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4.1
595 Reviews (595)
5 Stars
147
4 Stars
284
3 Stars
89
2 Stars
40
1 Stars
35
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.3
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
93.1%
Recommend this course
498 out of 595 reviews
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4.1
16 Reviews (16)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
100.0%
Recommend this course
16 out of 16 reviews
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4.1
54 Reviews (54)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
34
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.3
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
96.3%
Recommend this course
52 out of 54 reviews
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Course Highlights
Well-kept fairways, true-rolling greens, and a thoughtfully designed layout consistently reward golfers who enjoy a strategic, engaging round. Friendly staff and strong value for money make this course a reliable, welcoming choice.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6402 yards
Slope 118
Rating 68.9

Golden Hawk Golf Club is an 18-hole course in Casco Township, which is just south of Richmond. You won't find too many elevation changes throughout the course but you will encounter plenty of water. There are also 36 bunkers coming into play on 12 holes. The course isn't particularly long at 6,117 yards from the back tees, but the par 4s offers some good length and the ample room off the fairways gives the course a spacious feel. The fairways are generous and quite forgiving, but golfers will face tough approaches to the greens, which are often nestled into the woods or bordered by ponds. The slightly elevated, undulating putting surfaces require accuracy. Golden Hawk Golf Club is a fair test but it's player friendly enough for high handicappers to approach with confidence.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways Bentgrass
Greens Bentgrass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/30
Architect John Grissim

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.1
595 Reviews (595)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 15
Bunkers 12
Forced Carries 9
This course/club is great for:
Locals 15
Beginners 12
Seniors 11
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 16
In the 'Burbs 10
Convenient to the City 7

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Played On
Reviews 168
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/09/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Golden Hawk Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/09/2021

Hello. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Golden Hawk Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cleaned up nicely since the June rains

Cart paths greatly improved. Fairways, rough, & greens nicely groomed.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

worse value for local golf

$35 for 9 holes, on a below average condition, slow pace course with, help tried of hearing about it and just agree with you.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/11/2021

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. For further resolution in this matter, please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop. We hope to hear from you soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pride

Decent course. Played it for under $29 with hot deal and promo on a Saturday AM. A lot of trash in the woods near tee boxes. I understand why their are league openings. Take pride in your course and it could be a whole lot better.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/26/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Golden Hawk Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

There was a wedding so we were asked to go into the clubhouse and wait a bit before we went off the back 9. We didn't mind as we were hungry. However, when we went inside, the staff person said they did not have anything to offer us because they had a wedding going on. There were several other people at the bar asking the same thing. She said she would normally have hot dogs but didn't put them on the roller. The sign in the lobby had specials, she said they were also unavailable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

I’ve played there multiple times and typically book the earliest tee time and every time I show up and have to wait 30 minutes until staff shows up. By the time I’m able to check in, things are typically already backed up (especially it being the summer where things have opened back up since COVID). Really good price, but it definitely shows the money you pay for with this course. Would not recommend.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/12/2021

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 working to get everything up to par. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Golden Hawk Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Does the vargo company know what they are doing

This place was starting to come around slowly at the beginning of the year. The staff all seemed miserable this visit. I asked one who died and was told they brought back an old manager. Seems to make sense for this company. Things start getting better, let’s bring back someone from when it was awful. Not going to be giving them my money anymore. To many other good courses close by. If they don’t care about the product why should we as golfers care anymore.

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 45
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 168
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 07/12/2021

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. Thank you for playing Golden Hawk Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Reservations

Don’t like the “online only” reservation system. I don’t want to pay the service charge and couldn’t ask about senior rates.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Traps were hard and horrible. Cart paths were like bomb craters. Hadn’t played here in @ 8 years. The place has been let go

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/12/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.

Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.

Thank you for visiting Golden Hawk Golf Club. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 53
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Jabdilla review

It rained the night before and when we arrived for our 6am tee time sprinkler system was on.the course was quite wet with the cart path impassable in spots.course was in good shape and greens were fine.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/23/2021

Hi! 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 Golden Hawk Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointing

Golf carts were dirty, on Father's Day?! Take a minute and hose off the mud and dirt. Cart paths are a disaster. There has been no attempt to level or fill dozens of potholes since opening in April.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/22/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Golden Hawk Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 14
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 Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Horrible

Played on a Thursday at 630 and it was PACKED, why? We had to wait for 3 separate groups before us when we tried to tee off. Again, it is a Thursday at 630… why are there 100 people going off the same hole? Horrible course management. Played here about 2 weeks ago and it wasn’t an issue at all… what happened?

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/22/2021

We apologize for the pace of play issue you experienced. We always try to keep a great pace when having our golfers on the course. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback as we will use your review to better the experience going forward. We hope you give us another try in the near future!

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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