Lake Lanier Islands |
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Accommodations: |
Lake Lanier Islands Golf Cottages |
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Location: |
Lake Lanier Islands. Located Northeast of Atlanta on beautiful Lake Lanier. Choose from staying at the PineIsle Resort, the Hilton or lakeside cottages. The lake houses are fully furnished and equipped 2-bedroom, 2-bath with full kitchen, gas grill and hot tub on the deck. Includes green fees, cart, resort fees and taxes. |
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Courses: |
PineIsle Golf Club This Gary Player-designed course may fool you with its length, but check  your
egos. The 6,514-yard layout plays to a par of 72 and by today’s
standards that may sound short, but it has a lot of twists and turns.
It’s a fun course, but it is challenging. The lake comes into play on 8
holes and the thick stands of trees affect every shot. The opening hole
is a 368-yard par 4, dogleg right and if you do not place your tee shot
accurately, you will pay dearly. The lengthy par-4's, Nos. 8 and 16, can
both send a good round crashing with big numbers. The combination of
challenge and beauty comes together on the par 5 #5, called "cocktail
cove". Scores of visiting boats provide a gallery to witness just how
much your want to cut off on this dog-leg left over the water. The
finishing hole may be one of the best in the state. This par 4, dogleg
left layout requires two shots over water with an approach shot to a
peninsula green. Keep you ball dry and you have accomplished a great
finish. Emerald Pointe Golf Club You wonder what Joe Lee was thinking when he designed this track. The densely wooded, sloping land that abuts the back 
coves of Lake Lanier is the setting for this layout. Twelve holes wrap
around the fingers of these coves, providing pleasantly distracting
scenery throughout your round. The course is not long, but you better be
accurate. The best inland hole is #8, a par 5 the drops out of sight
beyond the driving target, but recovers nicely with a gently left
rolling uphill approach to a well-conceived green setting at the base of
a thick woods and bordered by an old oak tree to the right and pines to
the left. The locals often called this course the Pebble Beach of
Georgia because of its series of water holes. The par 5 15th will
challenge you to go for it in two. It is risky, but very obtainable.Royal Lakes Golf Club If you're looking for more trees and water, then this Arthur Davis design will do it for you. Rolling terrain with narrow fairways will make you admire the thick growth of  trees
while you look for your ball. Additionally, there are five doglegs
fairways on the course.
The course
features a par 5 with an island green. Bermuda fairways and tees, large
L93 bentgrass greens in great condition, sod wall bunkers. Royal Lakes
opened in 1990 and was closed in the summer of 2002 undergoing a $2
million dollar renovation. This course has been a favorite for a long
time. If you like island greens, then you'll like the 11th hole. It
takes 3 good shots to get to the green on this awesome par 5. Par is a
great score. This course is definitely named correctly. Lots of lakes
(on 7 holes), and royal scenery. A must play!
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Prices: |
Three rounds and two
nights lodging starting at $329.00. |
