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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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Great Course for the Money
Great course for the money and in a great location. The greens were a little rough and need some work. As well as the tee boxes, but other than that it was good! I don’t think the course knows fully what their relationship is with Golf Now. I booked it on Golf Now and paid in full but then when I got to the course the man in the pro shop had me pay again…..I’m going to cancel the charge but the course needs to work out what their relationship is with GolfNow.
An absolute dog track
We met Rick, who set up our bags and was a delight to talk with. That was the best things that happened all day on this course. OK, so they had a lot of rain in the past couple days and the range was closed. There were puddles here and there in the rough, but that's no excuse for not mowing the fairways, raking the bunkers and maintaining the course. The pro shop claimed they only had 8 - count them 8 - grounds crew to maintain all 3 courses and they were spending all their efforts at Pine Lakes across the street.
The greens were a disgrace. Divots or animal diggings in the green. Stripes of scalped grass on almost every green, bare spots everywhere.
The following day we played Pine Lakes and that course was not perfect, ,but miles better than that sorry excuse called Oleaner.
Jim j
Great pace. Fun course. Grass on fairways very short. Mowers out blowing dirt around.
Terrible
The one bright spot on this course was the lady at the pro shop. Course was in horrible shape. No ranger groups of five and six playing. Will not be going back.
Average Dick Wilson Course
Conditions were not up to my expectations for the resort and the cost of my round. Course is flatter than flat and that might be the reason for the poor conditions, I know the other courses were raised several feet during recent renovations.
Layout is nothing special, but with the flat terrain, the character comes with the greens and bunkering. I would play the Great Dunes course twice over Oleander.
Hard winter weather?
A nice layout and friendly staff with great practice facility along with new carts and gps but the grass on fairways was thin and some rough spots on the greens that looked like freeze damage? The greens rolled well but had some rough patches which hopefully will heal but it might take a few weeks.
Very nice course... Will definitely test your mid game with sands in front of greens...!
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