Beautiful course in the foothills but it is not for everybody. This course is HARD. I would definitely play it again but I am a masocist
Seniors like this course because it is forgiving with few hazards. It is vvery well maintained and has a comprehensive clubhouse. The driving range, and its grassy hitting area, provides a realistic practice venue.
I love courses in senior communities as they tend to be wide open. We played the Orchard Course and it has plenty of room. Plenty of challenges too with ample fairway bunkers and green side traps. Greens were in great shape some damage to some of the fairways due to heavy use but nothing that would hurt your game. Some very nice views too. Pro shop is well stocked and while we didn't stop there, we hear the restaurant is supurb. Practice areas are ample and also well kept. The course was busy but we never waited as spacing was well planned. Starter was a bit of a grouch until I told home a joke and then he lighten up considerably. Would love to play this course again!
With wide and forgiving fairways this course is good for moderate handicappers. Although the courses are 15 years old there are few, if any large trees, so it looks like a new course with not much character. Maintenance of fairways and greens is average - nothing to write home about. The rough areas and the areas along the public roadways and walkways are rather neglected so it gives an overall shabby look as you drive through it. The worst problem is a non-caring staff in the pro shop.
Though many like the Hills course, I prefer the Orchard Course. It has some very imaginative holes and costs less. Good deals on internet and on their own emails.
The 2 couses get lots of play but they still could fix the tee boxes.Food is only from the cart girl and over priced. Staff trys to be friendly but fall short like a muni .
There are two golf courses at Lincoln Hills - both run by Billy Casper Golf. These courses wander through the Sun City Lincoln Hills community in Lincoln, CA. Rates (2013) are in the $50-70 range. The Hills course is 6819 Yards with a slope of 119 (White Tees), while the Orchard course is 6018 Yards with a slope of 115. Both courses are nestled in protected wildlife preserves (no chasing balls that are out of bounds!
This used to be a couple of nice little courses, but I think the economy has taken its toll. The fairways are not mowed often enough, the greens are pretty shaggy and the sand traps and tee boxes are embarrassing.
the course is a well designed course i have fun playing it and the cliental they have are great people
Lincoln Hills has three courses. We played two of them and they are decent is about all I can say. There seems to be more than normal drainage problems, the greens were a bit beat up and the tee boxes worse. Not extremely picturesque but not amuni either.