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Value
4.4
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
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Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6510 yards
Slope 127
Rating 71.2

Course Details

Year Built 1993
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dick Murphy

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Reviews

4.2
49 Reviews (49)
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Reviews 12
Handicap 25+
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Long Drive

Long drive for a disappointing day on the golf course. Pro shop guy was nice enough but said he didn’t have my reservation at first. Then called me by name before I had a chance to say it. Possibly a common occurrence with the distance from connection I experienced with my mobile device.

Practice area is a small chipping green and putting green with a range that I never saw. They were offering range balls that looked like the ones found on the course lost by playing the poorly mowed weedy fairways. Tee boxes were mostly weeds and needed a hammer to put your tee into before your shot. Greens were okay but had so many ball marks that I had to repair several on my line almost every hole. Also the pins had not been changed and the cups were wore down on every hole. Some greens needed treatment for weeds while others needed sod replaced in several areas.

The scenery is beautiful and the elevation changes make it a tough track at times. All the bunkers have been allowed to grow over with grass. It’s a picturesque goat ranch in my opinion.

Play was unbelievably slow with no Marshall in sight. We could see that groups of five players were measuring putts to see who was out and holding up playing. Saw the name of what looked like the owner on a bag in one of the carts used by them while I was waiting to TeeOff. Was told there was a group of 19 that played every Sunday and they had privilege. The group immediately in front of us quit at the turn.

I have been wanting to play this golf course for years. The trip was my first and last in the same day.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Conditions

Overall excellent greens and fairways. Course maintenance is doing an amazing job with the greens including hand watering as needed! Always have a great time. Jerry, one of the clubhouse staffers, is extremely helpful and friendly. Enjoy meeting and talking to additional staff. This course is fun, challenging and beautiful. Definitely one of my favorites.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Turtle time!

Greens were very moist & soft and rolled true but lots of ball marks... Fairways pretty darned hard and needed some water... Elevation changes make it fun and challenging!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Absolutely fun and entertaining! Course layout and unique challenges made me look forward to each hole, as this was my first time playing here.

Going back for sure!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens and more greens

Pretty good shape consider the freeze this past year. Greens were in great shape but a little thick and wet. Tee boxes could use some at that water. Good course and got a hot deal for $25, worth every penny. Had a five-some and a cart of 6 people (4 playing) which slowed our pace a lot.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun track

Came back a for a second time. Definitely worth it, course played great, a little slow, greens have improved significantly in just a few weeks. Definitely recommend this one

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hidden gem

I’ve seen the term “hidden gem” thrown around a lot when it comes to Turtle Hill......... and dang, that is exactly what it is. Yes it’s a little rough around the edges, but the value is phenomenal. Fairways are good, tee boxes are not terrible, but greens could use a little work. But like I said, for me, golf is all in the value and this place gets 8.5/10 stars. Would be a 10, deducting 1 for greens and .5 for no cartgirl... course is BYOB!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lump of coal in the rough

Was once worth the drive to turtle hill because of the amazing bent grass greens. This is not currently the case. Greens are hard and lumpy with large areas of dead grass or dirt on them. Impossible to putt in a straight line. I can go hit balls in the pasture behind my house for free and it wouldn’t be much different from playing turtle hill right now.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Turtle Hill

Not to bad of shape for winter time. Tee boxes could use work. Greens are in decent shape. But there is no fairway or a rough area it’s just all short tour no grass hard ground. The layout of the course is awesome and can’t wait to play in the summer.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 13
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 53
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Great Golf Course

I have been wanting to play this course for a long time now and I finally got to play it. Though it was over an hour's drive for me,I really enjoyed this course. The bentgrass greens were great! You see a lot of those here in North Texas and being from California, I miss playing on them. The deal on Golfnow was great and made it worth the drive. I will be back!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good course

Course was wet do to rain the night before. Greens putted true and coming in good after the cold weather in February. Good layout!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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