Southern Hills Golf Course

I booked my tee time 25 hours in advance and there was a large number of afternoon tee times available. I had a person on the group back out in the last hour for a family emergency. The other three of us arrived 20 minutes ahead of our tee time. I notified the club house it would be 3 of us and there were no issues at that time. I bought food and beverages as well as balls before and during the round. Overall, the day was good besides having a friend that could not make it. Come to find out I was charged the full $79.10 for the person who had the family emergency. I can understand this fee had we all not showed up or not notified the staff of the person not arriving. Monday, I called the club house and the poor staff working could not help me with this issue. You could tell the person at the desk was sick of these calls and he gave me an email to reach out to. They couldn't even give a phone number to reach out to. Needless to say, Jared at the course had been less than understanding or helpful. I will never give this greedy course my business and would suggest everyone else to do the same.

I could not be more grateful that a course of this quality stays open late into the fall for us avid golfers. The staff is very golfer friendly and are always polite. They're always accommodating and respond to emails, Facebook messages and voicemails right away. It's easy to see why so many people have such great things to say about the course. I also love the stationary beverage carts between the holes during the busy weekend days in the summer. It's great how consistent the service is day in and day out.

I try to get out to the driving range as frequently as possible, even when I’m away from my home range at Braemar and the dome. So when I was down here for the weekend, this was the closest course with an outdoor range not closed up for the winter yet. I have used this range a few times in the past, but it had always been off the grass (ideal, of course).

I tried to call 5 separate times the day prior trying to see if the driving range was open. No answer each time. A bit frustrating, but I figured I’d just call them the next morning.

I did, no answer.

I drove to the course to just ask in person. Place is locked. I sat there and watched a guy walk into the place and open up shop three hours after the supposed hours of operation (available on Google). I called again to check if the range was open.

No. Answer.

I walked in and greeted the guy who immediately made it seem like I was an inconvenience to him. This has also been the sentiment most of the time when I have hit on their range. The only time an employee has been friendly was if it was a high school worker that you have maybe a five-second interaction with.

The range was open, I purchased a large bucket, and was told to play off the mats. Not a big deal, and it was mostly expected due to the timing of it all.

Although, it turned out to be a big deal.

They were absolutely terrible mats. No other way of explaining it. Thought I was on a putt-putt course with all the lumps, dips, and overall misshapenness of them. I figured maybe it was just the first mat I picked. Nope. Every single mat was this bad or worse. I almost went back into the clubhouse after attempting to hit three balls to asked for a refund, but due to my initial interaction with the pro shop attendant, I begrudgingly decided against it and struggled my way through my “practice”, if you could even call it that. The mats looked probably 5+ years old with bricks (why?) surrounding them.

I have not played the course, so I cannot comment on how it plays. Regardless, if you are looking for someplace to hit the range late into the season, DO NOT use this course. Unless you want to practice hitting from extremely awkward lies and footing, stay away.

My recommendations to the management are making the website have, I don’t know, any sort of information on the actual hours of the course at least. Also, it would be nice to have when the range is open, when it’s closed for the season, etc.

Or just have the employees pick up the phone. That would be awesome, too.

This was my first time on this course, and I got a great deal through GolfNow. Course was in great shape and staff was friendly. Only gripe was the pace of play. I saw a sign about pace on the clubhouse so I assumed everyone would be cognizant of it, but that was not the case.

Great course. Challenging but fun for all skill levels. Definitely will be back.

Nice course but a bit over priced. This should be a 30 dollar green fee. I did enjoy it. Would like to see the fairways and the amenities a little better. The greens need to be a little softer. I do the like speed. Overall this is 3.8 out of five. I will play it again before the end of the season.

Enjoyed course. I will play-it again. Good value for the price

Round with cart priced well. Drinks priced well.

Overall think it was good value.

This little gem of a course has some of the best greens I've played. Great staff and good people at Southern Hills make it enjoyable. Club house improvements and new chipping green, a plus! Great course!

manger was awful, to sneak us out and was awful at doing that