Shandin Hills Golf Club

This course used to be much better a couple of years ago, but it has significantly declined since then. The fairways are now mostly dirt, rocks, and weeds, with no greenery in sight. The greens are completely damaged—just sand with so many patches that it’s impossible to roll the ball straight without hitting numerous bumps that throw off its direction.

The marshal is very rude, and they are cramming in too many players at once, which slows down the pace of play. For example, they let a group of five play ahead of a twosome, causing unnecessary delays. There’s no cart service, and the lunch staff is unfriendly, with a particularly bad attitude. Overall, it feels like the employees here are unhappy with their jobs, and it shows.

Course had plenty of tee times available. Now I know why. Club house looks like it’s going out of business, staff not really that friendly, course was in horrible condition. Tee boxes were never level or in good shape, greens were all patchy-half dead and diseased with divot marks everywhere. Impossible to putt on most greens. Standing water everywhere, including in the middle of multiple fairways. Layout is terrible and cart paths start and end with no consistency or reason, making it impossible to find each tee box easily. Pace of play was great on a Tuesday afternoon (probably because the course is not well maintained at all).Golf carts don’t have GPS (not a game changer issue) but they are the slowest and weakest powered carts of all time. Range balls were shockingly good, so that was a win. Also, the deal once included a free hot dog and soda at the turn, but that deal must be dead because the food and beverage stand was closed at 3:00 in the afternoon.

I started with single player and slowly worked my way up to multiplayer. It was all good value for money.

it was dried up the greens were spotted with unhealthy grass a lot of leaves bunkers were as hard as cement.

Never seen the greens so bad they looked like a KOA lot

Horrible like they don’t care different grass growing in spots all over

They use to have some ok good greens they let it go Whispering Lakes in Ontario has fairways that aren’t the best but at least they put pride into the greens.

Very nice layout. Lots of bunkers here, greens were fast. Lot of downhill holes. Overall fun and easy.

I really like the course but the condition of the course really needs work. The greens are the worst I've seen, The sand is so hard I would'nt even call it sand and the course is filled with mud and dead spots everywhere. I really think it has a lot of potential but I imagine it would cost a lot which seems to dictate how courses look which is understandable.

I recently played a round of golf at Shandin Hills Golf Club, a city-owned course that once held promise but now seems to be neglected. Unfortunately, the experience left me disappointed and frustrated, as the course’s management appears to be running it into the ground, possibly to benefit their other golf interest across town, Arrowhead Country Club.

When we arrived, we were shocked by the condition of the greens. The photos above give a glimpse of what we encountered: patchy, diseased, and poorly maintained surfaces that made putting a nightmare. The greens were riddled with bare spots, dead grass patches, and an uneven texture that no golfer should have to endure. It’s clear that little to no effort has been made to keep these greens playable.

On a previous occasion our group had booked an event at Shandin Hills well in advance, yet the management seemed to go out of their way to encourage us to switch our event to Arrowhead Country Club. It felt like a push to steer golfers away from Shandin Hills and over to their other property. This tactic seemed unethical—especially since we had already committed to playing here.

It’s disappointing to see a public course, which should be maintained for the enjoyment of the entire community, apparently treated as an afterthought. The neglect at Shandin Hills is apparent, and it’s a shame that the management is prioritizing their private interests over the upkeep of this city-owned property.

Until significant improvements are made, I would recommend avoiding Shandin Hills and taking your game to a course that values its patrons and maintains its facilities responsibly.

This should be the time crab grasses uprooted so most of the greens be back to normal once the regular grasses recover. The fairways are not bad, it’s a good place to judge and evaluate your driving accuracy. The time slot for hot deals allow completion of round with plenty of time