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4.7
552 Reviews (552)
5 Stars
412
4 Stars
103
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
7
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.6
91.7%
Recommend this course
515 out of 552 reviews
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4.6
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.9
83.3%
Recommend this course
15 out of 18 reviews
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4.7
70 Reviews (70)
5 Stars
54
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.8
90.0%
Recommend this course
63 out of 70 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 6580 yards
Slope 141
Rating 72.7
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Lanier Islands Legacy Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 2009
Greens MiniVerde Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Billy Fuller (2009)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Caddies No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Accolades

Reviews

4.7
552 Reviews (552)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Watching the Game 14
Drinks 12
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 26
Forced Carries 23
Undulating Greens 20
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 24
Advanced Golfers 21
Entertaining Clients 20
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 22
At a Resort 14
In the 'Burbs 14

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Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun fun fun!

Great course, great layout. Many challenging holes around the lake. Only negative was the greens had been aerated 3 weeks before so the ran a bit slow. Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Food and beverages included was a plus! Sucks for the cart girl.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 09/11/2017

Thank you for the review. Yes, the healing process usually takes 3-4 weeks therefore the speeds will typically be a quite a bit slower than usual.

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Condition for Very Early Spring

The course is in decent shape, but it hasn't greened up yet. I was surprised there were only 3-4 holes that were cart path only. They have good drainage!
I enjoy the biscuits at breakfast. They were running a little late, but brought them out to us on the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Day on the Lake

One of the most scenic and beautiful courses in Georgia. Course is in full winter conditions and unfortunately because of rain previously it was cart path only (tough walk as very hilly). This course is extremely challenging but overall an extremely fun course where you use every club. Greens are in great shape and roll fast, bunkers are full of sand, you can see they have laid sod in any areas struggling; this course should be in amazing shape in the coming weeks. Staff was incredible and really appreciate the starter getting my group out in front of an outing, as it saved us lots of time! I will be back for sure

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 128
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Absolutely gorgeous and challenging golf course

Though it might seem a bit expensive to some golfers, the friendliness of the staff, the beauty of the surroundings, and the challenges of the course are alone worth visiting! Add to this, free, food, and drinks, a great driving range with balls at no charge and fantastic carts and equipment!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The corse is great- the corse staff is amazing

Had a wonderful hookie day with my 6 year old. The corse was wide open, the staff was very kind to my son and the hot dog lunch fueled the fun! Such a great place to check out- can’t wait for warmer weather to enjoy the breeze off the lake!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Friendliness Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

I've been wanting to play here for quite some time. I've spent a lot of time on the lake lately but the lake views from the golf still were quite impressive, even with the water level down 8'. Layout presents some really neat tee shots that makes you consider risk/reward. Although more expensive, the included range balls and food is a nice touch. Planning to return on a regular basis next season.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Lanier setting the high standard for fall golf

Unlike many other courses, Lanier spends time blowing leaves off the course..
Greens were firm and excellent
Brilliant layout - it is demanding
Holes 9 through 15 are outstanding
Rough is perhaps too long as struggled to find balls all day- even with colored balls.
Staff very friendly and on a sunny day - lake sparkled and they are shoring up the course on 13th from the lake..

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Okay At Best

Course is in good shape. Nice greens and the staff is great. Unfortunately that's about all the compliments I can say. The course is relatively short at only 6500 yards so we played it from the back tees. Even then, I only hit the driver twice during the entire round. I get that the course architect was stuck with the routing that was there, but the layout is goofy. A lot of layups off the tee. Crossbunkers in the middle of the fairway to force you to layup. I get that your hitting irons off the tee, but some of the landing areas are ridiculously narrow, even for an iron or hybrid. It's just a bad design. Practice area is small. Hitting off mats on the range and the chipping area is postage stamp small. If you want scenery, it's a good place to go. But if you want to play golf, Atlanta has many better options.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 86
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

What an amazing layout but brings some problems

One of the most exciting layouts i have played in decades..

Still getting the greens out on the edge of the lake makes some extremely narrow fairways which is bordering on unfair.. Hole number 3 for example.. Still i can not blame them for trying to fit in the amazing holes. Resort course bring some slow play but the views are amazing - greens were hard and excellent. Hard to make a pitch mark..

People rave about the Great Waters course at Reynolds but this was better in many ways

It had 7 signature holes ....

Course provides breakfast and snack included in the cost..

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great course at a Hot Deal rate. Slow.

It was my first time playing there and although it had been on my list for some time, I could only justify paying if I found a deal, which I did. I think very few courses (if any in Georgia) are worth $140, so when I got Lanier Islands at $100, I pulled the trigger.

The value for the money is great as they provided breakfast, lunch (sandwiches and hot dogs), water and soda included in the price.

The pace of play on Labor Day, however, was horrible. There were some people ahead of us taking forever to play, and then behind us a group of drunk guys that thought they belonged in the Tour. So we were being pushed by the people behind, and waiting a LOT for the people ahead. A marshal came once, but did not resolve the issue.

The stated round time is 4h 15 min. We took about 5h 30min which is atrocious, especially in 95 degree weather.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful Course

Not anywhere close to my best game but still had a very enjoyable round. Course is challenging but getable as long as you are not out of position and I was way out of position almost all day but very thankful that was not the case for the par 3’s. This course is very picturesque with a track that flows along the the various shores of the lake. The course was in fantastic shape and absolutely love playing here.

Conditions Excellent
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