Hockley Valley Resort

I played with my sons today for Father’s Day. I’ve always enjoyed playing this course and today was no different except for the twosome in front of us. I have 3 sons and as a foursome we waited on these idiots all day. The cart girl over served them all day to point where they were actually falling down drunk in the 18th fairway. Shame on the course management for not directing staff on the proper way to say no to guests who obviously don’t know how to do so themselves.

It really turn what should have been a memorable day with my sons into a forgettable, lets not play this course again nightmare

Not great value for money, not interested in playing this course again. Cart paths are not properly maintained and are dangerous

Be aware this is a convention / resort complex with a golf course. A challenging layout, IMHO for regular golfers, not casual / first timers. Would not suggest walking unless very fit. Two negatives to be aware of, tee boxes are not regularly maintained and the greens are not smooth. They have significantly increased the rack rate this year with no additional features or benefit to the golfer.

The course is well kept and challenging, staff was super friendly, but the pac of play was extremely slow we had to wait 5-10 min at each hole before hitting our tee shots, no marshal in sight to help keep pace of play.

Hot take.. might be McBroom’s best. We played tips (I’m a 9 index and hit my 3 wood about 260-280 consistently). Course plays VERY long due to elevation changes and tasteful doglegs. I struggled to break 90. Might wanna play tees one ahead of what you think. *Grain of salt: I did just come off a canoe trip and was 3 weeks outta practice.*

You will have mixed feelings when you first dawn your presence at hockley.

Reasonably straightforward to get to/from places prior to being on the course. No range. Carts included on a quite hilly course which is nice. Proshop employee took about two minutes too long to grab a clif bar and Gatorade. Didn’t give them to me until she had both receipts clipped and filed. By the way the cost 11 or 12 dollars. So yeah. Bring your own snacks.

Met three maintenance crew members. Two were awesome and warned us about the geese attacking if we’re near their goslings (we had already been in a kerfuffle with one). There was one employee who returned our smiles and waves with just a scowl and a shake of the head as he passed us in his toro. Put a bad taste in our mouth as we got up to the first tee. The guy we were paired with was awesome (shout out my awesome GolfNow Community!).

Silver lining.

We smoked cigars and enjoyed one of the most beautiful and difficult McBroom courses out there. Amazing conditions. Will be back in a heartbeat. We saw two other groups while we were out there.. like a private course.

Enjoy Hockley!

Very good course. Beautiful scenery. Love to come back in the fall. Only improvement that I like is speed of the green tends to be slower than I like. I would expect a faster green. Otherwise everything was perfect.

Well built, very unique layout, definitely worth the look, staff very accommodating got a rain check well kept condition

I enjoyed playing Hockley Valley as much as any course I’ve played in a Very long time.

The challenge and variety of holes is great and the par 3’s are fun.

The only small downside was that there was no starter so it was a bit confusing on the first tee. I assume this was only because it is early in the season.

A premium golf corse with very challenging and very tough holes, a good layout well designed will return

I’d been told about this course and had a great 1st sexy. Challenging but playable. Beautiful under the fall colours and great conditions for late season

The grass “sand traps” are different

I’ll be back!

Heard great things about this course. Playing was believing. Challenging but playable. The grass bunkers were different but naturally I did not hit one all round.

Great condition overall especially for the maybe last round of the season

Had a great round of golf ⛳️ challenging par 3 very impressive, it will be on my must play course in the future

90 minute frost delay affected t times. Too difficult for average golfers. Very pretty with fall colours.