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4.0
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4.9
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4.0
Pace
2.9
Amenities
4.0
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7171 yards
Slope 138
Rating 74.1

Course Details

Year Built 1993
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round. Weather permitting
Architect Dick Nugent (1993)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Accolades

Reviews

4.1
169 Reviews (169)
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Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a great golf course

Cart paths are newly paved. Still doing restoration but does not affect play on this awesome public course. Greens are rolling true.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 108
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 142
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great public course

It's been a while since I played this course, and it was in great shape. Will be sure to get back there again soon.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great course

Course was in excellent condition. I would play more often if it weren't for the distance from my home. Hopefully will play a couple more times this year.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great round

Challenging but fun layout, lots of par 4s the average golfer shouldn’t be hitting driver into. Very different from any nearby layouts. Worth the drive!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 108
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Storm damage

We played three days after a storm had gone through and the course had a lot of damage due to a large wind storm. The rough was long because their probably didn't have time to cut it.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 73
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

A Must Play

Heritage Bluffs is one of the best 18 hole courses in the Southland and is a must play. It is tough but a fair course with a great layout. The fairways have great movement from tee to green and the greens are fast but can be even faster in drier conditions. Truly a gem of a course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Sweet track

A joy to play wide open fairways and elevation changes. Course is a great design with plenty of risk reward holes. Condition of course is excellent and they are building a new clubhouse so the amenities were limited

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
First Time Playing

Eh

Fast greens, rushed play by workers, branches hanging in fairways, no variety of holes

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 108
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

First time playing Heritage Bluffs, I found the course layout challenging. It is not at all boring as some courses with holes that continually look the same. It is worth driving to at least to try it one time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Just not the same

I have been a long time supporter of Heritage Bluffs up until some major changes last fall. A new director of golf management was brought in who made several changes that have a negative impact. The course staff, except for Glen, is very un friendly and cold. Everyone there used to treat you like you were a member of a great club. Now it’s all about cramming as many rounds in as they can. It is not in common for a round there to take 5 hours, who has time for that. The course quality is also way down. I’ve never seen so much brown/dead grass. The old cups weren’t filled correctly and had sunk lower than the green level causing issues with putting. Approach shots into the green were just as difficult as the ball would bounce when it hit the green. The fairways haven’t been watered in god knows how long. I could barely take a divot out of them, it was like playing on hard pan from the fairway.

It is a shame the way this course is turning out. I used to play 20+ rounds per year there, today was my third since September last year! Had I not gotten a rate of $39 on GolfNow It would have been second!

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