Hilldale GC
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4.1
1064 Reviews (1064)
5 Stars
349
4 Stars
520
3 Stars
130
2 Stars
35
1 Stars
30
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
91.0%
Recommend this course
958 out of 1064 reviews
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4.1
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.2
100.0%
Recommend this course
13 out of 13 reviews
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4.0
94 Reviews (94)
5 Stars
31
4 Stars
46
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.2
90.4%
Recommend this course
85 out of 94 reviews
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Course Highlights
Hilldale's varied layout features doglegs, water hazards, and well-maintained fairways that consistently reward skilled shot-making. Friendly staff and reasonable rates make this one of the stronger values among courses in the area.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6432 yards
Slope 138
Rating 72.0
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Course Details

Year Built 1970
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 10/31
Architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1970) Roger Rulewich (1972)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.1
1064 Reviews (1064)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 14
Watching the Game 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 24
Bunkers 13
Undulating Greens 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 14
Advanced Golfers 11
Entertaining Clients 7
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 20
Convenient to the City 11
Near the Airport 6

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Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course Needs to Manage Pace of Play

I've played this course several times and its a nice course, but this time the pace of play was horrible. Our group waited on every hole after the first hole for at least 5-10 minutes each time. When we got to #2 there was a group on the green and a group in the fairway waiting. The group in front of us left on the 17th hole, and we left after playing #16 as well.. The ranger would be driving around but I don't know what he was doing because he certainly wasn't pushing groups to pick up the pace. This seems to be a problem with Hilldale they never seem to worry about bottlenecks or how to relieve them. Word to the wise if you're looking to book a round here make sure that you notice times that are not available when you book which will give you an idea of how crowded the course will be. If there is slim pickings go to another course. The constant waiting just throws off your game. I understand usually when you start off it might be a bit slow, but usually it picks up. I've never played a course where I waited at every hole for an extended period. They need to do something like increase the time between tee times or something because its frustrating to have a round like this.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/14/2021

Hello. Thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and to best control pace allowing everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play ruin day

Course was in great condition..But once of play ruin day..As I approached the Course observer the back nine was empty..But by our 2nd hole there was already a backup..Waited almost 10 min every hole..Numerous what looked like rangers drove by us throughout the round but still the backup..When we finally reached the 18 was saw that foursome in front of us had quit..Well we did the same when we saw the 4some that caused the problem was just teeing off..Over 5 hour round..

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/13/2021

Hello. Thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and to best control pace allowing everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve, and we are glad to see you rated the course conditions to be great during your game. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 92
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/30/2021

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you enjoyed your time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/30/2021

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you enjoyed your time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Su

It was a horrible experience.

Staff were rude. They made us start 10th hole even though we bought 18 holes. Course condition was not nice. It’s not worth for the money.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/26/2021

Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback of your recent round with us. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience you experienced at the course with us. Your feedback is extremely important to us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and apologize if we missed the mark. We are sorry to hear you may have had a negative experience with any individual on our staff. This is not acceptable and by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We welcome any further feedback as to why you gave 1 star and what we can do to improve.

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/26/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 39
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/25/2021

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

Got a bit of a price break with a Hot Deal thru GolfNow. Only real negative was pace of play. Started out good, but after the turn got slow. Group in front of us was slow. We’re putting and can see them not even getting ready to tee off on a par 4, with no one one their green. We consistently had to wait, when there wasn’t anyone in front of them. No ranger to help the situation. Course itself was in pretty good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/25/2021

Hello. Thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. We will continue to look for ways to improve, and we are glad to see you rated the course conditions to be great during your game. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/25/2021

We hope to see you again at the course very soon for an even better 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
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Commented on 08/23/2021

Your feedback is important to us. Thank you for sharing your experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon for a 5 star visit! Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/23/2021

We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Hilldale Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for a 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 47
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Jeckyl and Hyde

The 2 nines seemed almost like different courses, the front being relatively short and straight with minimal hazards, while the back has a number of longer holes, water hazards and forced carries. The fairway conditions were just okay and the greens still had remnants of recent aeration. I enjoyed playing and will probably visit again in the future, but not on a regular basis.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/20/2021

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/18/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/17/2021

Thank you for sharing your experience. We hope to see you again at the course very soon for a 5-star round. Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
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Commented on 08/17/2021

We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

TERRIBLE

Terrible conditions and pace a play. Highly discouraged

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/23/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course and apologize for the pace issues you experienced the day of your round. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback.

Played On
Reviews 117
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

great RTJ course

Only unpleasant thing is that ALL onsite the cold water supply are EMPLTY with cups only.

This give me impression to force people to buy from the beverage cart girl.

Well I still paid the beverage cart girl $2 tip. It is not her fault.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/16/2021

Thank you for reviewing the course. Your feedback about water on the course is important to us. We are glad to see you rated everything else 5 stars during your round. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

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Commented on 08/16/2021

Hi, u000007330153. Thank you for reviewing the course. Your feedback about water on the course is important to us. We are glad to see you rated everything else 5 stars during your round. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/13/2021

Thank you for visiting us at Hilldale Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 08/23/2021

We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 137
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

No cart path

Thank you to management for not making it cart path only and drinking water on the course guy behind us hit the guys in front of us club with a balll and broke his shaft with a ball freaky always interesting pretty slow pace

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/23/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

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