South Hills Golf Club

$36 (cart included), played on Sunday, September 2016 at 7:40 AM

Need water badly. Too dry, rain has been lacking for several months and they do not have enough irrigation.

$16 (cart included), played on Tuesday, October 2013 at 8am

Our group of travelling seniors played here 10-1-13 for $20, with the Tee Time book, a fair price for this quality of course in this condition.

Have reviewed the course before, so will confine remarks to conditions. In a word: rough, largely because of no irrigation system. Tee boxes are OK, but have some bare spots. Fairways were VERY firm, with lots of sparse patches: had to move the ball to grass on almost every shot. Lots of GUR. Bunkers were very poor, with thin sand and lots of rocks (there was a sign in the clubhouse saying it was OK to move the ball in bunkers...don't see that too often). Greens were in good shape, and putted fairly fast, but were extremely hard: in 18 holes, never had to fix a single pitch mark...couldn't find any to fix!

Staff, as always, was gracious and helpful.

$16 (cart included), played on Thursday, July 2009 at 10am

Used tee time golf pass for the price. Played all 27 holes. Course was in very good shape. Some tee boxes could use some work, but if something is going to be lacking on a course, I want it to be where I can place the ball where I want and on a tee. Greens were very receptive.

Do Not Recall (cart included), played on Friday, October 2008 at 10am

I played in an interminably lengthy scramble. However, I(and the team) played well enough to win the tournament. Despite the pace of play, we all agreed that we'd like to play the course again in non-tournament mode.

$21 (cart included), played on Tuesday, August 2008 at 10am

South Hills has three nines, with North-South being the original 18. The West course is the newest, and the nicest of the nines, IMHO.

Overall, South Hills is a mature course, with lots of very large trees along the fairways, especially on the South nine. South is also pretty tight on a few holes, but not unfairly so. Course does not have an irrigtion system, so conditions can get pretty tough late in the summer. Layout is OK, nothing special, Tee boxes are fairly small by contemporary standards, but are usually OK. Fairways are crowned, but no sculpting or moguls to speak of: landing area is generally fairly wide. Bunkers are usually not in very good shape: very firm and thin. Greens are medium to large, generally putt fairly slow, and late in the season, several have bad patches on them.

Some really nice holes: North #2 is a downhill par 4 with a left-to-right sloping fairway down to a valley and kick up to the green. Always a tough par for me. North #8 is a relatively short par 3 wich seems to defy landing/keeping a ball on the green: very challenging. West #9 is a downhill dogleg left, with a pond through the turn: very fun hole.

Golf carts are pretty beat up. Clubhouse is old, but adequate. 19th hole is decent, and prices are fair; service is always excellent.

Overall, it is a nice, friendly atmosphere, and the course is worth a play.