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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.3
Value
4.0
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
3.8
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Executive
Par 61
Length 4101 yards
Slope 104
Rating 60.4

Editor's Note: Course closed for business.

The Hooch Golf Club sits along the Chattahoochee River in Duluth, sprawling across a scenic landscape covered with ponds and lakes. The course is an executive, par-61 layout that combines traditional features with modern challenges. Although there aren't any par 5s on the golf course there are a few holes that stretch to over 400 yards, which guarantees that you'll be using all the clubs in your bag. There is plenty of water throughout the golf course, including three holes that play right along the river. It might not be what you're looking for if you want something truly formidable, but for a short course it's a good challenge that provides excellent iron practice. Besides the golf course, The Hooch is also known for its 12-acre, lighted driving range. There are also putting and chipping greens with a deep-faced practice bunker.

Course Details

Year Built 1998
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect David Johnson (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy No
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Reviews

3.6
330 Reviews (330)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 32
Bunkers 30
Forced Carries 17
This course/club is great for:
Beginners 37
Locals 34
Walkers 31
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 33
Convenient to the City 17
Worth the Drive 6

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Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Early Saturday morning round

Haven't played the Hootch in several years and was impressed with the pace of play as well as the condition of the greens. Really liked the starter, very friendly and kept things moving along. The cashier was more focused on his cell phone than customers but the bathroom was clean and smelled good.
Overall very impressed!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Course for beginners

This is a fun course if you're a beginner. Not too long and enough holes to make it fun. This is my go to course now. I will continue to use the deal of the day. The extra fees are a rip off but the deal is ok

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improved Greens

At one time the greens were just flat out bad. The have done a great job getting the greens up to golf standards. Great course to work your irons but still affords you to pull the driver out. Sometimes a little over priced for a par 62, but a lot of fun. Great for the beginner.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play was very poor. We arrived for our designated tee time at 1:32 and had 2 groups ahead of us that were in line to tee off before us (didnt tee off until 1:50). After that my group was sitting in the fairway every hole waiting on the group in front of us. I believe this may have just been poor management by the starter.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It was fun time

Overall condition, tee box, fairway, green, are very clean and nice.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Great course for a quick round!

I love playing the Hooch because I can work on my game and usually get in 18 holes in around two and a half hours. The course is not hilly and that is a plus since I recently had knee replacement surgery. The course has a nice mixture of par 3's and 4's and it is very easy to use most of the clubs in your bag.
And the best part is that is very reasonably priced.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Excellent Short Range Course

This is my favorite short range course with 7 Par 4s and 11 Par 3s. The course is very well maintained and the greens are in excellent condition. I will play here many more times moving forward.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun course to play

First time to play this course and had a great time. Over 9 par 3s and was not as hard as I thought it would be.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome Course!

I played The Hooch for the first time last week and it was an awesome course for its value! Fun par 3's and driveable par 4's - depending on where you tee it up! But overall loved the course and will definitely be back again! Staff was super friendly and helped my pace of play when there was a 4-some in front of me, to allow me to play through!

You should try this course out if you haven't yet!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great experience

When my son and myself got there there were two foursome ahead of us so they gave the option to go off the back nine which we did. The coarse was very challenging which we like and plenty of par threes and interested​ par fours. I would recommen this coarse over and over again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Always a Good Experience

I have played this course a few times and I have always enjoyed my round here. I was the first player out and was done in 2 hours on a sunny Saturday morning. The course was in very good condition the greens were excellent and the staff/starter/marshals are always friendly and accommodating. I don't know of any other executive length course in the general vicinity that compares with what this course and facility can offer. I recommend this course. Thank you.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Cheap but Awful

The staff here is terrible, not to mention rude. This course is terrible and they act like it's Augusta National. We were very disappointed with how the staff acts and just the terrible customer service skills they have. Let's be honest... We knew it was a cheapo course, and you get what you pay for, that does not excuse customer service. When we came up people were dressed in Jeans and T-Shirts, looked like a scene from a putt putt course on spring break. The facilities are run down, the bathrooms should be in a horror movie, and I was worried to leave my car in the parking lot.

This was a spur of the moment trip, and my friend carries his clubs in his car. I picked him up and he threw the necessary clubs in my bag... it's only a par four do not many clubs are needed. The starter hounded us for having one bag and I pulled out my friends clubs and asked if he wanted me to put them in a trash bag ? He said we would be slow... We passed solos. Again we usually have both bags like most places require but when your clientele dresses as if they rolled out of bed we did not see the need to go all out.

If you want a cheap experience with people driving all over the course to get their balls and get in your way this is the place to go. I would rather spend $20 bucks and play at a civilized facility then play here again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Korean owners need to tend to course care!

Great location, popular course that gets tons of use but the owners really need to spend some money on maintenance of the course!

Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great coarse for the money

For the golfer who is just starting out. This is the course for you. Even though their are courses out their that will really challenge you. This course makes you have a good fun day of golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun Course, Good shape

I have always really enjoyed playing The Hootch. The staff is great and very friendly. They spend a lot of time keeping the course in great condition, even after all the rain the previous day. Greens were a little shaggy, but really in good shape for the amount of traffic. Play was good, got a round in rather quickly didn't have to wait very long. One thing that I wish could be improved is the drainage in the sand traps. All of the ones my partner landed in were full of water, and lost his ball twice in the trap. Could use better draining. Will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Love this course

This course is great for a quick 18 holes. Par 3's and 4's with the longest hole about 310? 2some in under 2 hours. Nice layout and pretty good conditions for March. They were aerating the greens but that was to be expected this time of year. I would recommend to anyone.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice Executive Course

Played the Hooch a few times in this early season(March). Good for a hacker like me. Get my Iron play down and the distances all the clubs will go. Final round was during green aeration, so it was naturally a little rough. Its a great course for beginners or folks who don't hit the ball a ton anymore.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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