Prestonwood Country Club (The Highlands)

Overview: Prestonwood's Highlands Course is a private Tom Jackson routing in Cary. The course is more than 7,000 yards from the back tees and is known on the club's current page for its island green at the seventeenth. The residential setting and private access make it a different proposition from the public courses around Raleigh and Durham.

History: Prestonwood was developed as a private country club in Cary, with Tom Jackson responsible for its early course work. The club now presents Highlands and Meadows as distinct 18-hole courses, while outside event material commonly describes combined tournament routings, so the course name matters.

Did You Know? The island hole at No. 17 belongs specifically to the Highlands Course. Prestonwood also has a Meadows course, and tournament references may combine holes from the two layouts, which can otherwise produce mixed yardage or hole-count descriptions.