The Golf Club at Hilton Head Lakes

It's apparent that Hilton Head Lakes does nothing to mitigate poa annua infestation on their greens as once again they are coming it. It's like playing plinko, watching the ball bounce and move around. Suggest avoiding this course till the poa dies off in early summer.

The course layout is very good nice conditions, except the greens are horrendous, so bad , staff are good EXCEPT THE Woman on check in so rude condensing, the group of us pre paid pre checked in I even showed her my reservation that was pre paid I had to show her my bank account before she actually accepted us, she was rude about our English accents and couple of Korean people with us. UNBELIEVABLE.

Great layout, wide open fairways. Friendly staff. Absolutely the WORST GREENS I have even played on. Poa annua infested and no chance of making a putt outside 5 feet. Stay away until the heat kills it iff

The course layout is beautiful. The fairways are nice as well as the Yee boxes. The greens are horrible with poa anna grass making putting almost impossible, penalizing the golfer. That is why I would not recommend it to anyone at the moment.

The woman in the golf shop was rude. She did not believe our party was here because all of us did not come in

I told her we rode together and I had prepaid. She insisted that this was not proper check in procedure.

I do not normally do this, but this course is in abominable shape currently. I've played there before in summer, so I figured its a nice course that does not break the bank, so lets bring guests there. In the end I refunded them their money out of my own pocket, It was embarrassing. To start, bag drop no one was there (it was mid morning, no excuse), we took our bags out and put them in the rack. They did load them on to a cart when we went inside, then expected a tip (hand was out) Sorry, nope, you weren't there to do your job. Check in was ok, zero personality, if you don't like your job, get another one. No starter in site for over 30 minutes, so we finally gave up and went out. Pace was slow due to one group of 4 women who we caught after 4 holes, and they started almost 40 minutes ahead of us. We had many holes where there were 4 groups on them. Them on the green, us in the fairway, a group on the tee, and then a group sitting in their carts behind them waiting. Never ever saw the ranger, though we found them and their cart at the clubhouse after. Fringe and greens were an absolute mess with Pua Annua grass, every putt bounced the entire way to the hole. Un-puttable. Bag drop at the end, the staff were finally attendant, and they asked how things went, and my wife, told them that was the worst course I've ever played. The attendant apologized and stated they know they are having a large problem with the greens and tee boxes. (So, charge less for now!!!) Can't really argue, as the course itself was in bad bad shape overall. Does not look like they are taking any efforts right now to fix anything, yet charging the same as they do in the better seasons. I have played there in the summers and it is a nice course, but currently, I have already told many in the last 24 hours to not waste their money playing there right now.

Sorry to say I was very disappointed when I called the course today, not with the course itself but with the customer service! My wife and I come out here for Feb. and Mar, this is the only course we play more than once. I knew that for the last couple of years you have had an issue with the poa on the greens. I called today to see how the greens are this year were doing. The young lady who answered my call would not answer my question.All she would say was the course was in" good shape:, but refused to say anything about the greens. Again very frustrating from a course we loved to play!

Friend and I played yesterday set our tee time back and hour later than scheduled due to “frost” which is was 60 at 10am so most definitely no frost the greens was over ran with crab grass very bumpy never got a true line driving range was tight and rough and most of all pace of play was stupid slow took 6 hours to play 18 and we normally can play 18 in 3 maybe 4 if we working on our game so overall 4/10 for this course and the conditions

As a former golf course superintendent I am a little more critical in my evaluation. I always balance was the green fee paid in line with the course conditions? The fee was a little high for the quality of course.

First, the amount of Poa on the greens did affect the putting. With dormant greens grass this time of year it can’t be helped. However, a program to cut down on the amount of annual bluegrass should be started. Second, there were many tees in need of attention. Really, an easy fix if the will to improve is there along with the financial commitment. Finally, the condition of the rough grass could be improved. It was very inconsistent from hole to hole. Work on turf quality from the fairway to the tree line.

Also, pace of play needs to be addressed. Our round took 4:45 hours to complete. Started at approximately 10:20 am. Two very slow foursomes of ladies was the problem. Talked with marshall and he was clueless as to what to do about the pace of play.

Course is in nice shape for winter conditions. The grass is dormat on the greens and fairways. All the traps were groomed and in excellant condition. While the layout is fairly flat, you can't walk this course on account the distance between holes is HUGE. ( yes , really far)

Besides having a very friendly staff, the fairways are 2 to 2 1/2 times wider than your normal course ( no-joke) and at times there are bump-outs to the right side of the fairways for right-handed slicers. I swear, I felt I was teeing up on the driving range just about everytime. At the end of the day, a fairly easy but long course.

You can really grip & rip here, if you wish and likely to find your ball on a bad slice. Water looks to come into play a lot, but it actually did not. I hit so many greens in regulation today (12) because the Greens are super-sized too, but never came close to having a chance at a makable birdie. So lots of pars , ZERO birdies and more 3-putts than I wish I had. Recommend playing.

I’ve played here previously and reviewed it positively.

I'm happy to say it continues to be good value for the money. Checking in was easy, unfortunately the driving range was closed so no warmups. The starter “Al” was welcoming and gave us few tips on some of the holes, even escorting us to the first tee.

The course was in good shape and greens were fast/consistent with fluffy sand in the bunkers. The course is very forgiving and pretty flat providing consistency of play. Unless you’re lucky enough to encounter the alligators along the course. We saw three!

The front nine has lots of home’s laid compared to the back nine which is more scenic.

We were a twosome and waited to tee off on every hole for the twosome in front to clear. It wasn’t a big deal since there weren’t any gaps and the weather was great. If it gets more busy on weekends, I can imagine they might need a course Marshall to keep things moving along.

We’ll return while trying to avoid the busier times

I got this course on a local Groupon. It had rained overnight, but not a lot. I was fine with cart path only but it was a warning when they had the driving range closed, and those tees are high. My drive on number 1 was pretty good and I didn't expect much roll...after I trampled through standing water to my ball, there it sat next to its divot. Second shot, same thing (par 5). Basically the first three holes were unplayable. Not only that, it had been so wet they hadn't been able to mow in days which really showed the multitude of grasses in the fairway, including a bunch of crabgrass. After 9 holes, my shoes and socks were gooshing water out with every step. I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt, but on the way back to the condo I stopped at 2 other courses and jumped on fairways near the road and they were fine. No casual water.

I don't know what Tom Fazio was thinking. I visited Pete Dye's Harbour Town Golf Links today and in his cool little museum, there was an exhibit showing how much Pete valued good drainage. Fazio needed that lesson.

The course layout was very playable. The course conditions were fair. Significant amount of crabgrass, even on the greens, effecting putting. Tee boxes could use attention. Yet did enjoy playng the course

Much better condition then 6 weeks ago , there were no weeds on the range this time. Clubhouse food selection could be better, same employee checks you in for food and makes the food. Very friendly staff but seems odd process

WEATHER WAS GOOD, THE COURSE WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE.