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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6644 yards
Slope 125
Rating 72.2

Clifton Highlands Golf Club, just north of Prescott, enjoys a scenic location overlooking the St. Croix River Valley. The club offers a championship 18-hole course as well as a par-3 course. Dr. Gordon Emerson, Wisconsin's most prolific course designer, designed the Championship Course. He considered it some of his best work. The golf course has enough diversity to appeal to both low and high handicappers. The layout is fairly tight with mature trees framing many of the holes. The undulating greens and fairways are meticulously maintained. A combination of water and sand comes into play, providing a fair amount of challenges without being too punishing. In addition to the 27 holes, Clifton Highlands G.C. also has a driving range and practice greens that are adjacent to the first tees of both golf courses.

Course Details

Year Built 1978
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect Gordon Emerson (1978)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Showers, Lockers, Locker Rooms

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4.4
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good challenging course for great value

Bery friendly and flexible staff, challenging greens and the course is always well maintained.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/13/2016

A 5 star rating???? Have you not played any other courses. This course is at most a 2 star. I will not go back and would discourage anyone from playing it.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good bang for your buck

Not an overly long course but have to be good around the greens. overall course is pretty good, but for the price the course is great. Staff was not overly friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect March golf in Wisconsin

First of all, the staff was wonderful, enthusiastic and proud of their facility. I can understand why, from tee to green the course perfect. Much better than most so called high end courses in June. Greens were lush, cut and true. They are a true test of putting skills, large with professional contour. Tees the same, immaculate. Fairways were unblemished without a single leaf or twig. Traps were dry, soft and challenging. Pace of play was a mere four hours of leisure and such a peaceful setting. Not lined with homes. Greens and upcoming tee boxes are generously spaced and secluded so there's never interference. Course is always challenging but fair with risk / reward opportunities. Carts are very well maintained and pride of ownership shows. Enjoyed it so much I had another 4 some out the following day! Major accolades to the entire Clifton Highlands team for preparing the course for any early start.

Thank you for another amazing golf experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cool beautiful day for golf

Enjoyed the outing. Great deal. Did lose a couple balls in the leaves but I didn't care cuz it was a beautiful November day of golf

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great Fall time golf.

We had a great day for golf and the course was in nice shape and the greens were quick.
Will be back to play the course again even with the drive from Mpls, Mn.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great fall course

The greens were tight and level, no dimples from aerating which can be rare in late September.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 73
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

nice little golf course

This course is among the cornfields of Wisconsin in a little wooded patch with some undulations on the back nine. It's a pleasant little course with nice scenery. Stay below the hole on almost every green as most are sloped back to front. Precision and club selection is much more important than distance. It's not very difficult, just a nice fun golf course

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice course

Greens and tee boxes in great shape. Most fairways in good shape with a few rough spots. Off the fairways several areas with large bare dirt patches, especially in shaded areas. Good overall shape and not too hard if you don't spray it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Afternoon

Course is in very good shape. Tee's, greens, and fairways are excellent. Played in 4 hours following a five-some. No problems there. If you haven't, best give this track a try.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

good value

this was my first time playing this course. the price was right and it was it good condition after strong storms the night before. we had 3 groups of seniors ahead of us so the pace slow on the front 9 but pick up on the back. the staff was friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

5 stars

Best greeens in the metro area. All around a very good day of golf. Been playing here for many years. The go to course for an enjoyable day

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

New Golfer

I am a new golfer so maybe it is common to be paired up when golfing but I was pretty upset. In fact, I almost walked away. I had paid online and so I figured I better play. The guys I was paired up with were great. They were friendly and very understanding but because they are much better than I am it slowed their play down significantly and it got to the point that I really didn't get my full round because I picked up my ball a lot on the green to help with the pace of play. When I arrived at the course they told me because we booked through golfnow.com we got paired up. They were not very friendly about it. I could tell they were annoyed that I booked my round through the website. SORRY TO INCONVENIENCE THEM. WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN! I am weird in that I like to golf alone because it allows me some time to myself. Its a de-stresser. I definitely won't be going back to this course again and would not recommend it to others! The pro shop was not fun to deal with at all.

Conditions Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tough course

Course was challenging at times, greens were tough you better get close to the pins, don't go long, fairways where we'll manicured when hitting from them. We played 36 holes and it was needed to fiqure out landing areas. Me and my boys had a good time and will play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Track

Highlands is about 40 miles from my home and well worth the drive. I will definitely play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great price

Beautiful course and the staff and other patrons were over the top friendly. We will definitely be back, many more times in the coming future.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Better than expected!

Beautiful course! Great layout, challenging holes, and the condition of the fairways and greens was excellent! Was actually very surprised to find such nicely cut fairways and greens...much better than a lot of courses nearby that charge more. Only issue I had was finding the place - if you've never been there, read on:
The map on GolfNow showed it as being in Prescott proper, but it is not, it is several miles north of Prescott. The GPS was also confused because there are two roads called "MM" because there are two different counties you pass through when driving south on County Road F as the GPS directs you to go. Also as you are driving south on F you come to a sign that says "Highland Golf Course" with an arrow pointing left. I didn't think this was it because there are several courses out here with similar names, and this sign didn't say "Clifton" Highlands, so I kept driving towards Prescott. Once in Prescott the GPS was confused and pointing me back north. I pulled over and called Pro Shop and even the associate on the phone said that Highland was a different course than Clifton Highlands(?)....turns out, its all the same place...perhaps they combined two courses I don't know? Easy fix = change your sign! I pulled up a map on the interweb prior to writing this review and the map even shows two different golf courses - one called Highland and one called Clifton Highlands. Oh, and the associate in the pro shop had a golf shirt on that said Highland Golf Course ...even though I was playing at a place called Clifton Highlands....splitting hairs?... I'm not sure, just know that it would be easier if they had one name / correct sign.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Terrific local option

Nice course and very friendly staff. The course superintendent (Todd?) went out of his way to welcome us with a few playing tips for the day!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great Course Great People

We had a wonderful day on the course. It was in excellent shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Good Golf

A little rain, 55 out that day, late in the year, good day had by all 4. Course is always in good shape & great for this time of year. Thanks.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Love the set up of the course

I will continue to play this course yearly, friendly staff and pace of play is wonderful. 3.5 hours on the weekend

Difficulty Moderate
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