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Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club
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Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club is situated in the heart of South Hall County. The course sprawls across 150 acres of rolling countryside with natural wetlands comprising 19 of those acres. The golf course has a traditional Scottish links design that also incorporates a few mountain holes. It's a layout that will always keep you guessing. It may not be the most formidable golf course in the area, but it shouldn't be underestimated either. The course strikes a good balance between being forgiving enough for high handicappers and challenging enough for more advanced players. The par 3s are tough and the diverse par 4s come in all shapes and sizes. Royal Lakes Golf & C.C. is a shot maker's layout that requires accuracy and thoughtful strategy. The most memorable hole on the golf course is the par-5 11th, which features an intimidating island green.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6980 yards | 73.6 | 139 |
| Blue | 72 | 6550 yards | 69.0 | 109 |
| White | 72 | 6210 yards | 68.0 | 108 |
| Gold | 72 | 5810 yards | 67.0 | 107 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 5340 yards | 65.0 | 105 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5325 yards | 66.0 | 106 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.8/139 | 412 | 496 | 342 | 395 | 218 | 399 | 144 | 417 | 578 | 3401 | 553 | 441 | 466 | 178 | 376 | 337 | 386 | 218 | 420 | 3375 | 6776 |
| Blue M: 71.8/131 | 394 | 476 | 315 | 366 | 182 | 375 | 128 | 383 | 495 | 3114 | 509 | 405 | 466 | 174 | 351 | 311 | 378 | 198 | 390 | 3182 | 6296 |
| MGA M: 71.0/129 | 394 | 476 | 315 | 366 | 135 | 375 | 119 | 383 | 495 | 3058 | 509 | 405 | 466 | 166 | 351 | 311 | 378 | 140 | 390 | 3116 | 6174 |
| White M: 69.8/125 W: 75.9/138 | 377 | 437 | 303 | 361 | 135 | 370 | 119 | 332 | 474 | 2908 | 488 | 383 | 446 | 166 | 332 | 266 | 369 | 140 | 379 | 2969 | 5877 |
| Gold M: 68.8/117 W: 73.9/134 | 375 | 396 | 292 | 334 | 120 | 308 | 103 | 306 | 452 | 2686 | 467 | 370 | 435 | 160 | 327 | 256 | 357 | 126 | 357 | 2855 | 5541 |
| Silver M: 66.9/113 W: 71.8/125 | 353 | 382 | 266 | 307 | 105 | 299 | 99 | 262 | 413 | 2486 | 450 | 339 | 423 | 137 | 290 | 233 | 331 | 125 | 331 | 2659 | 5145 |
| Red M: 63.7/110 W: 68.8/116 | 328 | 368 | 239 | 248 | 72 | 230 | 83 | 226 | 389 | 2183 | 379 | 301 | 405 | 106 | 266 | 211 | 303 | 104 | 302 | 2377 | 4560 |
| Handicap | 11 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 6 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 5 |
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Photo submitted by u000005609108 on 09/30/2023
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Photo submitted by u000001473329 on 08/28/2022
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Photo submitted by sunnywu536 on 09/24/2020
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Photo submitted by fishyracer24 on 08/28/2020
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Photo submitted by baldeagle218 on 07/15/2020
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Photo submitted by kjdaven on 06/04/2020
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Why. this is not helping stop the spread. Photo submitted by Emcdew on 03/29/2020
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Photo submitted by fishyracer24 on 06/27/2019
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Hole 11 Green Photo submitted by baldeagle218 on 05/17/2019
Outside services gentleman were a little unfriendly and rude
I paid for 18 holes playing as a single at 430. I was greeted by cart attendants at cart walking to 1st tee. He asked if I was playing 9 or 18? Being I paid for 18 that's what I'm expecting to play. There wasnt anyone or there so to believe a single would take over 4 hours he insisted I be back with cart by 8. As I was bringing the cart back after loading up my clubs the gentleman is standing there with his chest bowed up looking at his watch with his wrist shoulder lever out in front of him arm extended out. This was at 20 min before 8 and I had been done for 15 min while loading up. And 2 or 3 more group were still on the course. I just thought it was exceptionally rude and uncalled for with the cart guys attitude from pulling in until leaving. Pro shop guy had great attitude and that was about the only one that looked like he cared and appreciated the business.
Thank you for visiting us at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Thank you for visiting us at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Thank you for visiting us at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Picturesque and challenging course
This is a beautiful rolling course with many picturesque vistas… It has quite a few very challenging holes.
Your feedback is important to us, fishyracer24. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club.
A shorter golf course but good
This course is shorter than most 18 hole courses but has several holes that will fool you distance wise. The course is in good shape although the greens are thick but slow.
Hiseminole115. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club.
Good course, good condition
Overall course in good to great shape. Greens were all good, but recent heat wave may cause issues, having to keep watered. Water in coolers need to be colder, especially on hotter days. Pace of play on front side no problem but back side slow & not sure how foursome got in front of us at the turn. At end of round cart person “directed” us to pull carts in to have clubs cleaned rather than let us take to car as we preferred. His words & tone didn’t seem to give us a choice on having our clubs cleaned or not.
Recommend & will play again, probably not at regular price. Got a good deal w/ Ideal Golfer.
Himzbc. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club.
Good Solid Course
I last played Royal Lakes about 15 years ago. The weather was a perfect 80 degrees with light wind. The course plays a bit narrow at times but you are rewarded by playing clean shots. Out of bounds can definitely leave you frustrated as the ball will inevitably become buried in the dry leaves or poison Ivy and poison oak that seem to line the fairway on every hole that is not bordered by water. The course will definitely reward a strong and straight hitter on the water shots while also punishing those who come up short. I love the lay out and the pace. the greens were a bit soft and spongey and played very slow. Overall though a lot of fun.
Thank you for your review, sWMqog1vj3023hDJb7ZG. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Little Disappointed
I typically love the course as I love all the elevation changes and the conditions of the course. This last round however, I have found few flaws.
1. There is no cooler on the carts (did not notice before but could of used it as it was hot)
2. The pace of play was slower than usual.
The green was very slow which I can understand since they need to save the green.
Hiu000001409427. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club.
Good Layout
Love this course. One of my favorite. Great variety of layout holes is the best part ! I like to walk it sometimes too, with my push cart, only 3 holes with a steep up hill, not bad at all !
Thank you for your review, baldeagle218. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
First time playing
Staff was very friendly and accommodating. Course was in good shape and enjoyed playing this challenging layout. I was paired up with three other people to round out a foursome and we played a little slow. Overall enjoyed it and look forwatrd to going back now that I know the layout better.
Hi tmban. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back!
Need to mow those weeds
Played Royal Lakes many times and always enjoy the layout. However, not sure if the maintenance crew is on strike or not but there were overgrown weeds everywhere. Fiarway and Greens are in decent shape. However, those overgrown weeds make consistent chipping to be impossible even if you are just little bit off the Greens.
Hi cres321! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back!
Hello, Dukjae5270694. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.
Rude old white guys!
Was playing 18 holes and 2 extremely rude whuite guys came screaming down the farway at 7:55 PM (sunset was 8:20) tellings us we had to leave immediately or they will call the Police! We came in at 4:20 and the lady at the shop said to be back in at 8:30. Then the guy that was yelling said 8:15 latest. We had plenty of time to be in by 8:15 but this guy had the excuse that we were the last ones and we had to leave because of that. He was looking at me with anger like a pitbull. Very sad.
On top of that the golfnow app said we had to pay $58 at the course and the lady charged us $63. She came up with the excuse that she had to charge us extra taxes. What percentange they charge? Not to mention she wanted $82 for the 2 of us. Golfnow rate was only $31... taxes seems like an excuse! Calling golf now to check.
And to top it off people with cars not belonging from the course had people playing going back and forward on the course! Nobody seem to care.
Sad to pay to be treated like garbage by this old guys. Do not recomend at all!
We're so sorry to hear about this experience! We NEVER want our golfers to feel targeted for any reason. We will escalate this to management to address with the staff. Thank you for letting us know.
Hello, ty1565. Thank you for your 5-star rating! Please book another round with us soon.
Hello, mikehad70. Thank you for your 5-star rating! Please book another round with us soon.
Hello, u677319338. Thank you for your 5-star rating! Please book another round with us soon.
Great Course - Challenging and Fair
I love this course - lots of challenging holes but course management pays off.
Some great water holes !!!!!
Thank you for taking the time to review us u707003640. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club thanks you!
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Hello richrockruss. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!