The Hay

The small nine is quick to play! Great for short game practice - not much too it. Great greens and cool view. It was cool to play each hole after reviewing the story online and why they choose each hole. You finish off with a video shot at hole 9 scanning a QR code. Loved being out there experiencing the history and stories.

There is something deceptively innocent about The Hay. Nine holes, each modest in length, unfold like a haiku about impermanence. At first glance, one could mistake it for a children's game — a light diversion beside the great, mythic sibling of Pebble Beach. But this is wrong. The Hay is not a lesser course. It is a distillation. A meditation. Here, stripped of distance and spectacle, the golfer confronts the essence of the game — the terrifying demand for precision, and the quiet joy of fleeting success. To land a ball softly on the green from 60 yards is to experience a miracle in miniature. The course does not shout. It whispers. And in that whisper, I hear something profound — that in the small, there is still the infinite. Families come here. Children swing wildly, unaware of failure. Lovers laugh under the cypress trees. The old walk with careful steps, remembering. It is, perhaps, the only place in the world of golf where the burden of performance gives way to the play of being. There is beauty in this simplicity. Not the sublime terror of vast mountains or deep jungles, but the kind found in a pebble, smooth and warm in your palm. You hold it, briefly, and let it go. The Hay is not about conquering. It is about presence. And for a moment — a shot, a breath, a shared smile — that is enough. Five stars. (For allowing children to play the game for free) p.s. book a tee time through the office to avoid the 17 mile drive toll.

Would give our server a “0” if possible. We were treated badly . Had to ask for help through out our time here. Not sure if was because we were from town or if it was what we looked like. I do not recommend this place. Btw, I look pretty good.