Hockley Valley Resort

I booked through Golfnow.I called to reschedule or get a raincheck due to inclement weather.

The lady how answered the phone denied me a raincheck citing the round was booked on golfnow

I drove 86km to the club to get the raincheck

If you book on golfnow, you only obtain a raincheck in person

Bizarre

Hadn’t played there in 20 years - but had fond memories. What a disappointment. Very poorly maintained and unwelcoming drop off area / pro shop. The kid just sat there as I pulled in….didn’t offer to help with the bags or the power court. He also bizarrely argued with me over whether my golfnow was prepaid - it was. Pro shop staff were ok. The starter was a jerk. They were aerating the putting green as we arrived so it was unplayable. Chipping area was closed and they don’t have a driving range. Ho hum.

As for the course itself, there are dramatic views and interesting hole designs. The greens were brutal having been aerated recently. The starter had assured us they were fine. They were a joke - ridiculously slow and bumpy. Appears they were also suffering from some kind of fungus. No GPS on the (old looking) power carts - particularly an issue given all the blind shots. No indicators for pin placements. Lot of guessing going on.

Come on Hockley, spend some money - very tired looking golf course / amenities.

Bring your “A” game. Tuff track but fair. Play the correct tees and enjoy the views…

Beautiful views on course. Tough. Bring lots of balls. lol. Good value for money

First time playing and the golf itself was very beautiful and real fun albeit with a bit of a wait (Sunday resort course, so no surprises there. No biggie). The golf staff were very welcoming and polite but the hotel staff during the post round drink ruined the experience.

Asked for a pitcher for convenience instead of the same 3x beers individually. Come to find out the pitcher is $11 more than the sum of the same 3x beers ($13/ beer vs $50/ pitcher) and when we brought this to the attention of the staff they just claimed there’s “nothing we can do” and should’ve made sure of the price before we ordered.

They then proceeded to berate our group publicly as the manager yelled loudly “just complain until you get what you want these days!” from another section of the restaurant. What was clearly an oversight by the restaurant management resulted in being openly yelled at by an employee who couldn’t simply see the error in simple math.

A simple issue became overblown to the point that nobody in the group will be able to bring up the golf without mentioning this experience.

Many thank to Joanne the starter.

Very friendly and hospitable.

Thoroughly enjoyed playing this tough coarse, if you are not hitting the ball straight that day say goodbye to your ball in most cases. I hadn’t played it in over ten years so I didn’t remember most of the holes. Will definitely go back this year as I would play four or five holes differently. Staff were very friendly and informative especially Ken the starter. The only downside side were a couple tee boxes were a little shewed up and a couple of greens had some kind of grass disease.

course had changed since last time we played it. sand traps eliminated but still a good test