Branson Hills Golf Club

We played it on a Sunday in mid-October, and the trees were turning. Beautiful setting and course. The greens were a bit rough and had bare spots. Had rained the night before, so no carts on fairways. Very slow pace and crowded. Overall, a good experience, but a too long for this senior, even from the senior tees (and I wouldn't be caught dead playing from the ladies tees).

Tight and narrow. Miss the fairway and you're either in long rough....or on rocks. Many greens are similar on one side or the other.

Don't be intimated by distances....more of your shots are downhill versus uphill. I usually play tees in the low 6,000's. Fellow I played with urged me to try the blues.....6,700. Due to downhill nature of the holes, really played less than 6,700.

Everything about this course is first class. Our foursome from Iowa were in agreement that the grass on the fairways was like playing on lush carpet.
Every course has one disappointment.... and the fact the carts did not have gps systems was a bummer!
Our group will play Payne Stewart again next year.

beautiful layout. greens are difficult to read but not used to this type green. overall experiance was enjoyable.

Payne Stewart is my alltime favorite golf course. It amazes me that it isn't even the top rated Branson course by some of the golf magazines. There is no close second in my book. I understand that work needs to be done to maintain the course, but I'm disappointed that I saw some of it. I won't let that keep me from coming back. There is a group of us that plays several rounds there each spring and it's always fantastic! I hate that I can't give this 5 stars right now

The course layout is great. No two holes look alike. No two shots the same. Plaques that tell some of Payne Stewart's life story & memorable shots are on each tee and very interesting. Easy to see why it's a top raked Missouri course.

We enjoyed playing this course. We felt that hole #1 needed some improvements. The approach shot was very difficult. We liked the variety of holes, both long and short. Some of the holes provided options for your tee shots and approach shots which made it interesting. We would play it again.