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Hillcrest Golf Club at Sun City West
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About
Hillcrest Golf Club possesses a championship length course that offers a great variety of game options with five sets of tees. The course has a traditional design that features open fairways lined with trees, which put a premium on straight shots. The greens vary greatly with some that are relatively flat and medium sized and others that are quite large and dramatically sloped or multi-tiered. In addition to several sand bunkers, water hazards in the forms of lakes and ponds come into play. The signature hole is the par-5 13th, which has been touted by the Phoenix Gazette as being on of the best holes in the state. Hillcrest Golf Club not only has a dogleg around a lake, the hole requires an approach shot uphill to a green that is guarded by eight bunkers.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7002 yards | 72.7 | 126 |
| Blue | 72 | 6574 yards | 70.3 | 123 |
| White | 72 | 6381 yards | 69.1 | 116 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6381 yards | 75.0 | 126 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5864 yards | 67.3 | 113 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5512 yards | 70.7 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.9/126 | 363 | 365 | 228 | 582 | 430 | 372 | 547 | 152 | 454 | 3493 | 518 | 370 | 345 | 536 | 212 | 397 | 432 | 267 | 466 | 3543 | 7036 |
| Blue M: 70.9/121 | 347 | 346 | 212 | 552 | 407 | 353 | 524 | 144 | 430 | 3315 | 482 | 356 | 325 | 515 | 190 | 368 | 404 | 236 | 430 | 3306 | 6621 |
| White M: 69.0/116 | 325 | 320 | 181 | 512 | 392 | 345 | 510 | 135 | 413 | 3133 | 462 | 340 | 319 | 500 | 168 | 347 | 392 | 200 | 420 | 3148 | 6281 |
| Gold M: 67.3/114 | 296 | 313 | 162 | 505 | 295 | 337 | 493 | 121 | 308 | 2830 | 445 | 323 | 309 | 490 | 155 | 337 | 383 | 190 | 402 | 3034 | 5864 |
| Red W: 70.5/119 | 292 | 292 | 148 | 482 | 282 | 333 | 480 | 111 | 303 | 2723 | 436 | 287 | 300 | 444 | 137 | 285 | 365 | 180 | 355 | 2789 | 5512 |
| Handicap | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
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Photo submitted by GogolfJG on 02/19/2024
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Photo submitted by GogolfJG on 02/19/2024
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Photo submitted by GogolfJG on 02/19/2024
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Photo submitted by u000004961551 on 02/27/2023
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Photo submitted by docuwize on 12/29/2022
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Fun Day with new Golf Buddies!! Photo submitted by Graybeard1440 on 12/03/2022
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Photo submitted by wwjd12 on 07/10/2022
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Photo submitted by u416417810 on 05/03/2022
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Photo submitted by Keith9843006 on 02/27/2022
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Beautiful par 3 hole Photo submitted by GolfingGemini on 11/10/2021
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Photo submitted by u284945905 on 05/01/2021
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Photo submitted by George7004813 on 05/01/2021
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Photo submitted by Douglas1964228 on 03/14/2021
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Photo submitted by Rogueballardite on 01/11/2021
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Photo submitted by holtrod1 on 12/06/2020
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Downhill Par 3 Photo submitted by AZKoehn on 04/29/2020
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Photo submitted by AZKoehn on 04/28/2020
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Spectacular resort setting design. Photo submitted by AZKoehn on 04/28/2020
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Great Layout - lots of challenging, interesting holes. Photo submitted by AZKoehn on 04/28/2020
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Photo submitted by bknigh on 05/23/2019
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Photo submitted by SASandLLS on 12/16/2017
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Photo submitted by SASandLLS on 12/16/2017
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Photo submitted by SASandLLS on 12/16/2017
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Loved these palms behind one of the greens. Photo submitted by gailmaher on 03/18/2013
Hurry up!
My family is visiting from out of state and wanted to get in a round of golf. Hillcrest looked like a beautiful course so we decided to give them our business. We arrived early for our 10:45AM tee time and proceeded to tee off on time. We are 4 casual players but are not terrible golfers. We feel like we can keep a reasonable pace with anyone, and we were playing well. By about the 4th hole we started to get the group behind us driving into our fairway shots. We talked as a 4some and decided to group up and do a 2 man scramble. Needless to say our pace picked up by at least 25%. By the 6th hole we started to get followed my the course ranger. So, feeling the pressure, we picked up our pace even further. On the 8th hole the ranger finally approached us asked us to hurry up because we were "backing up" the 4some behind us. All the while, the group behind us keep getting agitated and driving into our fairway shots. We ended up finishing the front 9 holes in 1Hr and 45Mins. After we finished the front 9, we decided to get a refund for the remaining 9 hole and to eat lunch somewhere else, meaning the golf course lost roughly $150 between us 4. I give this course a decent rating for its appearance, but the staff and pace of play were unreasonable to the point of not enjoying our morning, and feeling extremely shushed even playing a scramble. Don't even think of taking kids or your wifes if they can't play 9 hole faster than 1:45 minutes. We will not be coming back and would not recommend this course to anyone.
Tee to green the course is in much better condition than it has been. However, it is still rough around the edges.
Sun City Golf
Course was ok…wide fairways so pretty forgiving if you are a little errant. Greens were good and rolled nicely. Not sure about the yard markers as I didn’t have my range finder and I thought they were a little off. No beverage cart so pack lots of water. Pace of play was good..4 hours to play. Fairways were in good shape. Tee blocks were pretty rough on a few holes (par 3’s). Would play again.
Course conditions were not great
The employees were great. But the conditions even with rain a few days before were not good.
Potential
I liked the layout of this course and fairways and greens were mostly fine but it definitely needs some TLC. Has the potential to be a really nice course.
Hillcrest GC
Very good overall - pace of play a bit slow but enjoyable round!
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Thank you for taking time time to fill out the online review. We are sorry to hear that you did not enjoy your experience at Hillcrest. For the record we don't ever expect people to play in 1:45 minutes for 9 holes; but we do ask that golfers adhere to a 2:15 min pace per 9 holes. As busy as we are it is important that we keep all groups moving at a reasonable pace to not effect the rest of the course. We do hope that you will come play again in the future. ~HC