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685 Reviews (685)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
27
1 Stars
11
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.8
80.9%
Recommend this course
611 out of 685 reviews
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4.1
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
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1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
92.9%
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13 out of 14 reviews
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3.9
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5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
8
1 Stars
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Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7029 yards
Slope 140
Rating 74.6

The 18-hole Laurel Island Links in Kingsland, Georgia is a public golf course that opened in 1996. Designed by Davis Love III, Laurel Island Links measures 7011 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 138 and a 74.8 USGA rating. The course features 4 sets of tees for different skill levels.

This design by PGA Tour player Davis Love III is quite remarkable. Laurel island resides on the banks of the vast Crooked River marsh that provides a stunning backdrop for holes two, three, and six.

The second nine roams inland working toward a secluded section of pine forest. The course is softly shaped and tinged in gentle southern atmosphere, opened in 1997. There is a light touch and quiet interaction with nature. You can play a beautiful, meditative golf at Laurel Island Links Laurel Island is approximately 25 minutes north of Jacksonville, FL. From Jacksonville take I-95 north to Georgia exit 6 and head east for two miles. Laurel Island Parkway will be on the left.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Davis Love III (1996) Paul Cowley (1996)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed Yes, but with permission only.
Single Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

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Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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3.9
685 Reviews (685)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played

Not bad.... but.

it's a great track to play, easy holes, epically the front nine, hardest holes on back nine. That's not the problem though. The greens were good, that's about it. The rough is ridiculous long and penal. Lost a couple of balls in the rough, just couldn't see them, no forecaddie to help. Lol. The"fairways" had lots of weeds. The traps, well let's say they're BAD ! Some overgrown, most had hard packed sand/ dirt. Again, tee boxes were full of weeds, pine cones and pine straw. Sad to say this was a very nice course. Heard there is new owners.... hope they can flip it around.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 10/19/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links. We are sorry to hear that the course conditions may not have been in the best shape on your day of play, and we greatly appreciate your feedback in regards to improvements. It looks like you enjoyed the layout of our course, as well as our staff, which we hope improved your overall customer experience. Thank you for playing our course in the Jekyll Island/Savannah area, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 77
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

FAIRWAYS

FAIRWAYS MOWED TOO LATE / GRASS LUMPS ALL OVER / SEWCOND CUT TO HIGH /VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND BALL/ SLOWS DOWN PLAY TO MUCH

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 10/03/2017:
Hello Thomas, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links, and for the 3-stars. We are sorry to hear that the fairways may not have been in the best condition when you played and the rough may have been a little too thick. Your feedback is appreciated. It looks like you had a friendly experience with our staff, so we are glad to see that. Thank you for golfing with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 91
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

The course is going downhill

The course is not getting the care that it should be getting. Tee boxes poor. Fairways are being overwhelmed by weeds. Rough areas are very deep with the Bermuda grass, hard to find and get out of them. Seems like the course is in serious neglect.

Very disappointed.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/29/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links, in the Jekyll Island area. We are sorry to hear that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played and your feedback is appreciated so we know where improvements can be made. It looks like you may have enjoyed the layout of the course, so we hope that improved your round. Thank you for golfing with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Where to start?

My wife and I played here the other day and all I can say is it needs serious help. The tee boxes are a bit on the rough side. The fairways are overgrown with weeds and crabgrass. The rough areas along the perimeter were so deep that we literally lost a dozen golf balls in the rough. The greens were fast, but browned out and extremely hard. Couldn't get an approach shot to stick all day. Would hit and roll off the back. The layout of this course is awesome, extremely challenging, but is overshadowed by the numberous issues surrounding as you play. This could be due to hurricane Irma but they need to put some time toward course improvement. Not worth the money.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 09/28/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links, in the Kingsland area. We are sorry to hear that our course was in poor condition when you last played. But, we are happy to hear that you love our course layout and that you found our staff friendly. We appreciate your feedback, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Where's my ball?

I have to give them credit for trying, the greens where in fantastic shape but I lost 3 balls on the fairway it was as thick as the rough . If you hit in the rough it's the same as a stroke penalty because you'll never find it. I don't know if they didn't get a chance to cut them or not but I did read in a previous review the fairways where thicker than normal so this must be the norm.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 09/27/2017:
Hello Shelley, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links We are glad to hear that you enjoyed our greens, but we are sorry to hear that the fairways may not have been in the best shape. Your feedback is appreciated so that we know where improvements can be made. Thank you for choosing our golf course, in the Jekyll Island area, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Turtle vs 3-legged turtle

Pace of play was absolutely atrocious and because of this I will not be coming back. Amazingly enough, I got stuck behind 5 foursomes in a row and it took close to 2 hours to play 4.5 holes. It got so bad that I picked up my ball and just quit for the day after paying for the over-priced course.

I don't know what Laurel Links needs to do to improve this situation, but I will never come back.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 09/27/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links, in the Jekyll Island area. We are sorry to hear that you did not have an enjoyable experience playing our golf course due to the poor pace of play. Your feedback is appreciated and we hope that you will see an improvement if you choose to play with us again. Thank you for golfing with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course for beginners and golfers of average abilities

A realy good value for the money. Greens were fine, and fairways have plenty of grass. We did decide to skip one hole, because of a twosome of very slow golfers. My thought was they were probably begginers and didn't know enough to wave us through.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

First day back

We played the first day opening after hurricane Irma. Work crew had did a great job getting course open things were obviously a little rough yet. Not everything had been mowed. Overall it was a good experience

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 39
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fairways are overrun with weeds and crabgrass. Large unmarked hole in fairway of hole #4. The weeds covered the hole which can swallow your golf cart. Hard to understand how the greens can be in very good condition and the rest of the course can be so bad. Even the cart path needs some serious repairs. Will not be back anytime soon to play this course.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 09/08/2017:
Hello Edward, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links. We are sorry to hear that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played. Your feedback is appreciated so we know where improvements need to be made. It looks like you enjoyed the course layout, so we hope that made your round a little better. Thank you for choosing our golf course, in the Jekyll Island area, and we hope to earn your business again soon.
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Laurel Island Links awful

Played this course over the Labor day weekend. I was in very poor condition. The ruff was not cut the fair ways are overrun by weeds. You miss the fairway by a yard or two and you can't find your ball. Only 3 or 4 greens were in good condition. There are 2 holes that the weeds are grown up and it causes a blind tee shot to hit the fair way. The sight lines from the tee were poor on several holes. The sand traps had no sand and they were growing with grass. This course was very poorly kept. Course needs a lot of attention and maybe a new superintendent. I didn't think to take photos. I will not recommend this course to anyone and I will not be back. scratch from list of courses to play. Golf now should take them off the list of courses until they make major improvements.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/06/2017:
Hello Ken, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links, in the Jekyll Island/Savannah area. We are sorry to hear that our course was in poor condition when you played. We appreciate your feedback, and we hope to earn your business again in the future.
Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Course has great features.

Rough and fairways are a little high but reasonable because we are in the rain season. Greens are very good.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 47
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not worth the money.

I had played this course before and it was in tip top shape. I played it on September 3, 2017 and it is bad. The grass need cutting all around. We had a foursome playing and we droved over an hour to play this course and to find out it was in this type of shape. I wish I had a picture of hole ten u could not see anything from the tee box because the grass was over six feet tall, it was a guessing game on if your ball landed in the fairway. We lost many balls in the rough because they need cutting bad. Wasted six hours of my time. The only thing good was there clothes were on sale for 50% off.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Response from on 09/06/2017:
Hello Curtis, thank you for giving our course, Laurel Island Links, in the Jekyll Island/Savannah area, a three-star review. We are sorry to hear that our course was in poor condition when you played. However, we are glad to see that you found our staff friendly. We appreciate your feedback, and we hope to earn your business again in the future.
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

NOT WORTH YOUR TIME OR MONEY

This course is over priced for what you get... I've played on aerated fairways and greens that were in better conditions than what we experienced for my first time at this course.

My friends and I drove over and hour to play this course thinking that with the 4 star rating it would be a nice get away for the labor day weekend, but we all were sadly disappointed for what we encountered today.

The four of us play golf 3-4 times a week and we all thought about just leaving the course and calling Golfnow informing them of the condition of the course and asking to be refunded our money at first, but we hoped it would get better as the round continued...

The fairways on some holes are being over taken by St. Augustine grass, and many of the sand traps have more grass in them than parts of the fairways. On some of the holes we would hit good drives that were maybe 3 yards off the fairway and the grass was so long covered with dead clippings that the ground crew didn't bother to blow off that it would take all 4 of us at times almost 5 minutes to find the ball that we could not see because of the overgrown 4+ inches on the fringe and rough.

OMG the tee box on the 10th hole has brush that is at least 8-10 feet high... If you ever want to hit a true blind tee shot this hole is for you. We thought about sending someone over to see where that balls landed because from the tees you would have to hope for the best as to where you ball landed.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 09/05/2017:
Hello Jesse, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Laurel Island Links, in the Jekyll Island/Savannah area. We are sorry to hear that our course was in poor condition when you played. But, we are happy to see that you found our staff friendly and that you experienced a smooth pace of play. Thank you for playing with us, and we hope to earn your business again in the future.
Played On
Reviews 77
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Fun day on the links.

Good pace. Some holes with character. Great price.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Lunar Eclipse

Had a great round did not get to see the Lunar Eclipse but had a good time. Will go back again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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