Pretty nice course, semi difficult to keep track of the roll on your ball with how hilly it is, but the owner is fantastic and extremely friendly. The greens are well taken care of and speed is nice,

Course was in great shape, greens were fast, and a fantastic experience for a first visit.

I had not golfed in decades, and this is the place I started again. Dogwood Hills makes it affordable to play! Will is an incredibly nice person. This course makes golfing fun. Players can wear jeans and sneakers or golf attire and golf shoes. I like it that the other players I have encountered on the course have been friendly too. I have not had any encounters with bad attitudes at all, and I am certainly not a good golfer . . . yet. This is, in my opinion, the best place to take a new player—even someone who has never played before. There is no stress, and the quietness of the area helps too. I pause during play to just enjoy the scenery and feel the sun on my face and feel the breeze that flows up and down the hills and valleys of the course. I think this course is great for beginners because one does not feel out of place for not having expensive clubs or all the cool golf clothes. Plus, players get plenty of experience practicing hits on some interesting lies, especially if you miss a fairway here and there as I tend to do. I think even Tiger Woods might have to really bring his game if he missed the fairway on a few of the holes at Dogwood Hills in Claysville! I go with an experienced player, and he has taken a Mulligan on occasion. Me? Well, I should just change my last name to Mulligan! Anyway, I like finding hidden gems as this golf course is to me. I go out with an old set of clubs that were given to me by a friend to this course where I can actually afford to play at. Now that I am at the end of my review, I wish I could go golf there today! (Note: That's not me in the picture. It's just a nice pic I caught at sunset at the 18th green.)

Played again on 4/10/26. Same nice service as last time. I still did not have one level lie, same as last time. The tee boxes could stand to be cut tighter, same as last time. The grass on the tee box and fairway were the same height at about 1 - 1-1/2”.. No broken tees this time. The greens were surprisingly quick and many of my puttts ended up 5 feet past. Pay close attention if your’e even putting a little down hill. Your put will take off. It was a windy day, but with so many greens on top of hills the wind gust easily hit 25-30 mph which is not unusual here. Great when it is with you on the tee box, but not any time else. Played July 2025. Arnold Palmer was quoted as saying if you can play golf well in Western, PA you can play well any where. I doubt he ever played Dogwood Hills, but if you can play well here despite its short length you can play well any where. The course is a bit quirky, especially on the front nine with lots of twists, turns, uphill, downhill, and sidehill lies. If you just want to grip and rip it, this may not be the course for you. If you want to test your creativity with hitting a fade, then a draw, a knock down shot due to wind on top of the hills or 1/2 and 1/4 wedge shots than this is the course for you. The course itself was in good not great condition. There is not one sand bunker on the course. The greens were in very good shape and rolled well with the fringe around the greens very lush on most holes. The greens and surrounds were in much better shape here than much more expensive courses in the area like recent rounds at the 1781 and Hickory Heights golf clubs. The fairways were dried out in some areas, but I have not played a course in the Tri-State area that did not have some dry or even dead fairways the past month due to lack of rain. My one complaint would be the tee boxes. They definitely needed cut and cleaned up with numerous broken tees. Another suggestion would be to add a couple of ball cleaners at a few of the tee boxes. There is not one on the entire course. The service and friendliness of the owner and pro shop attendant was outstanding. The attendant went over a few quick tips on some of the holes before I teed off, and walked to my car after the round to retrieve the cart so I would not have to take it back down the hill to the shop. Dogwood Hills is a great place for a casual/fun round of golf! I wish 4.5 stars was an option.

The course was in awesome shape even with getting a few inches of rain the day before. Beautiful course with several challenging holes with a lot of elevation changes and very well manicured greens. The owner was extremely friendly, welcoming, and helpful with explaining the course layout. I will definitely play here again.