Highlands at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa
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Grand Geneva Resort & Spa boasts two championship golf courses. The Brute Course is a formidable test while the Highlands Course presents a more player-friendly layout though it still has plenty of challenges in store. Jack Nicklaus and Pete Dye teamed up to design the Highlands. It is a traditional links-layout that is tumbles across glacier-carved hills and valleys. It perfectly mimics the feel of courses of the British Isles especially on the undulating greens that are flanked with bunkers. The course is playable for all skill levels though low handicappers looking for a challenge might want to tackle the Brute. The resort has garnered a popular following amongst both locals and visitors. Conde Nast Traveler ranked it in the top ten northern US golf resorts and that is just one of the many accolades Grand Geneva Resort & Spa has received.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | 71 | 6659 yards | 71.5 | 125 |
| Championship | 71 | 6207 yards | 69.2 | 120 |
| Regular | 71 | 5675 yards | 66.8 | 114 |
| Forward (W) | 71 | 5011 yards | 68.3 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.0/131 | 389 | 506 | 432 | 192 | 438 | 549 | 153 | 345 | 461 | 3465 | 318 | 594 | 205 | 394 | 398 | 334 | 374 | 143 | 400 | 3160 | 6625 |
| Gold M: 69.8/124 W: 75.5/141 | 376 | 483 | 394 | 153 | 413 | 511 | 144 | 320 | 450 | 3244 | 308 | 553 | 193 | 333 | 384 | 309 | 346 | 127 | 372 | 2925 | 6169 |
| Silver M: 67.6/117 W: 72.5/129 | 333 | 450 | 350 | 117 | 370 | 483 | 126 | 264 | 435 | 2928 | 272 | 525 | 155 | 330 | 332 | 282 | 333 | 117 | 362 | 2708 | 5636 |
| Red M: 64.4/105 W: 68.6/112 | 290 | 421 | 328 | 91 | 355 | 457 | 93 | 230 | 304 | 2569 | 226 | 481 | 120 | 305 | 320 | 230 | 305 | 108 | 308 | 2403 | 4972 |
| Handicap | 11 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 8 |
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Highlands 2020
Great course..great day of golf with friends...very accommodating staff with giving everyone separate carts!
Never miss
It's a cant miss piece of property.
Two courses
Wonderful conditions
Every time you play you will not be disappointed.
Enjoy your day a d your round at the highlands
Rich Town Course
Played both courses many times. I like the Highlands the best, but a major draw back is after th hole it doesn’t bring you back to the club house, and half way house at 11 is NEVER OPEN. But recently they had a beverage cart out on the course. One of the best senic layouts in all of Lake Geneva . Shot makers course, but I will add, there greens were superb.
Sadly this I only play here on golf deals from golf apps when I can find them.. Lake Geneva Cater to the wealthy when it comes to the 7 courses in the area. Normally your looking at starting at $100.00 bucks and higher. Not worth the money here. Sad it that way here.
Best course I’ve played this year!
I’ve played many courses already this season and I have to say the Highlands are in top shape. I was very pleased with the condition and pace of play. Will for sure play again.
Return to the Highland
Beautiful course. Good Covid precautions taken by staff. Greens were bumpy with aerations and a lot of sand. Fairways and tee boxes were great. Little or no winter damage.
Covid Golf
Greeting was a little grumpy due to the unusual conditions,
The starter was conversant, pleasant, and just a pleasure.
Golf course condition was excellent. Greens were firm and fast even with rain all day long. Superintendent should be very proud as this course continue to improve each year.
Covid 19 golf
Due to current conditions the course went out of there way make sure safety was a priority.
Beautiful course
I love this course,it's beautiful and challenging.
Awosome
Took advantage of golfnow hot deal on last day of golfing this year. Beautiful course, friendly staff.
Wow
The course is absolutely amazing. The tee boxes were perfect the greens were fast and in great shape. My only complaint if I had one was due to being a "business" trip I did t have my clubs so I had to rent a set and wow I've never hit better clubs (M5s)! but 65 bucks to rent? Overall no regrets, we were playing terrible and taking forever and not one time were we bothered. Great course!
Spoiled
I'm getting back into the sport and playing courses I was never able to get to. This course was amazing and the staff were super nice. The putting green was amazing and the free driving range, yeah, I was spoiled. I hope I get to do it again.
Meh....
This course is very strange in many ways. It has many very pretty holes, especially on the front nine. It was in good condition minus the very slow greens. However, it has been redesigned several times and it shows. The course has some of the stupidest hole designs I've ever seen. Don't hit your ball anywhere to the right on 15, even a little, or you'll find out the cart path is a few feet from the fairway and right next to it is a road. Sixteen may be the dumbest hole I've ever seen. Tree line right up against the tee on left, all the way up, and a big tree in the middle of the fairway that blocks 2/3 of the fairway. You can hit a great drive--middle of the fairway--and be in jail.. And here I thought they had Bob Cupp redesign a course that was supposed to be miserably difficult to play!. Oh, and don't forget the road in middle of the fairway on 16 (an insanely stupid design for so many reasons) that cuts the hole in two. One just gets a sense that this course, whatever it once was, has been hacked apart and has no real identity. It is absolutely not a links course. That idea is laughable, so don't buy into the whole "it's a Scottish course" thing they are trying to sell.
Again, there are many good looking and fun holes here. They are offset by a half-dozen poorly designed to downright stupid holes. Of all of the resort courses in Lake Geneva, I would put this one last on my list to play. The Brute, which is bizarre in its own way, is a far superior course. They should have left the Highlands be the Briar Patch. It would at least have a consistent identity. You can see the Dye / Nicklaus influence on a number of holes, but there's no consistent feel to the course design. Too many cooks.
A few other thoughts: the driving range is hitting off of mats, which is annoying. The clubhouse is quite dated and a mile from the parking lot. The staff were also mixed. The guy in the pro shop was nice, but the rest of them seemed distracted and indifferent (no one at the bag drop)--not what I'd expect at a supposedly luxury resort.
I'm glad I played the course once. I won't be back.
Hello ajpalmer2. Thank you for taking the time to leave a thoughtful and detailed review of your pros and cons of course. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can consider changes. Thanks for visiting us!