Olympia Hills Golf Course

The course is in good condition following The renovations. There are still some spots that are thin, but it is winter time. One of the friendliest staffs you will meet. Highly recommend playing this challenging 18 holes.

Our foursome left after 7 holes. 1 pm tee time. Started backing up after 4 holes. We waited 20 minutes to tee off on 8 and finally gave up. Since the parking lot was nearby, we just left in frustration. Never saw a Marshall.

Excellent, challenging course. The new greens are an improvement, albeit still a little rough around the edges. And they are brutal, lots of slope to deal with which is challenging for me as a new golfer. Love playing this course, but the marshals are too nice and could do a better job of getting slower players to pick up the pace. It's a muni, I get it, but c'mon people... when you see a group waiting at the tee box, stop looking for your lost ball, drop and hit, and pick up those short putts. If you are slow and know it, lwave faster groups through... it makes things better for everyone! :)

Course was pretty good for the winter season..greens were a little interesting , but okay!

Over the summer, it became well known in the SA golfing community that Olympia Hills was going to redo their greens due to a problem that killed the grass.

This was my first time there since they redid those greens. What i will say is that certain aspects of the course remain constant. The tee boxes have some spots where you need a hammer to get your tee into place, the fairways are in good shape and some holes have hills to help keep your ball in the short grass (like #2) and the bunkers are hit and miss. Some have something resembling a dirt/rock mixture and others have sand. (I am not ruining my clubs in those dirt/rock bunkers).

But the greens...brother...the greens rolled inconsistently. Slow on some, slower on others, moderately quick on still others. I watched one of my playing partner's balls roll and hop and roll and hop about five times on a routine 8 foot putt.

Fortunately this is one of my favorite tracks to play so I will be back but guys...three things...

1) Water or treat your tee boxes

2) Train your deer and wildlife to clean up the bunkers after they go through there

3) Put some more sand down on those greens and level them a little. Just please take the bumps out of it.

I love playing this course because it is close to home and is challenging for me as a beginner golfer. Long driving range, chipping green and putting greens available. Three ball bucket sizes available, range balls are yellow. The layout is nice, lots of different shaped holes to keep it interesting. As a high handicap, many of the greens are just brutally sloped, as well as heavily protected by bunkers. Many of the bunkers are in bad shape and need new sand. Part of the problem is that they use tractors to rake the sand at night, but they end up compacting it all. Some of the bunkers are almost solid, no way for me to learn how to get out in those conditions. Be sure to stay on the fairways because off of them the ground is very rough, dry, rocky, etc. Recent droughts have really taken their toll on the outer areas. Staff is friendly, marshals are nice, probably too nice actually because slow play seems to be the biggest issue when the weather is nicel Marshals could be more strict about getting slower groups to play faster, encouraging them to pick up shots, not take extra swings, etc. I think pricing a round at $78 is steep given the conditions, twilight rates are much better. If only Universal City would provide some more funding to improve course conditions. Bunker sand is expensive, but severely needed. (I suppose I could get better to avoid them in the first place.)

Greens were nice fairways were decent. My only complaint would be the bunkers but from the looks of it they are in the works! After that it’s gonna be an awesome course for a decent price!

First time I played with the new greens. They are a definite improvement.

The fairways, especially the back nine, need attention. Holes 17 & 18 have a lot of bare dirt where grass should be.

Staff has been very helpful every time I’ve played the course or used the practice facility.

The staff has done such a great job bringing this course back to life. So some respect and repair your ball marks on the greens ROOKIES!!!!!