This extremely scenic course has homes and trees lining all its fairways In addition the fairways are all bordered by a standard cut of rough Water hazards come into play on a number of holes and sand bunkers have been strategically placed around the course The most difficult hole is 14 a 361 yard par 4 requiring a tee shot over a creek then an approach shot over a small pond to the green Leon Howard designed the back nine which opened in 1970 Only homeowners of Hilltop Lakes are allowed to be members of this private club