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79 Reviews (79)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
88.2%
Recommend this course
69 out of 79 reviews
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4.7
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.7
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.7
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
Recommend this course
3 out of 3 reviews
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4.0
12 Reviews (12)
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
83.3%
Recommend this course
10 out of 12 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 32
Length 2220 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
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Thames Valley Golf Club - Hickory
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Course Details

Year Built 1930
Golf Season Apr 1 to Oct 31

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Caddies No
Golf School Academy No
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No
Dress code Walking shorts accepted, no jogging pants, no cut-offs. T-shirts allowed.

Reviews

4.1
79 Reviews (79)
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Played On
Reviews 88
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Cute. Layout

Short 9 holer. Good variety in the layout. Take your full bag as you can use them all.Greens a little firm, tough to hold them from beyond 60 yards out . Lots of slope on greens and lightning fast so down hillers kill lots of par attempts.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 88
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing

Short but Challenging

At 2200 yards, this one offers an excellent workout if you need a conditioning round. Eight of the nine holes provide an option to use all your clubs. Greens medium sized and have lots of action in them. No water on Course at all. No sand traps. If speed of play is honest , you are finished in less than two hours easily.

Worth giving it a try.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dear Hickory

What’s not to like.
Get to spend hours with my 16 year old great nephew on a beautiful course. Pace was a little slow but to be expected on a Saturday. I had a great afternoon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

There’s a typo

Although it says walking rate several times it also says price includes round and cart. When Asked about the cart and showed them where it says cart the club house staff were very rude and aggressive.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Response from on 10/15/2018:
Hello, thank you for reviewing our course, Thames Valley Hickory 9 Course. We're very sorry to hear you may have had a poor customer experience with us recently, and we appreciate your feedback so we may work on improvements for your future experience with us. We apologize for any miscommunication or misunderstanding in regards to pricing and what is included in our rates. We will work to ensure we better clarify this in the future if necessary. However, we are glad to see that you found good value during your experience with us and that pace of play was satisfying to you. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Good Golf Course

We recently moved to London and are enjoying playing this course. It is in good shape and we find it challenging. We like to play 9 holes. Totally recommend it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Monday golfing

Nice course, not to busy on Monday morning for the long weekend.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Blast from past.

I use to be a member back in 1980. First time back in nearly 35 years. Down to earth staff and a fun round for this kid now 41. I remember the summers growing up being out there everyday. Wish I could still get a score like a kid. Love this place. For more advance golfers try out the Classic.

Value Good
Friendliness Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Walked

Good starter/learner format

I took my sons and nephew out for 9. Good course for the beginning juniors and value for round.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

well kept course, very pretty.

Had a very frustrating first five holes. Two sets of juniors ahead of us. They could really drive the ball but just sauntered up the fairway. Waited at least ten minutes for each of the first five holes that we played. Would try the course again in September when kids are back in school or later in the day. Tee off was at 1145.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice course. Dishonest pro shop staff.

Nice course and good conditions. Lots of tee times available.

Pro shop staff weren't the most honest or helpful. Was quoted a golf bag price by an employee who said he was selling it to me "at cost price", only to come back the next day and be quoted a much lower price by another employee who also told me he was selling it to me "at cost price."

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Short and easy

Thames valley is a nice old course with lots of mature trees but not much else to get into trouble with. Everything was well kept and in good condition. Rain was forecast on the day we played and we were all alone so we got our nine in less than 2 hours. The next tee is close to the green and its fairly flat making it a nice course to walk.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
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