Hillcrest Golf Club is a traditionally-designed Arizona golf course that is fairly flat. There are trees along the fairways which can come into play if you don't keep your shots straight. Many of the greens have severe slopes that make them difficult to read. The signature hole is #13, a 536-yard, par 5, with a dogleg around a lake and requiring an uphill approach shot to a green surrounded by eight bunkers. This hole was rated by the "Arizona Republic" and "Phoenix Gazette" newspapers as being one of the top ten holes in the state for 1989-90. Hillcrest Golf Club is one to be considered on an Arizona golf vacation.