The Golf Club at The Highlands

The Golf Club at Highlands sits in the middle of a housing development – but you’d never know it playing the course. The clubhouse and fitness center have everything you want in a golf club – food, exercise equipment and The Bunker – an indoor teaching station to improve your game! 

The owners are growing their own Zoysia for the fairways and will change them out in 2025. They have already changed out the greens to Bermuda, and they play exceptionally well. In addition, improvements will be made to the driving range following the changes to the fairways and greens. The owners also provide all their own bread from their bakery, Buffa Bakery. April, the Manager of The Reserve, was engaging and efficient. Both of us enjoyed the Reuben!  

You will want to play multiple times. We enjoyed the uniqueness of the course – five Par 3s and five Par 5s and the design by Steve Smyers was interesting, challenging and fair. 

This course is accessible on a number counts – through the VSGA VIP card, and their fee structure as a semi-private course. 

The course isn’t that long (6565 yards from the back tees) and has six sets of tees. We would have enjoyed playing from the back, except it was raining when we started the round and decided to play from blue at 6176 yards. Wise choice!

One of our favorites: Hole 9 is the former finishing hole. This dogleg left hole earns its Handicap No 1 rating. The tee shot is a narrow tree-lined shot, but goal one is to hit the fairway. The 2nd shot is quite challenging with fairway bunkers and three bunkers protecting the severely undulating green. Enjoy!