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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Shannon Wheeler on April 15, 2011, 06:39:10 PM
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High Ridge, did a search, found nothing. Any thoughts?
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Its actually in Lantana just west of 95, and maybe a mile from Manalapan which is south Palm beach. never played it. looks to be a Joe Lee course.
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My bad, I meant that I didn't find any posts about it and didn't know what the opinions were?
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Never heard of it.
Joe Lee, 1980 recently renovated:
http://www.ryangolf.com/golf-renovation-projects-detail.php?id=468
Housing development course:
http://www.ocean30.us/boyntonbeachhighridgecountryclub.php
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Shannon,
It's a nice, member friendly type of golf course.
At many Florida golf courses, the age of the membership usually dictates conditions and the degree of challenge.
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Never heard of it.
Joe Lee, 1980 recently renovated:
http://www.ryangolf.com/golf-renovation-projects-detail.php?id=468
Housing development course:
http://www.ocean30.us/boyntonbeachhighridgecountryclub.php
High Ridge is a great club, and a wonderful golf course. There are NO homes on the golf course. The homes listed above are unassociated with the club and are not attached to the property. it is a smaller club, older membership, and 95% of the members live on Palm Beach. High Ridge also boasts one of the best merchandised golf shops anywhere.
The golf course actuallly deserves more accolades in south florida. It is a wonderfully routed course, always is great playing conditions. They have a top notch range and practice facility as well. The golf course is similar in feel to Banyan and Boca Rio if you have ever played either of those two. Well worth the play if you ever get the chance.
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@ Lenny
How does HR compare to The Falls nearby? Golf and/or food?
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Steve,
The Falls is a great club and a good golf course but is a notch below High Ridge. The Falls is much more of a typical florida golf course. Although there are no homes, there is a lot of water, and you feel like you are playing golf in Florida, complete with the waterfall on 16 (hence the name the falls). You can stand on almost any hole on High Ridge and forget you are in Florida. The front nine takes you in and out of the pine forest and the back nine has a stretch of holes 13-15 which actually in a strange way remind me of Augusta. There is actuallly a creek that meanders through these 3 holes. Great Risk / Reward holes and my favorite stretch on the course.
The food at High Ridge is as good as it gets. You have a large membership population from clubs such as Glen Oaks on Long Island and make no mistake, food is the number 1 priortiy. The Falls is good, but not as good as HR.
In that little world of South Florida jewish clubs (Boca Rio, HR, PBCC, Banyan, the Falls), the Falls is a little bit of the "red headed step child" Never quite acheiving the level of its couterparts. I will say that the Falls does have a great caddy program, which helps its cause in my opinon
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It's been 15 years since I've played High Ridge, but Lenny pretty well has it nailed from what I remember. The golf course is totally isolated with no home intrusion and is a solid, fun Joe Lee golf course that is well bunkered and has a reasonable amount of water in play if you're aggressive but there's usually an easy way around if you're not as strong a player. It's similar to Banyan in that it's very treed but not in any way claustrophobic, there's plenty of room to play. I think Kipp Schulties has done some renovation work to the course in the last few years. HR may have had the best and most consistent turf I have ever seen on any South Florida course and it was the first place I ever saw that gave the exact yardage to the hole on the tee of the par three holes.
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Lenny, does The Falls still allow public play in the summer.
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Mat - I don't believe the Falls allowes any public play, even in the summer. You may be right, but that sounds very strange to me and if true, is something pretty recent
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Mat,
I know a lot of private clubs allow reciprocal play in the summer. That's the first I've heard anything about The Falls allowing public play.
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This was back in the late 90s, maybe it was some sort of membership drive. My wifes brother in law worked for Motorola in Boynton for twenty years and I know the guys played The Falls in the summer. I guess it could have been a corporate thing.
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Mat--
There are a lot of clubs in Palm Beach County that have what they call "summer memberships" that are pretty reasonable for people who live down there and don't mind playing in the heat. It's also good revenue for the clubs. Most of the exclusive clubs don't need to do this, but some on occasion will. The only time I played The Falls was in the summer of 98 and it was pretty deserted so I don't think they had anything going then.
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@ Lenny
How does HR compare to The Falls nearby? Golf and/or food?
Spot on
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Gents, you are correct as it was The Fountains that had a summer membership . The Falls was played through a member.
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Played High Ridge over the weekend. From what I understand, the membership was hesitant about the renovation at first, but it seems to have turned out great. The conditions were excellent and the golf course provided a fair challenge. A great mix of holes with a nice elevation changes for SE Florida. I believe it's built on the same sand ridge as WPB golf course. Nice subtle changes without looking artificial. The setting was more like Pablo Creek in Jax than typical Palm Beach County.
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Here is the new High Ridge CC website:
www.highridgecc.com
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Just found this aerial:
(http://www.aquaturfintl.com/images/High_Ridge_Country_Club_Lantana_Florida_Aerial_Photo_As-Built.gif)
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High Ridge, did a search, found nothing. Any thoughts?
High Ridge has been renovated and I hear it is terrific