Hawthorne Hills Golf Course

I grew up in the Mequon area minutes away from Hawthorne's sister municipal course Mee-Kwon Park. This course has always been one of my all-time favorites. Haven't played here in over five years, but here are my Pros/Cons from what I recall:

Pros:
Challenging layout with a lot of interesting holes. Average golfers can still play well, even from the Blue (back) Tees. Greens are well maintained, sometimes a bit slow and soft, but overall in good shape. Water (ponds) come into play on several holes which adds to the course layout.

Cons:
Kind of in the middle of nowhere. The clubhouse has never been renovated. Tee boxes sometimes aren't maintained well - excessive divots. When I was little, one of the rangers who I saw working there regularly made me cry. He was very unpleasant from what I can recall. I would hope the staff has grown to be a lot nicer in 20 years!

Overall:
Even though it's out in the sticks a bit, I would recommend any SE Wisconsin resident make the drive to play this course. It's a fun layout and while challenging you can score well and enjoy yourself.

Too many people on course on every hole. Nice course just very slow play.

Marshall needed in the afternoon, very slow play due golfers without etiquette playing more than 1 ball and too slow. Drink cart girl passed us by every time and only serviced male golfers.

We enjoyed our day at Hawthorne Hills. I’m not sure why we were started on the 10th hole, but our first nine holes were slow as a twosome, but probably took about 2 hours. We waited before many shots. Making the turn to hole one, with no one in front of us, and in a cart, the 2nd nine took about an hour. We finished in less than 3 hours total. The course was in great shape: tee boxes, fairways & greens. Sand & rough were also well maintained. Check in was easy with pleasant women getting us started. We arrived 10 minutes before our tee time and told we could start whenever we were ready. Cart girl stopped by twice on our front 9, but didn’t see her on the back nine. Course is well laid out and holes 1-9, away from the road, were very pretty. Good value for our money. Definitely would return and highly recommend.

First time playing this course and I just love How the first tee sits up on a large hill ! The way the course is up and down is very challenging. Love the water holes as well. All in all on of my favorites !!

This was the first time playing this course. I was so surprised at how nice it was. There are no frills the signs just road signs, the clubhouse is old and loud but the course is a ton of fun.

A well laid out course with trees positioned to make things interesting if your tee shot is errant or short.
Greens, fairways, and traps were in decent shape. Only negative was the slow pace.

We enjoyed the course scenery, but struggled on the greens.

Wonderful course, and well managed and maintained. Very fair course and lovely environment. Recommend to all.

Course was in very good condition. Widen open fairways, great views. Will not lose many balls. Pace on front nine was a bit slow, but back nine we moved right along. Good sandwiches and drinks.
Lady in pro shop was VERY nice, wish we would of gotten her name. Will be back.

This was a fun, well laid out course. Especially for this late in the season, it was in excellent shape. The major challenge is negotiating the greens, which often have multiple tiers. There are a couple par 3s that play200+, but overall, distances are manageable. My major complaint is pace of play. I played in seven holes no problem but then caught up to an outing. Pace grinded to a halt. It became impossible to keep a rhythm hitting a shot every 15 minutes. I recommend calling ahead before booking a time.

Love the greens. Pace was a bit slow. Always enjoy playing here.

They overbooked the day and ran out of carts. They did call us a few hours before our tee time to let us know. We showed up 40 minutes after our scheduled tee time and still needed to wait another 30 for the cart. Staff apologized and said they were overbooked and felt bad about it but they worked as quickly as they could to get carts and keep things moving. Paying full price here is a little steep in my opinion, so look for the hot deals. Nice course. Low key. I'll go back.