Chesterfield County sits just south of Richmond, one of Virginia's most active golfing corridors, where suburban development and rolling Piedmont terrain have produced a dense concentration of public and semi-private layouts over the past few decades. The Golf Club at The Highlands belongs to this landscape — a full-length, par-72 design built to serve a planned residential community, a format that became common across the Mid-Atlantic during the 1990s and early 2000s as developers used golf as an anchor amenity.
Courses of this type tend to route around neighborhood edges and natural buffers, which in the Virginia Piedmont often means mature hardwoods, gentle elevation changes, and the occasional creek or pond coming into play. That mix of tree-lined corridors and water features rewards shot-shaping and course management more than raw power.
Richmond-area golfers are spoiled for choice, but community courses like this one fill an important role — familiar enough to build a handicap on, interesting enough to keep regulars engaged through the seasons.
