Hilltop Golf Course

3 hours for 8 holes. Paid for 18 but couldn't take it anymore. Skipped 9-18.

The price was good and the first 9 we played in just over 1 hour and 30 minutes.
We made the turn to discover that we were in line behind people that were just playing 9 holes.
We then played holes 10, 11 and 12 in an hour and left.
They definately need some organization.

Good place to practice your game, great views and easy to play course, staff is very nice also.

Course is short but undulating which makes shotmaking important. Greens are good, have to keep shots below pin.
Beautiful scenery. Good mix of woods, bunkers, not a lot of water hazards. Staff extremely friendly.

last year course was in better shape
course needs a lot of water
tee boxes are poor (woman's bad, not flat)
greens are OK
lots of weeds !

I have played this course many times in the past and today I played 18 holes for $10. There are many reviews on here about pace of play and I did notice a lot of singles and twosomes. There is not a starter to tell people to pair up people have to do that on their own which makes the pace of play go a lot better. I was a single and the pairing up with a threesome and we finished in under four hours which was great. The greens are wonderful fast and tricky fairways are tight and the tees could use a lot of work they are not level and need to be moved around when there are too many divots.

Greens a little slower then the last time I played. But faster then most courses. Enjoyed my day.

I used to play this course all the time when I lived in Michigan, and it was a GREAT course to play for the value. I was visiting family and friends, and decided to get an early morning round in, but I see that things have changed A LOT since I've been gone. There were weeds in the fairway (they didn't get in the way of my shots since I was hitting from the rough), dirt patches in the fairway, and they were changing the hole position while we were playing. I don't know if they have changed their grounds crew, but I hope they correct these problems.

I course was in decent condition but a large drainage problem, most of the cart paths were under water and there were quite a few "ponds" in the fairways. The greens were dry and in great condition, very challenging. The pace of play was horrendous, it took 5.5 hrs! There was no starter and a line at the first tee so we took it upon ourselves to start at tee 10 and play the back 9 first. We finished in 1 hr 50 mins. When we went to play the front nine the line was even longer, we waited almost 40 minutes to tee off and waited to shoot on the fairways and had another 10 minute wait on the next tee. Those nine holes took almost 4 hrs! There should be some starting at 1 and some starting at 10! Not to mention people hitting into you (my buddy got hit on hole 9 from a shot on hole 8). No ranger caused a terrible pace and the group in front of us had a guy so fat that they drove on the tee box and the greens so he didn't have to walk far, just ridiculous. I would not be going back of the manager hadn't given us a free 18 holes. Hopefully when we go back the experience is much better.

It's beautiful. Really nice looking but the facilities aren't kept up to the standards of the area. The lawn mowers were out in the middle of the day, and distracting me from a few swings.

Our tee time was 9:15 AM...didn't get off 1st tee until 9:50! Took an hour to get to 4th tee. A few golfers asked if they could start from the 10th but were turned down. It took 6 painful hrs to golf 18! This is happened to us before and we decided to chance it again but we will not be back! Then we tried to post our scores and they are delinquent in their GAM membership so we were not able to. Very disapppointed, AGAIN!!!

Poor pace of play and staff is not friendly, I would not recommend spending more than 10 bucks at this course

Play was slow due to early dew which delayed start times. Also had group ahead playing from the blue tees who couldn't hit it 200 yards. Cigars were a nice touch though. Makes you look like a golfer. Hit from Reds next time.

They have a new manager Shawn who has helped keep the pace of play going faster, the greens are now faster, the conditions on the fairway are good, the tee boxes could use leveling. But the place if fun if you like that northern michigan type of course which I do. 200 yard par 3s are tough and there is a really long par 5 which is challenging. Great place, good carts, good food good staff.

Excellent course. Fairways are beautiful, Greens are super challenging, staff is friendly. Ive played this course 4 times this year and each time has been great. Ive only been stuck behind one couple who promptly let me play through after they saw my tee shot land 20 yards behind them. Not much as far as hazards go so don't worry about losing to many balls. And my advice..... Go for Green on hole 10, any time you get a chance to drive green on a par 4 take it, I've gotten 3 birdies on this hole in 4 attempts and one near eagle on a 30 yard pitch. Have fun and keep your eye on the ball.

Played the course for the first time and found it very enjoyable except for the other golfers. Most people played within the rules and known unwritten rules of golf but there was some people that obviously didn't know how to play. They hit up on us when we were on the green and was jumping around in front of us and behind us. They were not following the holes correctly and we actually saw them driving across the green. This made the day less than enjoyable. We told the staff and they gave us a buy one get one. It would have been nice if they had a ranger out on the course to handle this situation better.

Pace way to slow no starter or ranger to move people along.

No starter, took 4.5 hrs to play.
Food over priced.

Worst golfing experience I've had in Michigan. They were overbooked and running twenty minutes late by 945. Useless starter and no ranger created a three group backlog on the SECOND hole. Ended up playing behind a very slow fivesome so our twosome ended up joining a threesome to make the waiting less terrible. Round ended up taking close to six hours. At the turn there were a dozen people milling around waiting for carts for a tee time that was already late. The golf itself wasn't even that good. Most of the course was fine but the greens, and some of the hills placements were a joke. All of the greens were sharply sloped, front to back, and they felt it necessary to put some holes a few feet from the front of the greens. Made it about impossible. I will never go back and will go out of my way to tell people to avoid the course.

Good course and easy to follow. There's a few spots that need attention but other than that it's a very good course