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The Preserve at Highlands Ridge Golf Course

Avon Park, FL · Public · 18 holes · Est. 1990

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Difficulty

About average for Avon Park

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About The Preserve at Highlands Ridge Golf Course

Set in central Florida, The Preserve at Highlands Ridge stretches to more than 7,200 yards, making it a layout suited to players who favor length off the tee. Wide fairways are paired with quick, demanding greens, and five sets of tees allow golfers of varying abilities to find a comfortable starting point.

The course was designed by architect Dave Harmon, who modeled it after Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand. During construction, millions of tons of sand and soil were moved to shape hills and elevated areas, giving the course noticeable elevation changes and descents across its holes — a feature found on only a small number of courses in Florida.

At a glance

Access: Public
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 7,134 yards
Tees: 17 tee boxes
Course rating: 74.8 / 140 slope
Opened: 1990
Difficulty: Average

Scorecard

North Course

Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Out	In	Total	Par	Rating
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	5	36	36	72
Handicap	11	17	7	3	5	13	15	9	1	16	2	10	8	14	12	18	6	4
BLACK	385	410	419	554	407	192	528	212	434	423	420	417	213	440	573	192	414	501	3541	3593	7,134	72	74.8/140
BLUE	375	387	373	534	368	175	508	199	402	383	386	395	182	398	547	167	385	483	3321	3326	6,647	72	72.6/136
WHITE	334	357	324	495	361	154	460	165	382	325	379	358	172	352	503	157	340	472	3032	3058	6,090	72	70.2/128
WHITE/GOLD	334	357	324	476	329	154	390	165	349	325	342	358	135	352	443	116	340	440	2878	2851	5,729	72	68.4/124
GOLD	300	294	295	476	329	124	390	155	349	285	342	305	135	319	443	116	328	440	2712	2713	5,425	72	66.7/119
GOLD/RED	300	294	295	428	286	124	370	155	294	285	288	305	106	319	436	116	266	367	2546	2488	5,034	72	64.9/116
RED	255	288	287	428	286	113	370	111	294	279	288	298	106	310	436	97	266	367	2432	2447	4,879	72	64.1/114
RED/AQUA	255	288	247	348	239	113	370	111	247	203	244	257	106	310	336	97	266	333	2218	2152	4,370	72	62.2/109
AQUA	250	239	247	348	239	110	360	105	247	203	244	257	99	270	336	97	260	333	2145	2099	4,244	72	61.7/107

South Course

Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Out	In	Total	Par	Rating
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	3	4	4	5	34	37	71
Handicap	11	17	7	9	15	5	13	1	3	8	2	14	6	4	18	16	12	10
BLUE	359	346	319	184	323	355	166	388	383	377	404	451	164	514	171	310	332	462	2823	3185	6,008	71	69.9/131
WHITE	329	315	296	164	278	334	145	353	364	348	376	427	148	472	158	298	303	454	2578	2984	5,562	71	67.6/121
WHITE/GOLD	329	315	277	152	242	320	145	334	364	307	352	427	138	472	158	298	303	445	2478	2900	5,378	71	66.8/116
GOLD	319	276	277	152	242	320	135	334	349	307	352	410	138	460	130	275	296	445	2404	2813	5,217	71	65.8/112
GOLD/RED	319	276	217	152	204	266	135	299	318	203	319	410	138	415	130	275	296	400	2186	2586	4,772	71	63.9/108
RED	303	268	217	92	204	266	128	299	318	203	319	398	111	415	103	242	250	400	2095	2441	4,536	71	63.0/104
RED/AQUA	272	268	217	92	200	260	128	249	250	203	255	360	111	357	103	242	250	342	1936	2223	4,159	71	61.5/102
AQUA	272	262	217	92	200	260	102	249	250	203	255	360	111	357	103	238	243	342	1904	2212	4,116	71	61.4/102

Tee and scorecard data retrieved from the USGA GHIN course database

Course handicap at The Preserve at Highlands Ridge Golf Course

How many strokes you get from each tee, by handicap index.

Tee	Rating	Slope	0	5	10	15	20	25	30	36
North Course · BLACK	74.8	140	3	9	15	21	28	34	40	47
North Course · BLUE	72.6	136	1	7	13	19	25	31	37	44
North Course · WHITE	70.2	128	-2	4	10	15	21	27	32	39
North Course · WHITE/GOLD	68.4	124	-4	2	7	13	18	24	29	36
North Course · GOLD	66.7	119	-5	0	5	10	16	21	26	33
North Course · GOLD/RED	64.9	116	-7	-2	3	8	13	19	24	30
North Course · RED	64.1	114	-8	-3	2	7	12	17	22	28
North Course · RED/AQUA	62.2	109	-10	-5	0	5	9	14	19	25
North Course · AQUA	61.7	107	-10	-6	-1	4	9	13	18	24
South Course · BLUE	69.9	131	-1	5	10	16	22	28	34	41
South Course · WHITE	67.6	121	-3	2	7	13	18	23	29	35
South Course · WHITE/GOLD	66.8	116	-4	1	6	11	16	21	27	33
South Course · GOLD	65.8	112	-5	0	5	10	15	20	25	30
South Course · GOLD/RED	63.9	108	-7	-2	2	7	12	17	22	27
South Course · RED	63.0	104	-8	-3	1	6	10	15	20	25
South Course · RED/AQUA	61.5	102	-10	-5	0	4	9	13	18	23
South Course · AQUA	61.4	102	-10	-5	-1	4	8	13	17	23

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