Richmond Hill Golf Club
Richmond Hill, Georgia 31324
Bryan County
Phone(s): (912) 727-4653, (912) 572-1791
Website: www.richmondhillgolfclub.com
The 18-hole Richmond Hill Golf Club (formerly known as Sterling Links) in Richmond Hill, Georgia is a semi-private golf course that opened in 2008. Designed by John Fesperman, Jr, Richmond Hill Golf Club measures 6608 yards from the longest tees. The greens are champion bermuda and the fairways are dwarf paspalam.
Golf course details
- Holes: 18
- Designed by: John Fesperman, Jr
- Public/Private: Semi-Private
- Year opened: 2008
- Golf Season: Year round
- Guest Policy: Welcomed. Public Access is Monday through Thursday Only
- Tee times welcomed: Yes
- Fairways: Dwarf Paspalam
- Greens: Champion Bermuda
Facilities
- Pro in house: Yes
- Driving range: Yes
- Rental clubs:
- Rental carts: Yes - $22
Green fees price ranges
- Week days: $23
- Weekends: N/A
Course policies
- Metal spikes allowed: No
- Dress code:
- Credit cards accepted: Yes
Length, slope and rating for each tee
Tee | Par | Yardage | Slope | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | 72 | 6608 | 0 | 0 |
Blue | 72 | 6092 | 0 | 0 |
White | 72 | 5562 | 0 | 0 |
Red | 72 | 5562 | 0 | 0 |
On the negative side--and unfortunately this dominates my memories of the round--the place isn't all that pretty. It winds through some of the blamed ugliest cookie cutter houses I've ever seen, all of them cheaply slapped together and for some reason painted a color that should be known as "Purgatory Gray." The course itself is not all that pretty, though they're trying hard to make you think so. It's pretty average, and aside from the fine conditioning, most goat track munis are as aesthetically pleasing with trees and views.
The layout ranges from decent to acceptable to idiotic. The design of the holes is generally alright, though nothing special. Pedestrian is a word for it. Some of the holes appear as if they were once bland little holes that have been tricked up unnaturally to be tough. That par 3 may be only 110 yards, but is it really necessary to bury an elephant under the green to trick it up? That's lazy design. In one place you have back-to-back par 3s that virtually share the same tee box, yet tee off in opposite directions! So, you play the shorter of the two (which has a green that appears to have been designed to receive shots from the opposite direction), then double all the way back the full length of it and play the second par 3 from basically the same tee box heading the other direction. I don't know if this was an architecture-by-default move when they redid the course a few years back and the people involved didn't have enough talent to do anything differently or if this was part of the original concept. If the latter, I hope the original architect is doing well in the institution, because that's where he belongs.
Overall I was impressed with the conditioning but unimpressed with everything else. The place in sum reminds me of one of those builder-designed houses (like the aggressively ugly housing development the course winds through). They often have pretty facades but when you look closer, the rest of the house has cheap siding and tiny windows in random, lunatic positions. They're overpriced. They have the appearance of beauty, but it fades upon closer inspection. They are created by those without taste for those without taste. That's Richmond Hills G.C. It was designed by those not clever enough to realize they're not clever.