Hole 18 · Par 3 · 172 yds
This tour was mapped on aerial imagery from 2019. Since then the 12th and 14th greens have been rebuilt (2024–25), the 17th green has been enlarged and bunkers on several holes have been rebuilt, so those features differ from what is shown here. The par and yardage shown for each hole are from today’s card.
A par-3 finish over the lake
Highlands ends with a par 3: the 18th, 172 yards from the Jones tees. Water runs from about 60 yards in front of the tee to within about 25 yards of the green's centre, with a long wooden footbridge along the lake's right edge. The green is wider than it is deep, about 40 yards across and 27 deep, with no bunkers, and a road runs past behind it on the left. In 2022 the surrounds between the green and the cart path were regraded with a swale to slow balls running toward the path, and the approach was widened.
Hole geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Imagery: NC OneMap (2019). North Carolina Department of Information Technology, Government Data Analytics Center, Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. Available at www.nconemap.gov.