ZachGriffor

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.