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Hidden Hills Golf Course
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Tucked away in the beautiful Ft. Caroline area near Jacksonville, Hidden Hills Country Club stands on a historic battleground that witnessed the fierce struggles between France and Spain and continued into golf history with searing competition during the heyday of the Greater Jacksonville Open.
The 6,892-yard private golf course, built in 1966 on an ancient sand dune, was redesigned by Arnold Palmer in 1986. Palmer's creativity helped create a championship-caliber golf course unmatched in natural beauty that makes excellent use of rare hilly terrain to create a unique Florida golf challenge. The fairways are lined with majestic pines and stately oaks, and the unpredictable greens have helped Hidden Hills gain the reputation of being one of the most challenging courses in North Florida.
Sharp doglegs, strategic placement of water hazards and putting surfaces that are mostly elevated serve up a mighty test for the low handicapper. Approaches are narrow and many of Hidden Hills Country Club's greens are well bunkered.
Hidden Hills has a rating of 74.0 from the championship tees, and the slope rating is 136.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship/Gold | 72 | 6892 yards | 74.0 | 136 |
| Back/Blue | 72 | 6653 yards | 72.7 | 130 |
| Middle/White | 72 | 6237 yards | 70.6 | 124 |
| Member/Green | 72 | 5745 yards | 69.5 | 121 |
| Forward/Red (W) | 72 | 5016 yards | 70.5 | 125 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.1/133 | 378 | 415 | 429 | 543 | 185 | 490 | 185 | 344 | 385 | 3354 | 399 | 607 | 175 | 378 | 424 | 536 | 174 | 400 | 406 | 3499 | 6853 |
| Blue M: 72.2/131 W: 78.2/141 | 367 | 407 | 404 | 529 | 178 | 462 | 178 | 323 | 370 | 3218 | 390 | 595 | 170 | 371 | 411 | 531 | 163 | 376 | 398 | 3405 | 6623 |
| White M: 70.1/128 W: 75.9/136 | 350 | 377 | 365 | 509 | 157 | 452 | 151 | 315 | 357 | 3033 | 369 | 549 | 155 | 351 | 401 | 513 | 127 | 339 | 365 | 3169 | 6202 |
| Green M: 67.8/119 W: 72.9/129 | 325 | 317 | 353 | 462 | 140 | 420 | 139 | 283 | 334 | 2773 | 345 | 457 | 136 | 321 | 351 | 482 | 99 | 327 | 355 | 2873 | 5646 |
| Red M: 64.9/114 W: 69.4/118 | 303 | 314 | 312 | 397 | 104 | 411 | 99 | 252 | 289 | 2481 | 324 | 411 | 111 | 269 | 311 | 430 | 85 | 291 | 308 | 2540 | 5021 |
| Handicap | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 10 |
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Photo submitted by rauschjt on 08/25/2023
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Photo submitted by rauschjt on 08/25/2023
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Photo submitted by jimlevern on 07/12/2023
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Photo submitted by jimlevern on 07/12/2023
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Tee Boxes Photo submitted by Bouie1608 on 05/20/2023
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Fairways Photo submitted by Bouie1608 on 05/20/2023
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Photo submitted by Tappestry on 02/11/2023
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Photo submitted by gc1900314807 on 04/16/2022
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Typical green. Photo submitted by scrudle99 on 06/28/2021
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Photo submitted by Tappestry on 11/18/2020
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Photo submitted by gharper77 on 07/23/2020
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Photo submitted by u6846721 on 12/04/2019
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Photo submitted by jimlevern on 05/24/2018
Good challenging golf course with excellent golf staff!
Good challenging golf course with excellent golf staff! Greens a bit rough.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course!
Hello, jfeckert. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.
We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.
u314162938547, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course.
Hi, ddsmith65. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Hidden Hills Golf Course!
Hidden Hills is a Hidden Gem!!
This was my first time playing Hidden Hills and was very pleased. It is the middle of July so the greens were a little rough. The fairways, tee boxes and rough were in great shape. No negative things about my round at Hidden Hills. I wish I would of hit the ball a little better!! Look forward to playing again on my next trip to the JAX area.
Hello, jgsmith71. Thanks so much for your review. We appreciate your feedback, and we hope to see you again soon at Hidden Hills Golf Course.
jamo
Played many times. Course was in good shap. Fairways better - greens were recently areated
Good course - a bit pricey at $70 (on Saturday).
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u314160415279. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hidden Hills Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Greens are in rough shape
There is a bunch of disease on most of the greens. There is also quite a bit of exposed dirt areas. It’s just in rough shape. I’ve played it in much better shape.
Hi, u000006104721. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Hidden Hills Golf Course!
Back at Hills!
Greens have come in nicely after a tough Spring.
Always friendly staff; glad to be back to the Hills!
Thank you for your review, jimlevern. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Hidden Hills Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Hi, u3951942. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Hidden Hills Golf Course!
u775782319, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course.
Greens need help
Greens are absolutely horrible, so sad to see this course go downhill like this. Slow play may have been worse, took us 3 hours to play 9 holes, left after due to slow play. All this for a great value of 75 dollars. Hope they get it back to the way it once was
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, EddieCabler. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hidden Hills Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Hello, u314163705255. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Hidden Hills Golf Course. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Great course
Love this course! Only issue is right now the greens are awful. Especially on the front nine. Looks like the large amount of rain we’ve had lately drowned them. They were perfect when I last played three weeks ago. Hopefully they will bounce back soon. Can’t wait to play here again.
Hello, u9057456. Thank you for visiting us at Hidden Hills Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Friendly Welcoming Staff
I had a great round on a very warm day. From the golf shop to the snack cart everyone was so nice. The course was challenging and fun and in great shape overall for mid summer in NE Florida. A couple of fairways were cart path only but it didn’t take away from the experience. Highly recommend!
Thank you for your review, u314164155766. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Hidden Hills Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Course is not in good condition
The greens are getting better but still not that good. The course has a great layout but not that good of fairway grass.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, maggiesarasusie. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hidden Hills Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Great Course
Always love to play there when I visit my son in Jacksonville from the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario.
Wonderful layout and routing. Poor conditions.
The course needs at least $2-3m put into it to bring it back to the Palmer gem it used to be. Greens had just been punched, so I’ll give a pass on that. But the fairways were bad, the bunkers and rough largely unmanicured and thin, with way too many bare spots. The cart paths are in disrepair, and the chances of getting a decent lie anywhere on the golf course are not good. We finally started playing lift, clean and place throughout the course.
This course still has great potential…but needs serious dollars spent to bring it back to its glory years.
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floreshl, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Hidden Hills Golf Course.