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4.0
294 Reviews (294)
5 Stars
89
4 Stars
128
3 Stars
45
2 Stars
18
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
85.4%
Recommend this course
241 out of 294 reviews
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3.8
27 Reviews (27)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
77.8%
Recommend this course
21 out of 27 reviews
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4.1
50 Reviews (50)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
27
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
88.0%
Recommend this course
44 out of 50 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6612 yards
Slope 127
Rating 71.5
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Hopewell Valley Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1927
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect Tom Winton

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis
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Reviews

4.0
294 Reviews (294)
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Reviews 159
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 100 Contributor
First Time Playing

More than I thought it would be

Never played this course before I really didn’t know about it I guess Mercer county took it over and it is a great course really enjoyed it, and the people working there were so nice especially Keith I believe was the starter and also Spring the lady inside was outstanding friendly ,nice so professional ,play this course you’ll enjoy it r.Greens pretty good coming back from aeration fairways in very good shape Teebox is pretty good and they cut the rrough so you can find your ball if you hit it into it very good

Conditions Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Unnecessarily difficult to play

Many issues:

1) The hard-core sales pitch to buy a membership before playing the course for the 1st time

2) Cart path only on a 95 degree bone-dry day. Absolutely no reason for cart path only.

3) Extremely high and unplayable rough

4) Greens very slow; like putting through fog. Incredibly slow

The course could be very nice but the operators chose to make it almost unplayable. Not a fun day.

Don't waste your money. Play anywhere else

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/14/2022

Hi! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Cut the rough

Cut the rough and the tees- it’s like hitting tee shots out of the rough.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/14/2022

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 Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 104
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course needs to be cut, greens, fairways and "US Open " rough !!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/27/2022

Hi, Thank you for reviewing the course. 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. We have projects ongoing to recover the fairways and greens. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game, and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Mow the grass, Please!!

Course is undergoing a lot of work which is understandable - only a minor inconvenience. The fairways were perfect and greens are in good shape. The BIG problem with this course is that as soon as you are off a fairway or a green the grass is absurdly high. If your ball goes just a few feet off the fairway, its probably lost. You will however find a lot of other balls in the rough from previous golfers who obviously gave up trying to find them. High grass around greens makes chipping very difficult.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 05/27/2022

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 Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 22
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/14/2022

Thank you for reviewing us! We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A Tale of Nuances

Rough was rather longer and thicker than anticipated. Greens were also a bit lackluster. Course design spectacular however. Very good value!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/14/2022

Hello! We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Hopewell Valley Golf & Country 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 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great time - LONG rough

Love the lay out of the course. As someone who is not hitting GIR too often the long rough does no favors. Everything else is great but one of longest roughs have ever had displeasure to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Poorly maintained

The course is undergoing much refurbishment so there was a lot of torn up earth all around. The cart paths are far from the fairways and greens so if it’s cart path only be prepared to do a lot of walking. On the day we played the roughs around the green were super high and very difficult to chip from. Even the second cut along the fairways were so high that it was difficult to find your ball. Don’t know if this is normal or due to the wet conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/12/2022

Hi, thank you for reviewing the course. 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. We have projects ongoing to recover the fairways and greens. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game, and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

In The Works

They R Fixing it up .. In progress ..

Challenging Course ..

Will B Nice …

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/11/2022

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 Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course/Great people

Starter was very accommodating! Pro shop guy friendly too. Beautifully manicured course with some undergoing improvements. 9.5 out of 10!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Inconsiderate

Booked a 3:50 hot deal. Arrived on the first tee to discover a kids league ahead of us whom required 30 mins per hole and we’re playing 9 holes. I left before reaching the first green and there were groups lining up to tee off behind us as well. I love kids but there should not be groups going off behind them on a weekend

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Gem in the rough.

They are putting good money into this course. I didn’t play well but this is a very nice golf course. The course needs some more fertilizer and care but I see they are trying and this will be a top notch course in the near future. Good luck with all the improvements you are doing. Very pleased.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

High Quality Golf course

It was very good with my two sons. They want come back to play next time. Absolutely it was high quality golf course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Walked

Classic old school course

When this course was cared for properly, it was a gem of the region. Hopefully it will return to those glory days now that it a county course.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Not again

If I have choice to pick zero or negative star I would. The place charged 69$ to play,l. There are better muni course vs “HV country club”. There were no one at the turn for food/ drinks. The course has weeds all over the fairways, a bridge was closed and it took us on detour which took us around 3 holes to get to.... I can go on and on! Place just ran out money and that’s why it is open to public They should pay me to play there!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Not the old Hopewell

Myself not one to giving bad reviews but in the case it was out of pure sadness. Hopewell was always a great quality layout and kept in great condition.The GOLF staff was great and cart young man also. My wife and I are members of another local club we were looking forward to playing another club . But we’re really let down staff was inattentive in restaurant when making the turn and outside snacks bar not open.

As far as course play very slow greens and spotty condition fairways . Pace of play was terrible no ranger and 2 groups playing as 5somes . 45 minutes to play 2 holes we walked off.

A big disappointment from someone who played high school golf their and had their high school prom also their

Hope that they can turn this around . Again golf staff was great

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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