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4.2
802 Reviews (802)
5 Stars
261
4 Stars
344
3 Stars
107
2 Stars
53
1 Stars
37
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
92.1%
Recommend this course
682 out of 802 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.5
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.6
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
94.7%
Recommend this course
18 out of 19 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.3
90 Reviews (90)
5 Stars
39
4 Stars
40
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
94.4%
Recommend this course
85 out of 90 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6934 yards
Slope 124
Rating 72.5
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Highland Woods Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1976
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William J. Spear (1976)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
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

Food & Beverage

Snacks
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4.2
802 Reviews (802)
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Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Heatwave Golf!

The weather for my first visit here was very hot and humid (friends suggested I was a bit crazy for venturing out with heat index levels above 105 *F), but thankfully the staff was very friendly and accommodating for all of the golfers out in the heat. There were several water coolers available on both the front & back 9, a range who came by with water & ice, and of course the beverage cart was making regular laps around the course.

I thought the course was generally in pretty good shape for a public course, but there were some diseased areas in a few fairways but that's not unexpected for a mid summer conditions. Two of the three bunkers I found were in decent condition, but the last bunker was one a few around the course that was labeled as ground under repair. Hopefully those few bunkers will be finished with their renovations and put back into normal service soon.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
2.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Wait on 1st Tee Box

Both times I have played this course there was around 5 carts back up on the first tee box. Very first time I played, approximately 40 minute after tee time start. Very poorly maintained rough., expect a lot of lost balls if you miss fairways. Spend your money elsewhere.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course in Good shape

You can expect courses to play a little slow, the first 14 holes were great and played well but the groups started backing up at 14 as a group of older "walkers" seemed to tire out and the last 4 holes took an hour and a a half which is brutal and boring breaks the pace of the game. But it was a warm day and the staff was driving offering ice water and making sure everyone was OK on the course. Its always a great staff!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great value

Fun course, mostly wide open. Course was in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were rolling great

Highland woods is a nice track play was a little slow but recommend the course

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Registered an early tee time before 6am to avoid backups. Waited 20 minutes after scheduled tee time and had a backup of three groups in the first tee. Starter allowed groups to tee off in advance of their tee time, bumping us back. Also allowed groups off the back nine too late so that we hit back up at the turn as well.

Greens were inconsistent and each bunker was drastically different. Course has played better even earlier this season.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 39
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

the course has a nice layout and nice holes

the course was ingood condition pace of play was slow the rangers need to do a better job the staff was very friendly

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Once was enough

Lots of blind shots and lots of dog legs... some quite severe. Course condition poor and greens needed to be rolled. Beautiful setting, but not a “do over”.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent course, Mgt needs training

I like the course as it is long and in decent condition, especially given all the rain. 2nd time playing here this year. Staff has no idea how to control the pace. They had no one at the turn and groups got held up. Their solution was to force groups to skip holes and play best ball. I’m not a great golfer but don’t play slow. To be asked to change up how we are playing because someone finally decided to notice there were slow groups on the course is ridiculous.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 136
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 250 Contributor

Sue great customer service

Sue who work the clubhouse was very nice great customer service need more people like her the boxes are nice to put the broken tees at the Tee Box also the nice towels on the ball washer are good too The management should Mark off more areas that need repair especially ones from carts would help the course to improve conditions also would help not to play out of it to make it worse overall course was good for the money

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Previously Played

Pace of play

Last 3 times I've been here the pace of play has been horrible. About 6 hours.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 136
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor

Sue very nice

Sue was very nice who worked in the clubhouse nice way to start' nice to have the boxes on the t boxes to put the broken tees in and to have the nicer towels at the ball washers course was in decent shape for the money I think management could rope off more the course that's in bad shape so it would repair faster

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Park District Course

Today was quite slow, but not unusual for the Weekend. The Starters and Rangers were fine, but a lot of confusion in the Clubhouse - had to wait several minutes for a cart key and that should not have happened. (Typically you just pick your own cart). Usually is a more casual/comfortable place to play.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 136
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Rude staff

I play twice a week Pace was very slow called the clubhouse to have the ranger come out had a slow 2some a couple groups in front of us he never came out Stopped at the clubhouse on the way and mentioned it to the lady at the register and she was very rude about it The course obviously does not care about customer service Very sad

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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