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Jekyll Island Golf Club - Oleander Course
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There are three 18-hole courses available at Jekyll Island Golf Club, making it the largest public golf facility in Georgia. The Oleander Course is the club's original layout and still remains the most difficult. It is the local favorite of the three courses as well. Don't be fooled by its seemingly modest yardage, there are plenty of challenges in store. The course features tight-, tree-lined fairways and an abundance of water in play throughout. The layout doesn't seem too tough from the fairways but you'll find keeping your ball in the short grass to be no easy feat and the ability to shape shots will definitely come in handy. The Oleander's 12th hole is the longest and one of the trickiest. This par 4 is completely exposed to blustery winds coming off the ocean and there is also quite a bit of water with which to contend.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane/Blue | 72 | 6521 yards | 71.7 | 126 |
| Rockefeller/White | 72 | 6177 yards | 70.2 | 122 |
| Rockefeller/White (W) | 72 | 6177 yards | 75.0 | 129 |
| Gould/Gold | 72 | 5599 yards | 67.6 | 117 |
| Gould/Gold (W) | 72 | 5599 yards | 71.8 | 122 |
| Morgan/Purple (W) | 72 | 5184 yards | 69.7 | 116 |
| Maurice/Red | 72 | 4913 yards | 64.5 | 110 |
| Maurice/Red (W) | 72 | 4913 yards | 68.4 | 112 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 71.8/126 | 333 | 404 | 193 | 552 | 426 | 478 | 322 | 171 | 378 | 3257 | 363 | 530 | 437 | 193 | 344 | 486 | 143 | 351 | 417 | 3264 | 6521 |
| White M: 70.6/121 W: 75.9/131 | 310 | 370 | 173 | 527 | 402 | 461 | 303 | 156 | 354 | 3056 | 349 | 516 | 424 | 180 | 326 | 468 | 130 | 333 | 395 | 3121 | 6177 |
| Gold M: 67.8/115 W: 72.5/126 | 288 | 298 | 153 | 505 | 344 | 442 | 249 | 135 | 331 | 2745 | 334 | 503 | 412 | 167 | 265 | 450 | 118 | 276 | 329 | 2854 | 5599 |
| Purple M: 64.7/110 W: 70.1/120 | 288 | 298 | 134 | 416 | 344 | 403 | 249 | 113 | 331 | 2576 | 334 | 413 | 348 | 123 | 265 | 402 | 118 | 276 | 329 | 2608 | 5184 |
| Red M: 63.9/108 W: 68.7/115 | 232 | 290 | 134 | 416 | 321 | 403 | 243 | 113 | 276 | 2428 | 273 | 413 | 348 | 123 | 251 | 402 | 90 | 265 | 320 | 2485 | 4913 |
| Handicap | 13 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2023 #24)
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Fun Day
I played was Oleander.
The landscape and fairways were very nice but once you got onto the greens they were a-bit ragged with large areas of only dirt without any grass, or weeds growing where when you put the ball bounces or moves from the line adding strokes too your score.
Poor course conditions
The course was not in good shape. The greens had bare spots and one even looked like a sand trap. Crab grass was all over the place and not mowed. If the course was kept up it would be worth the rate. There were two groups of 6 playing in front of us and that slowed us up horribly.
Oleander, not worth the rate.
I have played many golf courses and this is the first one that I have ever seen a sand trap on a green. Most of the greens were in terrible condition. Crab grass growing wild all over. I would rate this course as a $30.00 per round in its current condition. Definitely not worth the drive from Savannah,GA to play.
Course is good
Course is good. Staff is good. Pace of play was good. Just don’t forget you have to pay $10 to get on the island.
Long round of golf
The course is challenging with a neat layout. The issue is they had the course set to cart path only due to being wet, and it caused a very slow pace of play. The fairways were more than dry enough for 90degree only. The greens were also eat up with goose grass and very slow. Could be a super fun course with a little better course management
Oleander Course
Excellent staff, course was in great shape. We had to make sure we followed GPS in the cart and cart paths because there were no tee box numbers to let you know you were on the right tee. But we got it figured out quickly and truly enjoyed our round. FAST greens
Poor Course Condition
Some greens are being lost. Multiple weed variations in greens. Bare hard pan places on fairway
Great deal among the Islands
Of the courses in the area this is by far the best deal! Lovely staff and fun golf. Some of the other courses in the club are under construction and I can’t wait to come back and play again.
Jekyll Island Oleander
Course was great. Pace of play was great
Staff surly and contrary. Range closed at 10 AM for mowing. No notice.
Over priced muni
$75 on a weekday, craziness. Numerous greens have something growing on them other than grass, bumpy as can be.
No water containers on course.
This needs to be dug up and redone
Enjoyable course for early spring outing
As relative beginners (one more than the other), we found the course challenging but not overwhelmingly so. We played with another couple and the pace of play was good with neither players pushing us from behind or we having to wait for those in front of us. My biggest challenge coming off an extremely rainy season up north was adjusting to the dry conditions. I look forward to playing Oleander again before our annual snowbird stay ends.
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