The Hollows Golf Club - Cottage/Road

I have been going to the hollows for 16 years although I do not play the course more than 5 or 6 times per year it has come a long way. The course over the last three or four years have greatly improved the fairways and greens they have never been as good and the turf conditions are excellent.The pro shop staff has not changed over the years they are still very indifferent to the golfing customer.They seem to not want to be there but I could be wrong. I would give the hollows a try you will like the turf conditions This is coming from from the perspective of a pga professional who has been in the golf industry for 40 years working at the best private golf courses in the the northeast.

The front 9 called the Cottage was in horrible shape. Looked like the fairways had not been cut for a while. Back 9 was better.

Pace of play was a little slow at times, but the course has been improving and has fixed major drainage issues of the past. We went after a rain and the fairways were all dry on Road and Lake.

Very poorly cared for. Fairways and tee boxes are rock hard. Bunkers are gravel pits. Green are decent, but that’s relative to the fact that the rest of the course is so poorly maintained. Staff is unfriendly and seem to hate being there. This place attracts the lower class clientele with no etiquette.

The Hollows is a great course if you don’t wanna break the bank for a round of golf. The price is good especially for a Hot Deal on golf now (like $30), but there’s a couple things to note.

- Gravel/dirt cart paths (avoid going here after it rains or you’ll be in for a muddy mess)
- No cart girl
- No restaurant or “grill” (that I was aware of)
- No ball cleaners or club cleaning stations
- Driving range is in pretty rough shape — it’s more of a warm up range

No ball washers at any hole. No drink cart or wayer available on the course. No maps of each hole at the tees. Adding all of the above could greatly speed up the pace. 4.5 hours for 18 holes

The course wasn't bad at all were in a dry season and the fairways were struggling only because of pond fed irrigation and little to no rain. Greens were nice! Golf pro don't remember his name and cart guy were both very pleasant and talked to me and my daughter before and after play. Will def be revisting. Golf has changed since the pandemic in the sense that alot of golfers don't know the respect and courtesy in Golf and the course and it showed with alot of the golfers we were around. This has nothing to do with the course itself just an addition to the review in hopes that those reading it will be more respectful of the course and the game!

Hollows is consistently what it is. Not perfectly groomed (but not bad, most of the time). Greens are usually consistent. Course (all 3) have a mixture of fairly easy and challenging (gold tees)--overall, pleasant.
Sometimes their administration leaves a bit to be desired--we usually play in a group/league outing and our standard tee time can get bumped by overlapping tee times. This has gotten better this year.

We played on Labor day and weather was in question but turned out great and pace of play was good.

The course was decent enough for the money paid but nobody to Marshall. There was 2 three sums ahead of us and they were together playing a best ball between them. The lead group kept waiting on there tee box for them to finish there hole. After a while they all hooked up together and made a 6 some. I talked to the group behind us and they said this happens all the time here. Makes me wonder about coming back again.

The course for the most part is in good shape. However I found that the fairways and greens were very hard. The greens were not at all responsive to high spin approach shots. Several bunkers had almost no sand in them. And the fairways rolled a long way. Still of one of my favorites in the area but improvements could be made.