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Lincoln's municipal golf scene punches well above its weight for a mid-sized Midwestern city, and Highlands has long been a workhorse of that system — the kind of public-access layout where regulars play hundreds of rounds over a lifetime and juniors take their first serious swings. City-owned courses in Nebraska tend to reflect the honest, unpretentious character of the Great Plains: straightforward layouts built to be played, maintained on public budgets, and genuinely accessible to the full spectrum of the game.
The Lincoln area sits in the rolling transition zone between the Platte River lowlands and the more undulating terrain to the southeast, and that geography gives municipal courses here more visual interest than a flat-state stereotype might suggest. Seasonal winds off the open prairie are a constant factor, turning a calm morning round into something considerably more demanding by afternoon.
At par 72 across 18 holes, Highlands fits the classic full-length municipal profile — a course where the community shows up on weekend mornings, where leagues fill the twilight tee sheet, and where the game stays genuinely affordable and open to anyone who wants to play.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship (Gold) · men | 7,021 | 74 | 129 | 72 |
| Back (Black) · men | 6,533 | 71.8 | 125 | 72 |
| Middle/Back · men | 6,230 | 70.4 | 123 | 72 |
| Middle (Blue) · men | 6,022 | 69.7 | 117 | 72 |
| Middle (Blue) · women | 6,022 | 75 | 126 | 72 |
| Forward/Middle · men | 5,640 | 67.8 | 115 | 72 |
| Forward/Middle · women | 5,640 | 73 | 121 | 72 |
| Forward (White) · men | 5,280 | 66.1 | 110 | 72 |
| Forward (White) · women | 5,280 | 70.9 | 117 | 72 |
| Red · women | 4,975 | 69.4 | 113 | 72 |
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