Arrowhead Pointe At Lake Richard B. Russell

It this State Park course was easier to get to, it would be packed with players. As with most state park courses, the bunkers are rough(stones), but otherwise, this is a jewel. Beautiful, challenging, elevation changes, windy, large greens.

MAKE AN EFFORT TO PLAY HERE..

We love this place. Great staff, super layout.

Only criticism we have is tees were a little thin, and brush, small trees are growing up around some lakeside holes and they obstruct the glorious views.

Hope they can clear it out soon.

The course and view are beautiful as always and the staff was.polite and helpful. Always enjoy playing this course. BTW the Thompson family that volunteers here are super people.

Take a day and include this course in your plans. Very friendly staff. Have played 2 other state park courses and this is my favorite- many holes border the water and it’s beautiful.

Poor conditions. Poa anna grass dominated the greens. I was shocked at how badly the course had been maintained. This used to be a beautifully maintained course but has deteriorated badly.

I have played this course many times over the years and it has always been in great condition. I was very disappointed today that the course, fairways, greens have been taken over by poaanna grass. Me and my friends drove two hours each way to play and it was a big disappointment.

I live only 30 mins away so I often play here. I would have a guess that I’ve played here 25-30 times in the past 3 years. The course is located within a state park & there’s not a single house. The front 9 takes you through the woods, the back 9 takes around a large Lake Russell peninsula. The layout is challenging but fair. My favorite hole is #5, a double dog leg - par 5. Hole # 5 requires a perfect tee shot...too short, you can’t hit through the dog legs, too long you’re in the traps or woods. All the greens are very tricky because green speed is determined by the exposure to full sun vs partially shaded. The recent reviews mentions weeds on tee boxes & lots of crab grass. I played during that time & I have to agree the crabgrass made putting very frustrating. However, I played here on 4.24.19 and 99% of the weeds & crabgrass have been abated. Only one green had crabgrass & it was very sparse. I’ve played at several HHI & Bluffton courses ranging $ 70 -$90. Arrowhead’s layout & course conditions remind me alot of Dolphin Head GC on HHI. Arrowhead is just as nice as HHI area courses & half the cost.

Very beautiful course, But extremely busy… Ran into some very irritated people because of the slow play…

I joined Golf Pass in 2019 and receive a free round of golf each month. Some friends asked me to join them at Arrowhead so I decided to use it. While I was happy to get a free round of golf, this course is worth full-price! The views from the back nine are breath taking! Water doesn't really come into play from the reds, so I enjoyed the beauty without feeling intimidated.

The course design is good and does provide a nice challenge. There are a ton of weeds on the tee boxes and a lot of the greens. But the course is well groomed. I will be back!

Extremely nice layout on a peninsula jutting out on to lake. The greens had been invaded by a grass sprouts of an unknown kind to me. Consequently the ball would not roll true. Otherwise a great tract.

About 4 greens had poiana growing on them but for the most part the course was in great shape.

Very fun and challenging course. However the greens were in pitiful condition. Crab grass is covering 70% of the putting surface and is impossible to putt a true putt on. The course has beautiful surroundings so it’s sad to see the greens and tee boxes in such poor condition.

This is a beautiful course, I have played it in the past and it was an excellent experience. This time was completely different and almost impossible to play due to the infestation of crabgrass on the greens. They were completely eaten up with it. If you want to play for the views and layout go for it but dont waste your money playing here until they can get the greens fixed.

I play this course many times a year. Last spring you could tell something changed as the greens had many weeds growing. I think poanna. This year it it terrible. On hole 17 you can’t even putt it was so bad. Really sad as I usually say this is the best public course in Georgia. Someone needs to address these issues. I’ve been told by the staff that the warm weather will chock out the weeds but is that saying you shouldn’t play until then.