Hickory Hills Golf Club sits in Grove City, a suburb southwest of Columbus, Ohio. The course was designed by Jack Kidwell, an Ohio-based architect who built numerous layouts across the Midwest during the mid-to-late twentieth century. Kidwell's work typically emphasizes playability for a range of skill levels while incorporating the natural terrain features available on each site. The Grove City area features gently rolling terrain characteristic of central Ohio, with mature tree cover and modest elevation changes. Courses in this region often route through corridors of hardwoods and utilize small creeks or drainage features as strategic elements. Hickory Hills serves as a public facility, providing accessible golf to the Columbus metropolitan area. The layout reflects the practical design principles common to municipal and daily-fee courses built during Kidwell's era—straightforward holes that reward accuracy without requiring excessive length, greens of moderate size and contour, and hazards placed to define playing corridors rather than create severe penalty. The course accommodates both recreational golfers and those seeking a competitive test within a traditional parkland setting. Grove City's suburban location means the club operates within a community context, balancing golf operations with the needs of local players and visitors from the broader Columbus region.