Sugar Hill GC
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3.8
1566 Reviews (1566)
5 Stars
374
4 Stars
696
3 Stars
300
2 Stars
110
1 Stars
86
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.5
82.7%
Recommend this course
1254 out of 1566 reviews
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3.6
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.0
Layout
3.9
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
3.6
71.4%
Recommend this course
20 out of 28 reviews
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3.9
105 Reviews (105)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
56
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.0
82.9%
Recommend this course
87 out of 105 reviews
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Course Highlights
This public course delivers exceptional value with a challenging, intelligent layout featuring significant elevation changes and strategically demanding tee shots. Friendly staff and consistently solid course conditions make it a top choice for golfers across all skill levels.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 6522 yards
Slope 140
Rating 71.6

Nestled in the foothills of the north Georgia mountains, Sugar Hill Golf Club tumbles across elevation changes that range from subtle to dramatic. The course is artfully laid across the rolling hills, weaving through stands of mature trees, to provide it with the maximum level of challenge and the best views. The natural contours played a role in determining the placement of the bunkers around the greens and fairways as well as shaping the sharp doglegs. As if the golf course didn't already have enough challenges, there are also deep grass canyons and water hazards to contend with. The par-4 fifth and the par-3 12th are memorable water holes, both featuring large lakes that lurk in front of the greens. Sugar Hill G.C. is known as one of the toughest golf courses in the area.

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Course Details

Year Built 1992
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Championship Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Willard Byrd (1992) Nai Chung Chang

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes, at the starters discretion

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.8
1566 Reviews (1566)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 24
Patio Dining 15
19th Hole Scenic Views 11
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 62
Bunkers 40
Water Hazards 36
This course/club is great for:
Locals 53
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 26
Advanced Golfers 22
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 40
Worth the Drive 21
Convenient to the City 19

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Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
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 10/13/2021

Wonderful! 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 Sugar Hill Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/04/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/04/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Tough Day

Sunday afternoons are always challenging with pace of play, but waiting 5 to 10 minutes before every shot is out of line even for an amateur golfer. I am a lower handicap golfer, but this course was challenging for me playing it for the first time, not to imagine being a high handicapper. Throw in some blind shots and several long carries, and you get really slow play. Left after nine and took my spouse to dinner.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
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Commented on 10/26/2021

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you didn't enjoy your time with us and that the pace of play was slow. We appreciate your feedback and will use your review to help us improve moving forward. Thank you again and we hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 112
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/28/2021

Thank you for leaving us a review. We are sorry to hear your experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you will give us another try in the future. Thank you for choosing Sugar Hill Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/28/2021

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 Sugar Hill Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/26/2021

Awesome! We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Sugar Hill Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/23/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/16/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/16/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Bang for buck

Excellent layout, conditions fair, marshal very unfriendly (insultingly so). I waived it off as a one off, b/c otherwise a very fun round of golf.

Probably would not recommend for high handicaps. Lots of target golf and elevation changes here.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/23/2021

Wonderful! 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 Sugar Hill Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Another day at the course

Great staff. Sand traps are not well maintained and treated as ground under repair. Restaurant closed on Sunday, which was a bummer because we would have purchased food and drink.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 09/14/2021

Thank you for your review! 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 Sugar Hill Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0

Think twice

Hadn't played this course in quite some time but moved closer to it in last year so thought I would give it a try. There is a range but it is sorely lacking. The fairways and greens were good but he traps were useless. Most of them lacked sand and had grass, weeds and even small bushes growing in them. One hole on the front 9 was closed for some reason and the only notice we received was a sign on a par 5 saying it was closed. We drove around it to the next hole but could not figure out why it was closed. No one notified us that we would only be playing 17 holes when we paid. It's a good layout and challenging but showing signs of decay and neglect.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/09/2021

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/08/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/08/2021

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Needs some serious maintenance

Bunkers are absolute trash, have not been maintained in literally months, 2 ft tall weeds in some of them and zero actual sand. By far the worst I have ever seen

Greens were very slow and bumpy.

I suspect half of their greens keeping crew quit and they have not been able to replace them.

The bar has a sign stating it was closed due to staffing but if you knew someone looking for a job, let them know

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/08/2021

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you didn't enjoy your time with us and that our conditions didn't meet your expectations. We appreciate your feedback and will use your review to help us improve moving forward. Thank you again and we hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Decent course

Enjoyed the layout and difficultly of the course.

The tee boxes need some work and also grass clippings were everywhere. The first time I played here was summer 2020 and it was beautiful no complaints and now a year later I was not pleased with the conditions and maintenance of this course definitely not worth the $57 I paid more like $30

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/08/2021

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 Sugar Hill Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/23/2021

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/23/2021

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

Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Everything was fine until my 14th hole

The initial check-in process was great. The range was good. Didn't have any food but it smelled good. The starter had me pair with a lady and had us start on the back 9 since there was 2- 4somes just teeing off on 1 and just another twosome that he sent off to start with 10. He said it would allow us to keep a good pace of play and not be waiting around. So again, we started with the back 9. We finished and started the front. On the 5th hole there was what looked like a maintenance man working on a part of course between the tee box and the fairway, He ducked down when I teed off for safety. My playing partner has already gone ahead up to the red tees past this man. As I came down the cart path, he motioned for me to stop. Keep in mind the previous twosome who started on the back nine and my playing partner had already passed him but he decided to stop me, a black man, and asked if I was who he just saw on the back nine. I said yes. He said how come you're playing again on the front nine. To which I responded I'm not, because of the back jam on the front nine they had us play the back first. At that point he said well enjoy the rest of your round then. I felt profiled and unwelcome on the course. I golf 2 to 3 times a week, and while I'm no pro, I understand golf etiquette, the integrity it takes to play the game, and the character expected and what I exhibit when I play. To have my integrity questioned, especially when no one else that had played and started with the back nine that I was aware of was questioned. I will not ever play this course again. And if anybody asked me if the course is any good, I will convincingly say it's a fairly okay course with mostly decent staff yet not welcoming to Black individuals, because that certainly is my experience.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/07/2021

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you didn't enjoy your time with us and that our staff didn't leave a great impression on you. We're sorry that you felt your integrity was questioned. We appreciate your feedback and will make sure to use your review to help us improve moving forward. Thank you again and we hope you'll give us another try in the future.

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