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At its peak, Hidden Hills Golf Course had 39 leagues and nine school districts playing matches there, including Lake, Woodmore, Clay, and Rossford.
“I think one of the best things we did was starting a youth program 30 years ago. We opened the course up to youth and we have an eight-week clinic and we’ve had as much as 108 kids in one clinic,” managing partner Mickey Pierce said.
“At one time, 60 percent of the high school golfers came from the clinic. We’ve had nine schools that have used our course as their home course, but since that time a lot of other courses have opened up that they moved to.”
At 2 p.m. on July 23, the course on County Road 16, Woodville, built by Mickey’s parents, the late Oral Devell Pierce and wife Edith Elizabeth Pierce, 92, will be auctioned after being family-owned for 44 years.
According to websites specializing in golf, it has often been considered a good course for beginners. That does not mean just anyone can expect to score low. The PGA rating is 70.2 and the slope is 66.
“I’ll tell you what, a lot of people have said, ‘It’s not as tough as this, it’s not as tough as that,’ but I’ve cleaned out thousands of golf carts after people played and I’ve looked at dozens of score cards, and very seldom do I see par on the score,” Mickey said. “Golf is played with the brain a lot. You have got to program where you are going to be.
The course record is 69, set by Floyd Goodwin of Perrysburg. The oldest league is an all-female league called Charlie’s Angels, which dates back to 1971 and is still together today.
“It got that name because it was the Charlie’s Angels time, and it was the Hills Angels and they are still going. Last year, was the last time one of the original ladies played. It’s one of my best leagues,” Mickey said.
Many fundraising golf scrambles have traditionally made their home at Hidden Hills. For the past 32 years, the course has hosted a ladies day golf outing each year in July to benefit Hospice of Northwest Ohio in memory of Paul Johnson, Ralph Pierce, and Bill Berry.
If you ask Mickey Pierce which holes are his favorites, he doesn’t hesitate to respond.
“I think No. 8 (par 4) is my favorite hole because it’s got eight different tees. It’s long enough with a pond, and it’s got real challenges to it. No. 9 (200-plus yard par 3) is a hard hole to play because of the distance and the creek,” Mickey said.
“It’s (nearly 200 yard par 3, No. 4) a long hole, and when you play from the blue tees it can be a tough course. As far as the back, my favorite hole is 13 because it’s got the creek, it’s got the pond, and you’ve got to place what you are going to do.
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