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This was the first time at Hiddenbrooke, and unfortunately, the last. It just isn't any fun. The design is really tricked out. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but too many elevation changes, and I like elevation changes. Sometimes you just want to stand on a tee box and see what you're hitting right in front of you. Blind tee shots with drastically sloping fairways make this a very difficult course. Also, typical of Arnold Palmer designs, the long hitter is penalized on many holes. Palmer liked to place bunkers or other penalties out where the big boys play. All of that being said, the course is not boring, but very difficult.
Course conditions are very rough in spots. The tee boxes or awful. No excuse for that after all of the rain we've had. But the rough is simply unkempt. As other reviewers have said, you can be a few feet of the fairway and lose your ball. And aesthetically it just looks bad. The maintenance really needs to improve. The greens are in very good shape and roll very well.
Overall, if you like tricked out courses that are really hard this could be your place. But I'm never going back. Rancho and Paradise Valley will get my business around here.

For a muni that has thousands of rounds per month this course is in pretty good shape. The greens are better than I have seen them in years. For the money this is a fun track. The shot values, especially over the wash, are good. From the whites it plays 6200 yds and pretty easy.