Collins Hill Golf Club

My knocks on this course are the rough is too unforgiving. Multiple balls of mine were lost in it. The greens were in decent shape, but extremely slow. There was no drinking water on the course. The driving range was torn to shreds, and thus, had to hit off mats. There were only 10 or so lanes at the driving range.

The pros of this course include a very fun layout, fairways were in excellent shape. The back 9 is so much fun; very good for scoring. The turn is made by the clubhouse, prices of food and drink were good. There was a cart girl.

I have played CH over the years many times. It is a solid track, and this year the course is in good condition. The cart paths are so bad that you cannot drive on them, especially on the back nine. Our cart on this trip did not have brakes, which caused us quite a bit of discomfort during the round. Collins Hill needs to improve their course a bit more if they would like to continue to charge such high rates versus other tracks? I am sure to come back as I can play many places with better carts and non washed out paths for the same price.

Came on a Sunday afternoon and have played this course multiple times over the years. Began with some grumpy old guy with a clipboard claiming that my name wasn’t on the tee time list. Mentioned that perhaps it’s incorrect as I had booked online and the front desk was able to process my reservation with no issue. “This ain’t wrong” was the guy’s self-righteous response as he proceeds to then ignore me. Turns out the sheet was in fact wrong and I proceeded to play my round. Grumps avoided me after that. Whatever, staff not on the same page, it happens.

Course doesn’t allow for outside coolers or beverages, ok makes sense. Their own rules state that if you’d like to rent a cooler from them and fill it up with drinks from the shop, you can. When I inquired about renting a cooler, the kid behind the desk looks at me like I had three heads and says they don’t actually rent coolers. Show him the rule printed on the back of the scorecard sitting directly in front of him and the best he says he can offer then is a grocery bag of ice I can put drinks on. Christ.

95 degrees outside, no water coolers anywhere, or cart people selling drinks on the course so make sure to prepare accordingly for the heat because you’re on your own once you leave the clubhouse.

Cart path is non-existent in some places and very poorly maintained. Can see where players would repeatedly drive onto the course to avoid driving on the “path”.

What I can only describe as mini sand traps on the green on some holes.

It’s been a crappy neighborhood course for decades and still is so expectations are low, but the no water on the course or not allowing coolers, then providing no viable substitutions in this heat is asking for trouble.

The golf carts are nice though.

Overall course conditions were good. A couple of greens had issues with dead grass/dirt areas, but pin placements helped to keep those out of play for the most part. No marshall to help speed up play. It took over 4 1/2 hours for our round. Price was very reasonable for what you got.

This course is one of the most inexpensive in this area. So, for that reason, it is a good value. That being said, there are some basic things that could/should be improved. When I played there was no starter which is not an issue in and of itself. However, the day I played the cart rules were "cart path only". Since no one was there to let us know that, their GPS carts shut off on us when we drove on the fairway to our balls. So, we had to push the carts back to the path. Also, the cart paths themselves are brutal. They need to be repaired/replaced. But that is the worst of it . . . which is not too bad. Overall, the course is nice. It has a good variety of easy and challenging holes. Again, good value for an inexpensive green fee.

Course is regularly in decent shape and pace of play was good despite it being a holiday weekend. Greens were slow and I'd love to see some attention paid to the cart parks. But it keeps my chiropractor busy!

9am tee time on a Friday. Was paired up with A guy who works part time at the course. Finished the round in 3 1/2 hrs.
Staff was vey friendly. Good budget track to play!

I have been playing this course with 3 of my friends almost weekly for a couple of years. The course is now in the best shape is has ever been. Almost all the greens are free of bare spots and the fairways are well maintained. Hope they continue to make improvements.

Things that need to be worked on: A few of tee boxes are extremely hard, (#9 and 17 come to mind) and the cart paths definitely need to be smoothed out.

Quite an enjoyable and challenging (at least for us) course to play.

Great customer service, Pair price. Fairways are clean. Course lay out is challenging. . Greens needed a little love and attention.

Had a most enjoyable round in the blazing heat (93*). We finished in 4:15 which is great. It's a fun layout.
Stating the obvious is the cart path is unusable in many areas. A few greens are blighted but definitely playable. While there was no grill/beer available the snack shop was very well stocked and appreciated.

All in all this is a course to return to.