Hilldale Golf Club

I’ve golfed about 15 rounds this year. Hilldale was by far the most well kept course, and also the most challenging course of the year. Traps and hazards are well placed to keep you on your toes in club selection and swing choice. Staff is friendly, halfway house is small but offers an adequate selection for a quick bite. Ball cleaners and water is available on the course. Carts come with GPS and Bluetooth. The practice range is not anything special, we had to hit off mats instead of grass but the chipping and putting range was nice. Overall a beautiful course I would highly recommend!

First time playing. Liked how each hole was different. Fun blind shots

Play this course back in 2022 And it was not a great experience. Played yesterday and wow! Fairways were great, greens were great, upgraded carts too! Well done guys, I'll definitely be coming back

Course is in good shape. Pro shop building is pretty aged and could use a refresh and some merchandise. Pace of play was slow (not good when ita 90+ out)! But there are some good, challenging holes with elevation changes, hence the name!

5900ish yards from the whites with a 135 slope? I’ve never played a short course like this with such a high slope rating. I think it’s 6400 yards from the tips but as a first timer at a course I always refer to the slope on the scorecard to determine which tees to play… and a135 slope is perfect imo. Anyway, the course is in great condition. The greens roll well, but beware, they are trickier than they appear. A potentially great score was spoiled by too many three putts. Fairways are in great condition and require a certain amount of precision and strategy to hit. Bunkers are hit or miss. Taking off one star for the bunkers and the par 5 13th hole where Interstate 90 is in play if you hook or pull your tee shot. Personally, I hate holes like this. Even moreso due to the fact that there is no tree cover to smother errant shots (I hit the fairway but I still hate holes like this). But yeah, I recommend this course if you’re looking for a change of pace and/or are trying to dial in your long irons/hybrids/fairway woods. An under appreciated Robert Trent Jones gem that is still fairly affordable compared to other courses in the area.

Pace was very slow due to one group— at least two holes behind. Need a ranger to enforce pace

A ranger yelled us for playing slowly when we waited for 3 minutes on every hole. The guy was a raging psycho. Tried to pass his issues on us, very poor behavior by him.

Overall the course was good- well maintained and the course is built into some hills which is a good challenge without being too aggressive.

There are 2 holes that need a bell to notify the tee box that it’s ok to drive because they are blind holes and at both holes I almost got hit while setting up for my approach shot. (And no, I wasn’t taking up too much time, pace of play is always a priority).

Additionally there needs to be more signs directing carts to the holes. There were a few times where it was not obvious, especially to first timers.

Would I play there again, yes but only at a deal price.

The pace of play was awful, ranger constantly barking at us. Still light out and ranger stops everyone and says course is closed, last hole