This used to be a very nice golf course. It was well maintained and manicured. The fairways were always green and mowed, greens were fast just like I like them. Then the current owner took over 3 years ago and it has gone downhill ever since. Its really sad to say that the local city owned course is in much better shape. If you can play this course in late spring you will see it at its best. After that, it's all downhill from there. Maybe someone with a PEOPLE PERSON attitude will buy the course from this washed up X PGA PRO, nad bring it back to it's previous glory the course deserves.

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Have played all the local courses in the area. Our group only goes here when we can't get on anywhere else.

Highlands Course
18 hole regulation length course
Private Equity golf course
72 par
6,650 yards
74 rating
133 slope
Zoysia grass
$44 green fees* on weekends
$39 green fees* on weekdays

Highlands is a very scenic and challenging course. Lots of narrow fairways, hazards, and blind shots. But, I must say that it is one of the most fun courses I have played! On several of the tee boxes and fairways we saw deer, wild turkey, and other animals. It was really a beautiful course that I would most definitely play again.

I am a 12 handicap on my home course, but shot 8 strokes worse coming in with a 90 at Highlands. The greens were faster than I was used to and the blind tee shots got me on a couple holes. I think if I played the course a few times I might see my score come down to 87-88. My buddy, who shoots in the low 70's at his home course, shot 83 at Highlands. Highlands is definitely challenging for the average golfer like myself.

Make sure you pack your 3 and 5 woods, as there are lots of long holes that require driver, then 3 0r 5 wood, then a wedge to reach them. I was unable to hit long enough to get a chance at Eagle (my avg. drive is 250 yards and my 3 wood is good for 220 yards.

Customer Service

Excellent food after the round!

Scenery is fantastic. On most holes you can not see any other parts of the course, especially on the back nine. The fairways wind along between sand hills covered in native grasses, etc. Zoysia fairways provide a great hitting surface; bad lies in the fairway are almost non-existent. Greens are also fansastic.

The women's tees often provide little distance advantage. This fact coupled with the limited roll on the fairways makes the course play quite long for women. Local knowledge plays a larger role than at some courses due to the number of blind shots and other course features that require experience. They do have aiming posts to help with blind tee shots which helps some. If I were to change anything, I would add two additional sets of tees; one set further forward and one further back. Otherwise, few weaknesses are present.

This is a links-style course that is layed out in the sand hills just north of Hutchinson. The course is usually well maintained and in great condition. The zoysia fairways provide a fantastic hitting surface, although they are usually a bit long for my taste and seem to restrict the ball from rolling much. The greens typically run very true, and are rather firm and very fast. My most recent round occurred after a week of rainy weather so the greens were abnormally soft and slow although they still ran very well. The front nine has some very nice holes although it is considered fairly easy compared to the back nine. Several of the front nine holes are fairly bland. The back nine on the other hand has 8 really challenging holes that are nicely laid out. The player only gets a "break" on the par 4 15th, and the tight landing area makes it more challening than it may appear. The back nine requires 2 tee-shots over the weed covered sand hills (that is out-of-bounds) to a blind landing area. The back nine is one of the most challenging I have played, and accuracy is at a premium. It isn't especially long, but quite challenging. The course seems to favor a, high-ball hitter who plays a fade. It is not a long course, but the ability to carry the ball a long distance will improve your chances of scoring well. When the wind blows, as it usually does in Kansas, this course can embarrass you. Rating the difficulty of this course is hard, because the front nine is rather easy while the back nine is very hard. Also, the wind plays a large role in the level of difficulty. The rating below assumes normal (15 - 20 mph) of wind.

Customer Service

Club-house staff was quite friendly to guests of members.

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The range is quite short, and limited hitting stations exist. Several hitting stations use mats for the hitting surface. Long hitters will likely not be able to hit woods on the range. The resturant/club house are quite nice, and sit on the top of the hill providing a nice view of the course.