Sunset Hills Public Golf Course

$31 (cart included), played on Wednesday, January 2020 at 9:00 AM

Traveling south to Charlotte,NC for an warm New Years Eve and round of golf. Found this 18 hole 1952 era built course ready for play. Although two (2) days of rain had softened the 2,798/3,251yd / 68.8 / 118 Par 35/36 rolling layout, I was ready to play. The rainy conditions mixed with normal play had done damage to some fairway areas, mostly around the green areas. Cart path only/player responsibly could have prevented this damage to future play. The small raised greens were the courses biggest defense where yardage is on the short side. Front 9 layout has good separation between holes and fair landing areas from the Blue tees. No real sand traps to worry about only slight doglegs to breakup the straightaway easy play. The Back 9 #10 starts out with an tree lined narrow 525yd Par 5 to keep you focused. The #11 448yd Par 4 with a Hcp 2 protects itself with soft conditions and a raised green. The course lowers its guard on the #13 441yd par 5, but don’t stray on this narrow hole. The #18 is a risk/reward 396yd on it’s 2nd shot that has a tree/creek protecting the front of the green. My low rating on conditions would be higher on dryer layout with less damage. Ended up shooting 36/41 w/27putts as greenside saves were a premium asset today is the wet conditions. Good way to start the new year on this 46 degree day.

$21 (cart included), played on Thursday, April 2014 at noon

Played the course on a weekday in early April. I really enjoyed the course. This is an old style public course that is secluded and has a nice comfortable welcoming feel.

The welcome starts at the club house, and ends with the "hope you enjoyed your round" from the cart guy when we returned the cart. In between, the course could be described as comfortable. It's a course that pretty much lays out in front of you, very few doglegs, generous fairways and very few protective bunkers in front of the tees. That is not to say the course is a total pushover..it is not. A 3 to 4 foot ravine with a creek parallels a number of holes and managed to capture one of my drives. There is the obligatory 165 yard over the water par-3 that can always intimidate. For me, the most difficult aspect were the small push-up greens. The greens did not hold well so a shot to the green would often roll off, and since the greens were usually elevated, the roll off could deposit your ball some distance from the green. Very few greens had back stops such as mounds or sand bunkers to prevent the ball from bounding far off the green.

The course was maintained nicely and the pace of play was great. This would be my home course if I lived within 10 miles. The price is right and course is too. I highly recommend this course.

$10 (cart not included), played on Monday, August 2010 at 6am

It is a great course. The staff does a lot to build positive customer relationships. They also promote junior golf. It is always a nice experience.

$21 (cart included), played on Saturday, May 2008 at 2pm

Good value.

$10 (cart included), played on Sunday, April 2008 at 10am

Descent enough course for the price.

Member (cart included), played on Tuesday, September 2007 at 8am

not bad for the money