A view of a fairway at Hilldale Golf Club.
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4.1
860 Reviews (860)
5 Stars
270
4 Stars
425
3 Stars
111
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
22
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
91.4%
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771 out of 860 reviews
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3.9
29 Reviews (29)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.2
89.7%
Recommend this course
26 out of 29 reviews
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4.0
131 Reviews (131)
5 Stars
41
4 Stars
63
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.0
92.4%
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121 out of 131 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6432 yards
Slope 138
Rating 72.0
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Course Details

Year Built 1970
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 10/31
Architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1970) Roger Rulewich (1972)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

4.1
860 Reviews (860)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 14
Watching the Game 8
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 24
Bunkers 13
Undulating Greens 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 14
Advanced Golfers 11
Entertaining Clients 7
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 20
Convenient to the City 11
Near the Airport 6

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Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

I'm sure it was my fault for trying to play on a Friday before a holiday..but still, the play was really slow ..which meant the rangers didn't push anyone.
Great course but had to quit after 16.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/28/2023

Hello, copper701. Thank you for visiting us at Hilldale Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 177
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/07/2023

Hello williamikim. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

In need of watering

Greens, and fairways were very firm with a lot of rollout. You needed a hammer to get your tee in the ground. The bunkers could use some more sand. Tough to play a normal bunker shot. If Hilldale decided to water their course, I would play it a lot more.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/07/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u000006502589. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hilldale Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice Course, No Amenities

We enjoyed our round. Some challenging holes. We were disappointed the cart girl came before the third hole and we told we would buy something when we saw her next and she said she would see us soon. Never saw her again. Wanted to grab a hot dog and something to drink after the 9th hole. Stand was closed. If we go again we are bringing our own cooler with food. If it was a hot and humid day, golfers would have had some issues

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/07/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, GWahCPTANaPbGo4wxtny. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hilldale Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 54
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/05/2023

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 Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

I've played at Hillsdale before, fairways need some work but otherwise, a good course for the money.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/07/2023

Hello, cleyva27. Thank you for visiting us at Hilldale Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Course needs TLC Average at Best

Local golfer, Played this course many of times but 1st time this year. The course is just an average course at best. It’s needs some improvement. Rock hard tee boxes, hard to just get a tee in. Fairways like concrete and bunkers aren’t soft. There’s others near by that are way better layouts, better course conditions, amenities. For the same price. Won’t recommend and won’t be back. A 5star rating is just ridiculous it’s not at all.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/07/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, nickob24. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hilldale Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Previously Played

Staff is a bunch of old losers who hate there lives

Fire or force them into retirement because the starter and hotdog veteran at the 9th holes arnt doing anyone any good. They are fat lazy and angry everyday and make everyones round worse.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/28/2023

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 Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Extremely slow pace of play

Extremely slow pace of play. Even if you tee off by 2pm it would be difficult to get 18 holes in. Course is crowded, and the skill level of the other golfers are beginner at best. Waiting to tee off on the first hole…the group in front (4ppl) took 9 mulligans. Not exaggerating. Why the starter allowed this is beyond me. The farthest “drive” went maybe 160 yards. They played the blue tees. This group hit multiple shots off of every tee box. Absolutely terrible experience

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 08/30/2023

Hello, Retroezbake. Thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. With that in mind, we are working to best control pace and allow everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve. Thank you for playing Hilldale Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great condition

The weather is a little hot.
The fairway condition and Pace of play are great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/28/2023

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Ugly starter

Have played so many years at this coarse and I always happy but today.
I never seen sush ugly and fat starter ever.
My four some got there a little earlier then our tee time. I approached to starter and just wanted to let him know that incase you have a spot, we are ready to go. I mean if he has a chance,
Suddenly, his face changed to ugly and said "we are all full. Get out of here". Sush ugly face.
We all had bad rounding of golf because of ugly fat man.
Complained to management officials.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Layout

It’s a Robert Trent Jones Sr. layout which is very well thought out as u would expect, the day we played it the course and greens were in great shape. Now the area has had a good deal of rain not too much just a perfect mix. All the courses in the area are in great shape and this one is no exception. Go play it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/28/2023

Thanks so much for the great review, jockm. We look forward to welcoming you back to our course soon. Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/18/2023

Kattiyaman, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Too slow

Piece of play way too slow. I get it with the weekend, but the rangers should have trade speed things up a bit.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/14/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u000004761214. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Hilldale Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Course

Was in great condition for August..Best value in area

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/14/2023

Hello, copper701. Thanks so much for taking the time to write a review. We're so glad that you enjoyed your round at Hilldale Golf Club. Please visit us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Decent Course

I haven't played Hilldale in a couple of years. The course was in good shape although tee boxes were a little chewed up. The pace of play was great. Greens were fair and slow. The course has some challenging holes including several with water hazards. It was a fun course to play and will play it again. Only negative is the halfway house wasn't open and we only saw beverage cart once.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/09/2023

Hello, danromaniak. Thank you for visiting us at Hilldale Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/09/2023

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Hilldale Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun Course To Play

I always enjoy playing at Hilldale. Some of the holes can be quite challenging. I would like to see the conditions improved on hole 17 as you approach the green before the water. It has been in kind of bad shape for several years. Overall the course was good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/07/2023

Hello, u000005986636. Thank you for visiting us at Hilldale Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hilldale

Well taken care of course nice layout for any type of golfer !!! Nice water holes bunkers layout was good made the course challenging !!!! Ranger starter and pro shop staff was great very accommodating ! Will definetly play this course in the future!!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/04/2023

Dinero214, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Hilldale Golf Club.

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