass things were great. Unfortunately, there were a lot of areas off the fairway that were just dirt with no grass at all.
Good course
This was our fourth time golfing this course. Staff is friendly. Course is fairly easy. Course is in good shape. Weather was cold and staring to sprinkle.
Fun day
The greens were consistent. Too much bird poop on a few of the green…putting was difficult at best.
Fairways were good too! Sand traps still need work.
Staff was very friendly! Thanks for a good time.
Finally a course the pace was perfect
Happy to have found this spot. Will definitely be back
Great time
Played with 2 great guys the 4 some in front were very slow wouldn't let us play through. Nice course I favorite place to play. Great staff
Great greens!
Greens are some of the best I've played in awhile. Rest of the course is just ok.
No Bueno
This is possibly the worst course I've ever played in Arizona. They should all be wearing masks because it feels like I was robbed....
Day in the sun!
What a beautiful course! They have water in Arizona !!! My Daughter and I played with two Men that had been friends for over 50 years. Both served our great Country! Pace of play was great . Staff were very kind . We lost a chipper. ( left it on hole 9 ) called the club house .. by the next hole it was delivered to us !
Good first round.
Was our first round of 2025, having played here many times before enjoyed the course. Some tee boxes were better than others, anything off the fairway can be very thin and dry and the sand traps were very hard and dry. Our pace was good getting done in 4 hours, with a little waiting on several holes.
If you can get it for a reasonable price it is well worth playing
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