Sandwich Hollows Golf Club

Played Sandwich Hollows previously and thought it was a pretty decent play, a deal, and had a very nice experience . Convinced my golf buddy to play on our way off of The Cape. Returned today and the experience was a not as special.

We had a late morning tee time and when we arrived and got into the cart, we were instructed to bring water as there was none on the course . When we arrived at the starter 5 minutes before our tee time, there was already a back up of three groups. There was a group on the tee box waiting to tee off, a group waiting and then us.

While waiting , the starter mentioned that no coolers were allowed on the course. I told him that we had extra frozen water due to the no water on the course and no alcohol and he could inspect if he wanted. I had a very small soft cooler that holds a 6-pack of 12 ounce cans. It was hot 84 deg + and supposed to get a little bit warmer, so I brought 3 20 ounce bottles of water frozen. The cart woman came by and also told us no coolers, which I replied it is just frozen water, and she said coolers are not allowed and made us remove it. So after removing the frozen water, we quickly dropped the cooler back at the car.

I understand the no cooler if filled with alcohol, but water, especially when they don't have cold water on the course and it's hot , is bush league if you ask me. My frozen water was warm by the 4th hole.

The other thing that added to the lesser experience, was no ranger to keep things moving. We watched many groups hit into the trees and every time spend 5+ minutes looking for it, sometimes with 2 or 3 people as groups were stacking up behind them waiting to hit. My rule of thumb, if folks are waiting to hit, 1 minute looking for your ball at most, else consider it lost and drop. No one behind you take more time. If you're concerned about losing a $4 Titleist, either get better so you're not launching it into the trees every drive or play a less expensive ball.

The course was in good/very good condition, but not spectacular . Tee Boxes and greens were in very good shape. Greens rolled true. Many fairway areas very dry. Sand in bunkers was good and predictable.

My main complaints are it took 3 h to play 9 h. Yes it was the weekend, but with carts, and a competent ranger, 2.5 h mxx and the bush league stuff about no coolers for keeping/bringing cold non-alcoholic drinks (water) cold on a very hot day, when no water is provided on the course. I left after 9 as another 3 h on the course would have put me on the road at a time that would add another 1+ hours to a 1 h 15 drive.

With some many quality places to play on the Cape for similar $, I may look elsewhere in the future. I like the course, just not this time.

Greens in great shape, but slow. Fairways burnt in places and many parts of rough were dry and rocky. Very hilly course, but that was a known before play.

Very hilly and long. Some interesting holes but not a very forgiving course. Conditions were so so but it has been a very dry summer. Would not play again

I played The Captains course, Port side. It wasn't as good as I remembered. In fact I think Sandwich Hollows is in better shape! It is by far the best deal/course on the Cape!

This is my favorite course on the Cape. Best value for the money. Staff is always friendly. It might be a little difficult for 1st timers, but once you know the course it's so much fun.

The State requires tee times no closer than 12 minutes. They are offering tee times every 8 minutes. This is insane in non Covid times. 5 hour round, never saw a ranger. Brutal. Waited on every tee and approach.

Course has some very cool holes. Lots of up and down. Greens in great shape but absurdly slow. Tees need work, fairways pretty good, especially due to hot weather we have had. A decent course but don’t put people on top of each other, if for no other reason than pace of play. Also, where is that water view? I saw a water tower view. But that’s it.

Traps not raked, greens needed cutting, rolled true but slow.

Course layout is nice and I really enjoy playing here. Fairways have some difficult slopes at times but the greens are extremely slow. You really need to crush the ball on many putts in order to get it to the hole.

This is a bit unorthodox because we weren't able to play yesterday but that said I felt it was important to write this review. My wife and I play quite a bit of golf at Sandwich Hollows and always enjoy our experience but yesterday my wife got a flat tire about 30 mins prior to our tee time and it was impossible for us to make it their on time. I called and Michelle was kind enough to move us to a later time. Unfortunately the flat turned into damage that couldn't be fixed and we had to leave the car at the tire place. This caused us to have no chance of making this later time as well so I called to warn them. The staff couldn't have been more understanding and though it was a bummer to miss a beautiful afternoon of golf the attention to customer service certainly helped ease the pain... Great course, friendly, accommodating staff and always an enjoyable time at SH's!

Course was in pretty good shape surviving a drought. Could use some rain. Staff is very friendly layout is interesting for a cape course hillier then most cape courses