Hawk's Landing Country Club

A great local course that has challenging long par 3. Course design is very well thought out. Greens were on the flat side but fast and true. Would play again

The tees, Fairways and greens were in good shape for so early in the season.

What a waste of $60! Where do I start?

- Carts are pieces of junk, with ripped seats and dirt piled up on them from the days and weeks without being cleaned.

- the t-blocks are actually dirt blocks. Meaning there's no grass on them and they are beat to death, clearly receiving no water in months.

- the bunkers are merely unmanicured dirt pits that kids play in a at the school yard.

- the greens are inconsistent and super dry in areas. I don't remember hitting a 75 yard wedge into any green that stopped without bouncing over.

- I asked the guy at the bar if there was water on the course, he didn't know the course... said there was a drink cart out there but you have to flag it down. After 4 hours of unhappy golf didn't see the drink cart once.

- I could keep going but, you get the idea. Needless to say I won't be returning. It's unfortunate because, it's a neat little layout, too bad they didn't put some of the money that they are ripping people off from back into the course!

Short course, but with several interesting holes. Course was in good shape. However, they had an outing with shotgun start and it backed everything up. We teed off 30 min late and then had to wait at every tee box for 5-10 minutes and on every fairway shot. In 4 1/2 hours, we only completed 15 holes. Hopefully, they plan better in the future.

I don’t usually write bad reviews but I feel I must with this course. The cost even with a “Hot Deal” was $48! The course and cart paths, when there were any were not good at all. My friend and I will save our money and never play this course again.

Hawk’s Landing makes a statement as a classic Geoffrey Cornish/Ted Robinson layout. Typically these holes play far closer to moderate than easy on the outward half; they often become difficult on the back nine. Two of the foundation posts on which this course was built were first its varied and imaginative bunkering, and second its optimal use of the site’s frequently rolling and bold terrain. Ten of the holes roll up or down sizable hills or hillocks. Fairways here are guarded throughout by mature fir and broad-leafed trees. I played the front side today; it doesn’t match the back for challenge, but it’s still well worth a spin. The bottom line is that this is a good-looking layout with some genuinely well-designed golf holes.

The fifth is one of the top holes here, a steeply downhill par-4 which is protected by hazards both left and right. The seventeenth, a driveable risk/reward hole, ends on a small hilltop, while the eighth, another four-par, follows up with a tough tee shot: it must be both long and well-placed to open up the green.

By the eighth hole, then, the course has fully hit its stride until conclusion.The best stretch may be the closing holes, fourteen through eighteen. For me, the signature hole is seventeen, which starts off with a stunning tee shot that must avoid water on the left, then demands an even more precise second shot where numerous hazards–including trees, water, and sand–must be eluded in the tight landing zone. Seventeen stands as a superior test of placement and accuracy.

Conditions:

Decent overall, yet with some real flaws. The greens, fringes and fairways were good. Tees in general lagged behind, while greenside areas and roughs were average at best (much of the rough seemed like it hadn’t been cut in some time). Bunkers were mostly poor. In general, this course has lost some of its luster, especially when compared to what it had been a couple of years ago, which was excellent in nearly every respect.

Some Conclusions:

Enjoyed my quick nine-hole round here today, despite some mild disappointments in the conditioning (let’s hope it returns to form). Still, this i’s a fine layout, increasing the intensity and challenges on the inward nine. The amenities, including a bar & grill, a driving range, and a good practice putting green, are also solid at Hawk’s Landing.

Tee boxes were in bad shape and greens inconsistent .

Golf carts had ripped seats with tape patching them. Tee boxes were beat up. The rough was high, which wasn't an issue, but it was all thick, heavy weeds. The speed on the greens were inconsistent.

Early morning time and course was not crowded,,, no waiting on majority of course, fairways were in good shape as were the greens, cart was clean and water was available on the course- would return to play again if there was a" Hot Deal", we played from the front tees and course distance was enough for us in this hot, humid weather