Hilldale GC
A view of a fairway at Hilldale Golf Club.
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4.1
1063 Reviews (1063)
5 Stars
348
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
91.3%
Recommend this course
957 out of 1063 reviews
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4.0
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
100.0%
Recommend this course
12 out of 12 reviews
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4.0
93 Reviews (93)
5 Stars
30
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
90.3%
Recommend this course
84 out of 93 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
1063 Reviews (1063)

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 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course needs to be maintained a little better, I remember years ago that this was a course you played with much anticipation. Needs to be maintained better, sand traps and fairways need work.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/09/2021

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 such as bunker maintenance. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 06/09/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 4
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 06/08/2021

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 71
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice Course that makes you think

Hilldale was in very good shape despite our lack of rain. The course has some challenging holes and some of them truly make you think about placement to avoid things like water. It was a fun, challenging course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/07/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointing to see the course like this

Had a 4:20pm tee time today for a nice twilight round. Perfect time for me because I can usually play in 4 hours. Sunset at 8:24. PERFECT!!

Oh but just you wait...

Overall, I wasn’t impressed at all with how the course looked. Trash everywhere, greens were slow and bumpy (unlike they usually are) and the grass just wasn’t well maintained.

There was a ranger that drove around doing absolutely nothing except keep a cold stare. Never did anything about pace of play (which was fine for how busy it was), but then decides on the 16th green that our day is going to be over after the 17th hole...at 8:15pm. Says there’s a village ordinance about the sunset or some BS, and orders us to head in. Obviously, I’m upset because there is plenty of daylight left, allowing us to play 18 and go on with our night. This fool just wanted to get the carts in and go home, and it was easy as day to see it (pun intended).

Hate to see this course go down the drain, as the layout is fun and the prices are usually affordable. I wouldn’t recommend playing it for more than $35/person.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/07/2021

Thank you for taking the time to review us, Alex. Your feedback is valuable and sound like you had an enjoyable outing, so we are not sure you meant to leave 2 stars. Please let us know if this was a mistake. Hilldale Golf Club thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Do not play here if you have golfed before

The pace of play is beyond awful. Ranger is actually out but does not do anything to improve pace. If you get in a 5 hour round you are lucky. Multiple groups quit after a certain number of holes. Course is very tight, decent layout but if half of the holes if you go slightly off the fairway you're in a backyard. Go anywhere around like poplar, fox run, highland woods and you will enjoy yourself for the same price or less

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/07/2021

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 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Shhhh...!

What a surprise! Not only a course that feels like golfing at a resort but the staff is EXCEPTIONAL! Jim, the Ranger, was so informative with a sincere fondness for the course. Jim kept the course moving with tact, class and consideration! The course offers plenty of opportunity to breakout your driver even from the whites. The greens were very true to play and the fairways as well as the traps were meticulously groomed. This was a near perfect golf day except the on-site restaurant was closed and did not offer a 19th watering-hole. The only other hesitation to give a fair, honest review...is drawing others to it and difficulty getting tee times. We are THRILLED - on every level - to have found this course!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/24/2021

We are so happy you enjoyed your round! We look forward to seeing you again soon at Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
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Commented on 06/02/2021

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 are always seeking any honest and sincere feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/24/2021

Thank you for taking the time to review us. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Hilldale Golf Club thanks you!

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 06/02/2021

Thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please come see us again soon, and thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Today’s review

Tee boxes are not maintained well and greens are super slow.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/01/2021

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 such as tee boxes and greens. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Trash course

Course is definitely the worst in the area better off playing poplar Creek better in every way

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/25/2021

Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game, and 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 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unfriendly ranger

I was ready to tee off just after4:00 when the starter announced that we wouldn’t have time to finish. I paid for twilight so that could have been expected. However, the starter told our group to bring the carts back by 8:10. Sunset was 8:15. I didn’t think too much of this strange request. Around the 13th hole the range stopped our group and said that we wouldn’t finish and to bring the carts back at 8:10. We I questioned him he was rude. He said that the staff wanted to get home before 9:00. I said that was absolutely crazy. We paid for twilight and would bring the carts back when we were done or it was too dark. I’ve been playing golf for over 40 years, played around 500 rounds, and have played over 50 courses. I’ve never been told to leave the course because the staff wants to get home early. We finished before the “closing time” so it was a moot point but he really ruined the round. I figured that I paid for twilight and that’s what I expect to happen.

Maybe he was just having a bad day.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/02/2021

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We are going to pass this on as this is not the standard. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 14
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/02/2021

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 are always seeking any honest and sincere feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/02/2021

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 are always seeking any honest and sincere feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/24/2021

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 33
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/02/2021

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 are always seeking any honest and sincere feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 9
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/24/2021

Hello and thank you for your review! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and we hope to deliver a 5 star experience at Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/24/2021

Hello and thank you for your review! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and we hope to deliver a 5 star experience at Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/02/2021

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 are always seeking any honest and sincere feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club.

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