Decided to give Hidden Valley a go. I played it once over a decade ago, so it might as well have been my first time. Got paired with a twosome of seniors, but they asked me to play ahead. They said th... Continue »

Decided to give Hidden Valley a go. I played it once over a decade ago, so it might as well have been my first time. Got paired with a twosome of seniors, but they asked me to play ahead. They said they preferred to play very slowly so it worked out well. The only drawback is I had no clue where to hit my ball. If you’re unfamiliar with Hidden Valley I’d STRONGLY suggest you research the layout beforehand. Lost 4 balls not because I hit poor shots, but because I didn’t know where the trouble was on the holes with blind tee shots.

Something you should know about me, I appreciate flat tee boxes and true greens. Everything else is a distant third.

The greens were actually ok. They were slow, but it being consistently slow made it manageable. The sand traps are basically unplayable. Wasn’t in any, but the bunkers by the greens had HUGE cracks in them with black plastic pipes running through.

The worst part about the course are the tee boxes. They were TRASH.