Dallas has more golf courses per capita than almost any major American city, and the sheer density of the market means every layout has to earn its place. Highlands sits within that competitive landscape — a full 18-hole, par-72 track in a metropolitan area where golfers have genuine options and word travels fast about where the conditions hold up and where they don't.
The Dallas–Fort Worth terrain is flat to gently rolling blackland prairie, and the region's extreme weather range — brutal summer heat pushing past 100 degrees, occasional winter freezes, and the perpetual threat of severe storms in spring — tests maintenance crews as much as it tests golfers. Bermudagrass fairways and bentgrass or Bermuda greens are the regional norm, and how a course manages that transition through the seasons often defines its local reputation.
Without more specific records on Highlands' architect or ownership history, what can be said with confidence is that a par-72 layout in Dallas puts you inside one of the most golf-obsessed metros in the country, where the game is genuinely woven into the social fabric.
