Highland Creek Golf Club

This was the first time I played this course in over a year. I have always heard and read negative reviews. I decided to see myself only cause I could get out under their top tier prices. This course is drastically overpriced. The course condition is not up to par with some of the lower price courses around town.

The weather was beautiful as well as the neighborhood the golf course resides in. I based my desire to play there partly on hotel employee recommendation, golfnow offering, and their advertisement. So, my expectations were to be - very good. To start-no bag drop-no biggie. Attendant(cashier) very nice and helpful. Small bucket of range balls (approx. 20 balls) $6-little pricey for 20 balls. Cart was pretty slow, no I mean very slow for gas. I was unaware they had aerated and top dressed the greens recently. Combine that with not having been recently mowed or rolled and several hard mud patches -made for very slow inconsistent greens. I guess my pet peeves for golf courses other than consistent greens are fairly simple-give me level Tee boxes(I struggled a bit on most tee boxes to find a level spot-played from the blues) and manicured bunkers. The numerous bunkers I walked by or landed in (2) had several footprints and divots left there. At first I thought inconsiderate golfers but also noticed very few rakes. If you have a very large bunker (10-30yds)that has 1 or maybe 2 rakes good luck keeping pace of play if you want golfers to go find a rake. Spend the money provide lots more rakes-period. Highly suggest you have a golf measurement device because the distances (scorecards) were off quite a bit 147 vs 127 (pin front), 211 vs 186 (pin front), 151 vs 171 (pin middle) etc. All flags same color, no pin sheet, so if accurate distances are important to you, come prepared. I think with a few adjustments the course could be really nice. This was my experience on the day I was there. Your results may vary !

Went out to play a weekend round of golf with my dad at our neighborhood course. HC used to be in great shape back when I was in high school but in the past 4-5 years the place has fallen apart. The tee boxes and greens look like they have been kept up with at all. For 60 dollars you should go find yourself a better course

i live in Highland Creek and have always liked the layout; however the conditions are still disappointing. Early in the spring all the courses were in poor condition due to late I've storm and freezes. In June I gave it a try but fairways and greens were terrible. Gave it two months and tried again today. Fairways were much improved, but the greens are full of ball marks, bare or thin spots, and crab grass. I won't try again til greens are greatly improved. Disappointed because I live about a driver's distance from the first green and would like to play, but conditions drive my decision

Overall the course was not that bad, I've played worse and better from what I understand the guys we were paired with live down there and said the course is in a rebuilding stage so they are working with it, as far as the value 55 dollars is way too much to ask for 18 there maybe at the most $30 I played much better courses darn near championship courses for that price in Michigan so for a day out after the NASCAR race it was fine with me and then I drove back to Michigan happy would definitely recommend !!

I NEVER write reviews. I'm just too busy. But I travel all over the world and this course was easily in the worst shape of any course I've played in 10 years. The fairways had NO grass, weeds were taking over any of the dominant grasses and it was the first time I've ever played a course where we preferred to be in the rough vs. in the fairway. The staff, upon check-in, told us that the greens had been "lightly punched." Jeez, if that was a light punch we would hate to see what full aeration meant. It was like putting on a shag carpet. If you are a serious golfer, I am sure there are other options in the Charlotte area that you can choose from, but my foursome was highly upset the entire round experiencing a course had fallen into such disrepair. So, from one fellow golfer to another...STAY AWAY.

The course was not in tip top shape. Needed water. Fairways were dry, Bermuda grass was still brown and some shots hit into the center of the fairways rolled thru to either the rough or the creeks.

Paid senior rate with cart. I would play it again when conditions improve.

I think this course has potential to be very good. From a challenge standpoint it is fun but the conditions of the fairways and the greens are not worth the $45 we paid. Muddy fairways with standing water were plentiful and lots of bouncing on the greens instead of rolling.

As with most other former CT courses, I've avoided playing Highland Creek for quite some time. Recent reviews have talked about how the course is coming back, so I decided I'd give it a try for the $29 twilight rate online. You can tell that the new management is working on improving the course, but it will take some time. Most of the fairways and greens are very, very thin. The fairways were all running very fast, as I got good roll on every tee shot. The only exception was #2 fairway, which may be the lowest point on the course. The greens need more uniform grass growth on them. The slopes on HC greens are too severe for as bumpy as they are currently. You can't get a putt started online and have it hold because of the thinness of the grass. Some teeboxes have had extensive work done to them, while others need more attention. I think the course is going to need another full growing season to get to where it needs to be. They also need to repair/replace steps/walkways to some of the tees and greens. All of the bunkers did have nice, white sand in them. Highland Creek is definitely a work in progress and should improve as the year goes on.

This couse has had some major improvement from this past summer. This course was in terrible shape but they have repaired many of the bunkers - they were washed out by the unseasonable rain this past summer. Crabgrass was eveywhere, but that is under controll due to the season. They are keeping the grass cut short - greens are fast. The layout of the course is very nice. As long as maintenance of the course continues this will be a course everyone will want to play in the near future. The range balls need replacing!

Played as a single and flew through the round, 2:15 to play. I am assuming the reason there was nobody there was the condition of the course. Greens need a lot of work. Good value, nice staff but I was disappointed with the course