Boozer's Golf Review Vol. 26 - Huntington Hills Golf and Country Club

Your good friends at Boozer's Golf Review are generally optimistic and positive about golf courses. We've been guilty of overrating some courses in the past based on good times had instead of just the facts. Our rating of the Ritz Carlton Members Club being the prime example, and as soon as we book another round out there we will adjust the review accordingly.

As we started on this venture we didn't have the clearest vision of what we wanted to accomplish or how we wanted to go about doing that. We're not in it for the clout, but as an index for the golfers who need to make choices between average courses around the area and might need one more data point to push them in the right direction. This review will not be pushing a Sunday golfer in the direction of Huntington Hills.

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.

We fully expected to not be able to get booze until 11. That's ok for even the modestly prepared booze golfer. Bag bourbon and a few beers in the golf bag are pretty typical for those of us who want to make sure we're at least supplied until the turn. 9:30 tee time should get us there around 11:30, and we can restock there. BUT NOT AT HUNTINGTON HILLS!!! At Huntington Hills THEY DON'T SERVE ALCOHOL UNTIL NOON ON SUNDAYS. Yes, I'm screaming this as I type it. Infuriating. Fortunately for us, we asked before the round and found out the disheartening news.

Alas, I had the bag bourbon to turn to. At least I could get a diet coke to go with it. NOPE! CAN'T DO THAT EITHER! Huntington Hills serves Pepsi, which is exactly what I should have expected from a course that obviously doesn't care at all about its booze golfers.

Guess we're going to have to go with the Pepsi as our mixer for the day. At least at the turn they'll give me a free refill. NOPE! THAT'S ANOTHER $2.75 FOR SHITTY MIXER AND SOME ICE IN MY CUP! They're taking my money for all the worst reasons. And of course, we made the turn around 11:30 and were rebuffed in our request to sell a little bit early. This is a negative 4 beer rating kind of start to the review.

Thrifty boozing conditions

We were able to spend zero dollars on booze during the round because there wasn't a cart girl to start at noon and start supplying the parched customers on the course. You could be as daring as you want with the cart once you get it and drive it back to the car and fill up whatever you want. You'll probably want to stop back by the car at the turn in order to refill because you probably ran out on the front 9. Pitchers were under $9, too, but who cares at this point.

On course service

No cart girl. She wouldn't sell beer until the 13th hole anyway.

Pissability

It was ok. Bathrooms about halfway through each 9 and some forest areas along the way. You won't need to go on a hot Sunday morning, though.

Clubhouse experience

Cheap pitchers, grouchy service, average food. The place could also use some serious updating. I'd have rather gone off-site than stayed around this place.

Overall

We were tempted to give this course zero beers, but I don't think we're going to slam it quite this hard right now. Courses like Mark Bostick in Gainesville where they technically don't allow beers on the course at all should be the only zero beer courses. One BGR member played Huntington a few months beforehand on a Friday and was able to buy beers that were served in a cooler for the course, and the pitchers are cheap enough to buy all you need to fulfill your league obligations. That said, it's certainly no better than a one beer course based on the performance on Sunday. We at the BGR endorse not returning for club events unless we decide to go back to Saturday golf for the occasion.

This is a very sad beer.