Red/White at Highland Lakes Executive Golf Course

Highland Lakes Executive Golf Course operates as a nine-hole facility in Palm Harbor, a residential community along Florida's Gulf Coast north of Clearwater. The course was designed by Lloyd Clifton, a regional architect active in Florida during the latter decades of the twentieth century. Executive courses of this type typically feature shorter holes that emphasize approach play and short game skills, making them accessible to players of varying abilities while fitting into smaller land parcels common in developed suburban areas.

The Red/White designation indicates a routing combination drawn from a larger set of holes, a configuration sometimes used at facilities with multiple nine-hole loops or where holes are grouped by color-coded tees or routing variations. Palm Harbor's landscape is characterized by relatively flat terrain with stands of pine and palm, along with wetland areas and lakes that are common throughout Pinellas County. Courses in this region often incorporate water features both for drainage and strategic purposes.

Executive layouts serve local communities as practice venues and as introductory facilities for newer golfers, while also providing quick-play options for experienced players working on specific aspects of their game. The course sits within a residential setting typical of Florida's west coast development patterns from the 1970s onward, where golf amenities were integrated into planned communities.