Hawk's View Golf Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin paints a pretty picture

Mike Bailey

May 23, 2013

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. -- One of the favorite daily-fee facilities in the Lake Geneva area, Hawk's View Golf Club not only offers a well conditioned and scenic 18-hole championship course, but an 18-hole short course as well.

The regulation course is a 7,074-yard par-72 layout called Como Crossings, named after Como Creek, which meanders throughout the course. The Craig Shiner-designed layout is located on the site of former ski hill Mt. Fuji, providing dramatic elevation changes on several holes, including a couple of dramatic par 3s.

Barn Hollow is the facility's family-friendly golf course, and a little more affordable (although Hawk's View offers prices that cover both courses). The 2,708-yard, par-3 golf course is also well conditioned with plenty of water hazards, bunkers and undulating greens.

Mike Bailey

Mike Bailey is a former Golf Advisor senior staff writer based in Houston. Focusing primarily on golf in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America with an occasional trip to Europe and beyond, he contributes course reviews, travel stories and features as well as the occasional equipment review. An award-winning writer and past president of Texas Golf Writers Association, he has more than 25 years in the golf industry. He has also been on staff at PGA Magazine, The Golfweek Group and AvidGolfer Magazine. Follow Mike on Twitter at @MikeBaileyGA and Instagram at @MikeStefanBailey.

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