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Dauphin Highlands Golf Course
650 S Harrisburg StHarrisburg, PA 17113
Phone: (717)986-1984Fax: (717)986-1582
This goal of this course is to become the #1 public facility in the country. The course has a variety of different holes, so plan on using every club in your bag. The undulating greens have plenty of slope and hidden breaks, so expect some slick putts. The fairways are wide open and some are tree lined. The toughest hole is #18, a 446-yard, par 4, requiring a tee shot onto a fairway with six sand bunkers in the landing area. Water hazards come into play on five holes.
| Holes: 18 | Greens: Bent Grass | Fairways: Bent Grass |
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| Greens Fees: | $20-$49 |
| Course Type: | public |
| Dress Code: | No tank tops or cutoffs |
| Season: | Open all year |
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Course reviews for Dauphin Highlands Golf Course
Average Golfer Review (3.6 Stars):
Number of Reviews: 7
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| 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: |
 Dauphin Highlands: Promise and Unrealized Potential, Oct 03, 2005 |
| reviewer: Reed H. Galinac
from Harrisburg, PA |
| Having grown up about a driver and a wedge from DH (two generations of my family are buried across the street from No. 11), I can tell you that DH is the area's greatest golfing paradox. Here's a championship calibre layout (playing 7,000+ from the tips) of unlimited potential in a superb location...maintained and managed like Tin Cup's dusty driving range. Every time I play here I end up shaking my head in wonder -- like how a course of such high challenge and enjoyability can have such poorly manicured greens. They've NEVER been maintained in a manner befitting the course, and, according to my aching back after every round here, DH has to rank first in the area in unrepaired ball marks. (How can players who have access to such a beautiful course treat it like a beginner's par three?) As for amenities, the clubhouse complex was once the home of the Bethlehem Steel Management Club and hosted countless weddings, dances, etc. So with such ready-made facilities, one could only assume that in its 10-year history, the course has developed into a dining/event destination even for the non-golfing public, right? WRONG. This past August, my buddy and I made the turn at about 6:30 pm on a glorious 90 degree summer evening, only to find the bar shuttered and dark. Say what? Despite its flaws, DH continues to be worth playing, especially when compared to over-rated, over-played West Shore courses like Armitage, which can't carry DH's bag. With the attention and management it deserves, DH would vie for billing as the area's best public course. I rated DH at 3 stars, though the layout itself is easily a 4. Sadly, the perennial condition of the greens precludes a 4-star rating. If the new DH management asked me to write an HONEST tag line for their course, it might go something like this: "Play Dauphin Highlands -- A Great Course, Despite All Our Efforts to the Contrary." (Maybe that's why I'm not in advertising...) |
| 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: |
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Dauphin Highlands: Promise and Unrealized Potential, Oct 03, 2005 |
| reviewer: Reed H. Galinac
from Harrisburg, PA |
| Having grown up about a driver and a wedge from DH (two generations of my family are buried across the street from No. 11), I can tell you that DH is the area's greatest golfing paradox. Here's a championship calibre layout (playing 7,000+ from the tips) of unlimited potential in a superb location...maintained and managed like Tin Cup's dusty driving range. Every time I play here I end up shaking my head in wonder -- like how a course of such high challenge and enjoyability can have such poorly manicured greens. They've NEVER been maintained in a manner befitting the course, and, according to my aching back after every round here, DH has to rank first in the area in unrepaired ball marks. (How can players who have access to such a beautiful course treat it like a beginner's par three?) As for amenities, the clubhouse complex was once the home of the Bethlehem Steel Management Club and hosted countless weddings, dances, etc. So with such ready-made facilities, one could only assume that in its 10-year history, the course has developed into a dining/event destination even for the non-golfing public, right? WRONG. This past August, my buddy and I made the turn at about 6:30 pm on a glorious 90 degree summer evening, only to find the bar shuttered and dark. Say what? Despite its flaws, DH continues to be worth playing, especially when compared to over-rated, over-played West Shore courses like Armitage, which can't carry DH's bag. With the attention and management it deserves, DH would vie for billing as the area's best public course. I rated DH at 3 stars, though the layout itself is easily a 4. Sadly, the perennial condition of the greens precludes a 4-star rating. If the new DH management asked me to write an HONEST tag line for their course, it might go something like this: "Play Dauphin Highlands -- A Great Course, Despite All Our Efforts to the Contrary." (Maybe that's why I'm not in advertising...) |
| 8 of 10 people found the following review helpful: |
 home away from home, Jul 07, 2005 |
| reviewer: lou tilahun
from hummelstown,pa |
| I play this course about 4 times a week for the last 6 month and every time I am standing on the 1st tee I think it is the day I will break in to 70's, not only it hasn't happen, every time I play it, it feels as tough it is the first time I played it. hole location are sure to test once's patiance, the 2 trees on #7 that came to play on your 2nd shot makes you wonder why people care to save the enviroment god knows if it is up to me they will be in my printer in my office, but best of all once you get to know the people from the beer cart to the lady's in the club house to tom and his guys in the pro shop, yoo couldn't ask for a better people and lastly for those poor rangers and cart guys they will stay as long as needed for you to finsh your round and never complain when you return your cart, for a weekend golfer like myself having played well over 100 diff courses I know when I pull in the parking lot it sure feels like I am home. |
| 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: |
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public, Nov 27, 2004 |
| reviewer: Keith Hench
from Camp Hill Pa |
| for a public course you can not beat Dauphin Highlands. Spectacular!!! |
| 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: |
 poor management, Sep 05, 2004 |
| reviewer: bill good
from camp hill pa. |
| staff was rude,play was slow,greens were not cut. layout is good. |
| 5 of 7 people found the following review helpful: |
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Dauphin Highlands, Mar 30, 2004 |
| reviewer: Chris Macbeth
from Mechanicsburg, PA |
| nice course, a little open on front 9 but good balance on the back. |
| 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful: |
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Best Central PA Golf Value, Mar 28, 2004 |
| reviewer: R. Lee
from Lancaster, PA USA |
| This is the best value for public golf in South Central Pennsylvania. It is a varied and challenging layout, well kept, and able to be walked. The only downside might be slow play when crowded, but that may apply anywhere. |