Highland Hills Golf Club

The course was in pretty good shape, the staff was excellent, and pace of play wasn’t bad for Sunday morning.

I like to give a course the benefit of the doubt. I read the reviews, but I've often found most reviewers are biased or unfairly critical. Buf Highland Hills is a disaster.

My first clue should have been the lack of yardage and slope on Golfnow. If it's 5500 yards I'd be stunned. The card says its 6100.

I'll admit my experience was tainted from the start by two players that got there just before me and teed off without a tee time. The woman in the clubhouse could've cared less that the jumped in front of me. As a single, I had to play behind them, which wouldn't have really been an issue if they were any good at all. That the wouldn't let me play through, even though they knew I was waiting on every shot, was disappointing. But not as much as the course itself.

The course is severely sloped. First 2 holes are completely blind on tees, so you don't see how weirdly shaped the fairways are. Big dropoffs and hidden valleys and swales throughout the front nine. But with them being so short, whatever. I'm a 10.0 handicap, just over 60 years . Been playing a long time, so I know how to gear down and play what I see. I hit 5 iron off the tee and alt wedge on my approach on the first 3 holes. Went par, bogey, par.

The fairways were green, but hard. Not very many good lies on them. Rough is just a slightly higher version of the fairway. Greens are ridiculously small. They slope mostly back to front, are very spongy, and are the slowest I've played in 5 years. I literally started putting with the edge of my alt wedge starting on the 3rd hole because I didn't want the speed to throw me off for future rounds.

Made birdie on the par four 4th, hitting driver and reaching the fringe in two with a five iron. That's when I had to admit the course was too short, and it was more for hackers like the guys that each made nine in front of me (I had plenty of time to count their shots.) I gave myself a bogey on the par three 5tth, skipping it to play the sixth because they were not going to let me through. Went par, bogey, birdie, par, almost driving the green on 8.

So, I'm 1 over par through nine, because I gave myself that bogey on 5, I've been putting with a wedge, and now with no one in front of me... and I quit. I couldn't bear the thought of nine more holes of short holes with crappy conditions and green that putt like my living room carpet. The tees are beat up from players using irons all the time. The only saving grace was the price... but I actually agree with the reviewer who commented that he wouldn't pay a dollar a hole to play there again. I'll leave it to the hackers.

I like this course’s layout really well but the conditions leave a lot to be desired. I’d call it an OK deal for 18 and a cart at $25 but that’s about the most I’d pay.

Course conditions are not that great. The lady that helped me in the pro shop was beyond rude, and even was trying to charge me more than the deal on here.

The cart paths and fairways are very bumpy but I like the course layout!

I had a great time and thought the course was fun and challenging!

I play this course quite often because it's a good course to play and the staff are very very friendly. Also the best hot dogs in the area

Highland hills is not a bad course. The front is good - the back is longer and tougher. On occasion , it’s hard to find the correct green - especially #15. Some of the fairways run very close to another. Alot of blind green shots on the back.

The course was in better shape than it was last time I played - 2 years ago. There really is no defined rough. The fairways are cut tight but greens are pretty slow. Tee boxes are hard as rock.

Still I like the track. A lot of elevation changes.

This course is extremely short and is not true to the advertised course yardage on their website or on their scorecard.

The course conditions did not help improve my opinion of the course. I would never pay more than one dollar a hole here. Even 18 dollars for a tee time is a rip off in my opinion, although lots of courses charge ridiculous amounts as well.