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3.5
167 Reviews (167)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
64
3 Stars
42
2 Stars
15
1 Stars
28
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.8
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.7
75.3%
Recommend this course
117 out of 167 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.2
5 Reviews (5)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.8
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
Recommend this course
5 out of 5 reviews
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3.6
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.8
StaffFriendliness
4.2
82.9%
Recommend this course
29 out of 35 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6740 yards
Slope 120
Rating 71.8
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Highland Park Golf Course - Blue
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Course Details

Year Built 1929
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Sandy Alves

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Colared shirt required

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.5
167 Reviews (167)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Thick Rough 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 8
Beginners 7
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 13

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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Excellent Value

This is a long, straight course. Nothing particularly fancy. Every year the quality of the greens and fairways improves. Today the greens on the Blue course were excellence! The staff are wonderful. There are no frills, no hot food, which is not an issue for most. Over, it is an excellent value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 129
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Needs some work

Course has several holes in the fairways and cart paths are only partial to show you the way to the next hole. The course is challenging but not too long. Greens were in great shape and very fast.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 78
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor

Horrible

They booked an outing of dozens of people over my tee time. The person said I don't know how it happened it wasn't my fault. Really, that is the best you can do?

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Course rebounding from years f neglect and mismanagement

I’ve played Highland Park Golf Course for the past thirty-five (35) years, the conditions are improving by the day and the layout is beautiful. The new staff is friendly and conscientious, the pricing is competitive with other courses in the area, a true Cleveland gem...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fair option

The RED course has a very interesting design. Not very challenging, but very pleasant to play.
The only thing that is really far from ideal is the grass itself, mainly in the tee boxes.
Greens were cut quite high, so even in a 87F day the ball did not roll much.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Dont knock it

The Blue course is a 6700 from the tips (6550 from the whites) and the greens were in great shape. The Blue sees less play than the Red (because it is 18 only) which helps keep the greens in fine shape. I was out on a Monday morning and I only had one other group in front of me (but they kept up pace and I never waited on a shot). If you're not looking for a Country Club experience and want to play a straight forward track with enough length to make it interesting and still have money left over to buy dinner afterward, this isnt a bad option

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Better reviews make it out to be

Played red front 9. Layout was pretty straightforward. A couple of blind tee shots. Was pleasantly surprised by course considering average ratings. Greens were on the slower side but rolled well and were very soft and in better than average shape. Fairways had no weeds and gave nice tight lays. Rough was patchy and had some weeds. Pace of play was great. Will be back. Would like to play the blue course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Definitely a comeback course

Played the Blue Course again today, definitely on the mend. Greens were excellent, fairways tight and the rough is coming down and playable. I’ve been playing this course for thirty-five years and it’s in awesome shape and getting better by the day. I love the characters who are a mixture of over diverse society including retired professional athletes, golf pros and hustlers of every level and ability. I have played probably 20 rounds this season since the new management has taken over and will continue to play weekly.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good comeback

Highland Park, at least the blue course, is back in great shape. Was down for a couple years, but I would not hesitate to play this course again or bring friends to play it also.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Staff was exceptionally rude

Never have I been treated so poorly by a staff member. I booked a 9 hole round on this course only to be yelled at when trying to start on the first tee since apparently the blue course does not offer 9 holes only. This was after I checked in at the pro shop, and the starter yelling at us insisted it was my fault and not their websites. Had he approached in a sane way I wouldnt have had a problem, but to pull up screaming get off that tee now is just unnacceptable. I emplore everyone to refrain from patronizing this course.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good but...

The course is very straight forward. Accuracy off the tee is very helpful because the rough past the second cut is thick. We spent quite a bit of time searching for shots that on other courses would have been quick to find. There are no yardage markers so bring your range finder. We had none in front or behind us on a Friday morning 8:30 ish so the pace was good and allowed us to play a second shot if needed. As a relatively new golfer I would say they could spruce it up a bit and tend to the needs of the course more, but at $37 hot deal with a cart for 18 on a Friday, I'm not gonna complain.

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

Only good with a Hot Deal

The course conditions have improved a little over the last two years since being taken over. I played the Blue course and have always hatted the layout and lack of guidance to the next hole. Some of the fairways and greens were in good shape, but became kind of poor beyond that because of taller grass and cut grass clippings left all over the place. This makes locating your ball off the fairways extremely difficult. A Hot Deal for $20 and this course is worth it, but anymore than that I'll drive a little further and pay more for a better course. It wouldn't take a ton of work to take this course to a better level (i.e.- fill in ditches throughout, ball washers, garbage cans, more paved cart paths from hole to hole, shorter cut grass off the fairways, and raked). Hopefully they keep improving.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

A Comeback

So pleased to have played today, growing up this was the closest course and my friends and I would play here. Unfortunately, after some time the course fell into dissaray and they even stopped aerating the greens and removing grass clippings from the course when they would now.

I walked this 18 hole course, no 9 hole option, there is an old concession building after the 9th hole which was be great to see one day reopen. Also, this course I have heard was the home to the Cleveland Open PGA tournament. I feel after today it is getting closer to those golden times. The greens were getting quick and rolled mostly true with no dead spots which had been a problem for a while. Grass clippings were non existent and overall course conditions were good with some ditches and rough spots in some fairways and immediate rough areas.

It seems a decision was made to keep other parts more natural and the natural plants added beauty to the course as well as made some holes, ala the 18th more difficult, as the carry became longer, if you choose to attempt a driver over the ravine I slightly missed the sweet spot and though a decent drive was now not enough to carry no man's land. A beast from the tips which I played today with par 4's at or longer than many recreational golfera play par 5's at, a tested design played by Arnold Palmer, Tiger woods and Jack Nicklaus. I hope the progress continues.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Still room for improvement

The greens are back in great shape.rest of course is either rough or fairway if you miss fairway you can spend more time looking for your ball than you do golfing

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Aside from the greens, awful shape and conditioning

Greens are in good shape. Otherwise, awful conditions prevent this course from approaching anything resembling enjoyable or a fair test. Rough even 6 feet off fairway is not mowed and 6 plus inches tall. And when things are mowed, it’s mulched so you cannot find your ball. Layout is all straight holes with minimal variety, and some very frustrating and nonsensical layouts (eg 1 and 18 - typical driver landing zone is a huge hazard. Unless you drive 280 plus or want to add an extra shot, these holes are not strategic and are just stupid. Would not return.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Blue course

The courses are almost back in shape. Keep up the good work. Great Staff!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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