The Highlands at Prestonwood Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Cary, North Carolina.

It plays 7,082 yards from the Gold tees, rated 74.4/138 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

7,082

yards (tips)

138

slope (gold)

The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access: private
address: 110 Preston Executive Drive, Cary, NC, 27513
phone: 919-467-2566
website: course site →
elevation: 340 ft derived
opened: 1988
turf: bentgrass and Champion bermudagrass greens
on site: restaurant

35.79261, -78.82708 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 37 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

253 traced features across 7 layers for The Highlands at Prestonwood Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

7,082yds

Gold tees

598yds

Longest hole

168yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-09-14

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 16 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Gold	M	72	7082	74.4	138	3617	3465
Gold/Blue	M	72	6834	73.1	135
Blue	M	72	6529	71.8	131	3311	3218
Blue/White	M	72	6226	70.4	128
White	F	72	6006	75.7	140	3062	2944
White	M	72	6006	69.7	124	3062	2944
White/Green	F	72	5784	74.7	136
White/Green	M	72	5784	68.5	122
Green	F	72	5553	73.0	131	2825	2728
Green	M	72	5553	67.5	120	2825	2728
Green/Red	M	72	5299	66.4	116
Green/Red	F	72	5299	71.7	127
Red	F	72	5012	70.2	120	2535	2477
Red	M	72	5012	65.0	114	2535	2477
Red/Silver	F	72	4527	66.9	114
Red/Silver	M	72	4527	62.9	108

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	72
Gold	416	421	209	548	432	186	441	366	598	400	389	175	541	425	419	561	168	387	7,082
Blue	378	384	187	506	403	145	413	338	557	362	349	149	517	394	398	539	154	356	6,529
White	356	372	144	473	375	132	395	305	510	328	307	138	482	358	357	518	121	335	6,006
Green	318	353	115	463	335	126	366	290	459	318	291	124	435	341	325	498	90	306	5,553
Red	278	283	105	416	324	96	312	268	453	291	256	100	428	302	291	467	68	274	5,012
Handicap	1	9	13	11	5	17	3	15	7	14	12	18	10	2	4	8	16	6

No per-hole yardages are published for 5 tee sets, so they are not on the card above.

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Book nearby

The Highlands at Prestonwood Country Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Knight's Play Golf Center (5.7 mi, public) · Lochmere Golf Course (5.8 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

Figure	This course	In North Carolina	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	7,082 yds	=65th of 541	=1,241st of 12,025	5th of 36 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =455th of 2,954 private courses · =1,238th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 138	=89th of 356	=1,412th of 8,710	=6th of 31 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =632nd of 2,300 private courses · =1,381st of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 74.4	=49th of 333	=1,009th of 7,615	=4th of 26 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =440th of 2,143 private courses · =1,002nd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	2,555 yds between tees	49th of 528	674th of 11,523	5th of 34 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · 207th of 2,885 private courses · 659th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1988	=223rd of 395	=6,015th of 9,368	=14th of 33 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =1,757th of 2,418 private courses · =4,292nd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	340 ft derived	348th of 554	=8,122nd of 12,437	13th of 37 in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area · =1,758th of 3,026 private courses · =5,805th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 8 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 16 sets of tees.
Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
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Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect.

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Sources

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Nearby courses

The Fairways at Prestonwood Country Club

1.2 mi · Cary · private · 18 holes

The Meadows at Prestonwood Country Club

1.6 mi · Cary · private · 18 holes

MacGregor Downs Country Club

3.7 mi · Cary · private · 18 holes

MacGregor Downs Chipping Green

4.0 mi · 18 holes

Knight's Play Golf Center

5.7 mi · Apex · public · 9 holes

Lochmere Golf Course

5.8 mi · Cary · semi-private · 18 holes

Old Chatham Golf Club

6.9 mi · Durham · private · 18 holes

North Carolina State University Club

7.4 mi · Raleigh · private · 9 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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