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The Highlands DGC reviews
7
3
DTChazin
Experience:
15 played
4 reviews
A gem north of town drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 13, 2022
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
The Highlands has come a long way in a short time. A fantastic mix of tight woods and rolling hill bombers. About a 35 minute drive from the north side of Nashville, but it's 100% worth it. A beautifully manicured and very well maintained course.
A. Challenge - The challenge of this course lies in your ability to play many different styles. 6 of the front 9 holes will push your woods game (as well as the last two holes of the back 9), the middle asks you to pull out your bazooka. For holes like 13, it's launch codes activate. A nice mix of par 3s to par 5s. Elevation change from beginning to end asks you to bring your best footwork. The majority of the holes have very few teeth once you're out of the woods so bogeys should be fewer and further between, but this course is challenging and fun from beginning to end.
B. Baskets, signs, and tee pads - DD veteran baskets on every hole with arrows pointing to the next tee pad. One basket per hole. A few different pin placements that rotate on a quarterly basis or so. Signage is bright and clearly shows the shot you are about to take. Concrete poured tee pads on every hole. Very grippy even in wet conditions.
C. Course design - Course flows very well. Real tough to get lost. Starts and stops in the same place. Definitely lots of ground to cover so you do have to walk some, but nothing exorbitant from basket to tee pad. Good use of the land, great variety, and some fun lines to hit.
D. Maintenance - The maintenance and mowing in the public part is unreal. With so much space you'd think there would be some areas that go neglected, but not so. Every wooded fairway has lovely wood chips, every grassy fairway is perfectly mowed. Even the edges of the rough are weed whacked precisely. I'm a big fan.
E. Serenity/Solitude - It's a huge park and it's usually not busy. I enjoy the ability to get solo rounds and not have too many people to run into. That said you can bring a group of friends and have a grand ol time.
F. Parking - Parking is ample all over the park. No worries there.
A. Challenge - The challenge of this course lies in your ability to play many different styles. 6 of the front 9 holes will push your woods game (as well as the last two holes of the back 9), the middle asks you to pull out your bazooka. For holes like 13, it's launch codes activate. A nice mix of par 3s to par 5s. Elevation change from beginning to end asks you to bring your best footwork. The majority of the holes have very few teeth once you're out of the woods so bogeys should be fewer and further between, but this course is challenging and fun from beginning to end.
B. Baskets, signs, and tee pads - DD veteran baskets on every hole with arrows pointing to the next tee pad. One basket per hole. A few different pin placements that rotate on a quarterly basis or so. Signage is bright and clearly shows the shot you are about to take. Concrete poured tee pads on every hole. Very grippy even in wet conditions.
C. Course design - Course flows very well. Real tough to get lost. Starts and stops in the same place. Definitely lots of ground to cover so you do have to walk some, but nothing exorbitant from basket to tee pad. Good use of the land, great variety, and some fun lines to hit.
D. Maintenance - The maintenance and mowing in the public part is unreal. With so much space you'd think there would be some areas that go neglected, but not so. Every wooded fairway has lovely wood chips, every grassy fairway is perfectly mowed. Even the edges of the rough are weed whacked precisely. I'm a big fan.
E. Serenity/Solitude - It's a huge park and it's usually not busy. I enjoy the ability to get solo rounds and not have too many people to run into. That said you can bring a group of friends and have a grand ol time.
F. Parking - Parking is ample all over the park. No worries there.
Cons:
A. Lack of true warm up area and practice basket - There's a ton of open space all over the park to practice shots, but there's no designated warm up/driving area and there is no practice basket. Hole 1 does have an old tee pad from an old layout of the course that you could possibly drive from to an open field if it's not busy (it's usually not).
B. Lack of mid-course amenities - use the rest room prior to your round as there are no facilities outside of the parking lot and baseball fields adjacent to the course. Fill your water at what water fountains there are around the park because there are none on the course (or bring your own).
C. Lack of danger - There's very little danger for bogeys on this course. Some think of this as a positive. I personally enjoy some risk reward.
B. Lack of mid-course amenities - use the rest room prior to your round as there are no facilities outside of the parking lot and baseball fields adjacent to the course. Fill your water at what water fountains there are around the park because there are none on the course (or bring your own).
C. Lack of danger - There's very little danger for bogeys on this course. Some think of this as a positive. I personally enjoy some risk reward.
Other Thoughts:
I'm a big fan of this course. It may be a bit extreme to rate this a 5, however given that DGCR is oft unused these days and the only rating for The Highlands is a 3 from days long gone I felt it necessary to boost this course's rating in order to give it the 4 I believe it deserves. Get out there and see for yourself!
