Auburn, NY Set in the heart of Central New York - the Finger Lakes Region -Highland Park Golf Club is located just 20 miles west of Syracuse and offers a challenging, parkland course with tree-lined fairways, rolling hills and beautiful views of the region.
HIGHLAND PARK GOLF CLUB'S HISTORY
In 1925, a group of businessmen purchased 90 acres from Rogers Development and built a nine-hole, semi-private golf course. Located on one of the highest elevations in Cayuga County, the name Highland Park was adopted.
During the 1930s, the course underwent major renovation led by A.W. Tillinghast, a world-renowned golf course architect who has designed and created many golf courses in New York State. Over the next twenty years, the configuration of the nine-hole layout was improved by adding sand traps, planting trees and relocating tees and greens. In 1945, the original clubhouse was sold and a new clubhouse was built at the present Franklin Street Road site.
For over 40 years, Highland Park Golf Club maintained a premium nine-hole golf course. And in the 1970's, the club invested in an additional 55 acres and built what is now the back nine. Completed on July 4, 1974 and designed by Geoffrey S. Cornish, a famous New England golf course architect, the back nine offers the most challenge and adventure to the average golfer with its quick, sloping greens surrounded by bunkers. The ensuing years brought the required fine tuning and maturity that completed the transition to an eighteen-hole golf course.
Then in 1996, the nearly fifty-year old clubhouse underwent a major expansion and renovation. The transformation has made Highland Park Golf Club one of Central New York's most sought after banquet facilities.
Most recently, Barry Jordan, golf course architect and owner of Jordan Golf Design, designed and completed a massive sand bunker renovation project to the front nine holes. Today, Highland Park Golf Club is known to be one of the most challenging and best-conditioned golf courses in Central New York with its Par 71, 18-hole parkland course stretching over 6400 yards in length.