Lakes Golf Course at Laura Walker State Park

Great greens and overall nice place to spend time chasing the ball.

LSW is a very nice golf course, one we always visit once a week during our holidays at Saint Simons Island ... despite the drive, which is just more than an hour. Not only is the price right, one is invariably guaranteed a pleasant experience: a well-designed and maintained course, good service and a relatively fast pace-of-play. A 'keeper'.

This golf course is about 70 miles from my home with many golf courses in between. But it's worth the drive in the spring or fall (avoid the summer bugs) because the setting is so pretty and the course itself is always in good shape and is challenging. The greens also have some undulation and are challenging. My wife and I walked the 6,600 yard course in under 4 hours and walking is welcomed.Take a lunch to eat at the park as a way to enjoy the day.

This is a nice change of pace. It is about an hour from where I live. My friends and I play here about once every 2 months. The course is very inexpensive and always in good shape.

Beautiful fall day, after a cold night. We were kindly directed to the 10th., as a group had just teed off on the 1st. This gave us a free run for the whole round, which was just perfect. No houses around, of course, in a state park, just beautiful nature. Course was in tiptop shape.The only minor criticism to think of would be the difficulty in making out the fairways, since the bermuda was an equal light brown color overall. We just hit every drive dead center, of course.
Tremendous value through GolfNow.

If you've never tried this course, it's your loss. The "hot deal" on Golf Now runs frequently & almost makes you feel like you've won a free round. Course fairways are firm & result in excellent ball run, but any balls in the rough will challenge "locating" skills, then your striking ability. Come visit Lakes @ Laura Walker SP. It won't be your last trip there!

Great course near Waycross, GA. It is seldom busy and I am usually able to tee off immediately and play at whatever pace I want to. The staff is unbelievably friendly. The course isn't terribly challenging but is almost always in good shape, especially for the price. I will definitely be back.

The course is not long compare to others but the undulating greens makes this course equals to all others. The fairways was in good shape. I hope I get the chance to play it again. Enjoyed the round

A hidden gem in the Georgia pine forest well worth the 100 mile round trip from Jacksonville, Fl. The course is wide open but watch out for 9 and 18 they will bite back. Looking forward to going back soon.

Great course in excellent condition speed of play was great

Great course and they are working very hard to keep it in good shape!!

I haven't played this course in 15 years. It was much better than I remembered. The greens were very undulated but a little bumpy. The fairways were a little long and needed some maintenance. Overall it was well worth the $27 we paid to play it. Would recommend to anyone looking for a peaceful course with challenging greens. Bunkers could also use a little TLC.

I have played 2 other GA State Park Course - Lake Arrowhead & Hard Labor Creek. Lake Arrowhead is the best course.

This was a nice course at a nice price. Conditions were fine

Was told by the the staff that pace of play pretty much means nothing. There was a group of 12 and we was informed that our group of two had to play behind them. I am sorry but the fastest player is always supposed to be allowed to play through. We had to wait 4 to 5 minutes at every tee box for them to get out of the way. I will not be playing there with policy's like that

I live in the area, so its my home course. My friends are eager drive up from Jacksonville to play. They're amazed how friendly the locals are.

i play here once a month to see a friend who lives in Georgia. the course is long enough for good players but short enough for the less talented. the pace of play is excellent and the staff is great. the greens are ok but had some rough spots.

course is a little dry and greens could use some work

Great course. Pace was slower than usual. Would definitely recommend this course to any friend or stranger.

Played as a single late in the day...ended up playing the front 9 twice since I got stuck behind a foursome, but had a blast on the front 9 and would love to see what the back looks like! Made the drive from Jax as I had seen this course on GolfNow and was intrigued by it...it's a long drive but the course (at least the front 9!) is a lot of fun, is in good condition, and is quite scenic in some spots. I will definitely go back at some point...after all, I gotta see what the back 9 looks like!!

I have played this course hundreds of times and have played hundreds of rounds at many other courses around the southeast. The Lakes has a good layout with a variety of real doglegs, straight aways, and these "waste areas" which would actually be challenging sand traps given the budget to actually put sand in them. One of these waste areas on the back (15) had a puddle of water in it from rain two days prior that had a diameter of 30 yards and swallowed my ball. Still had to hit off of the cement-like hardpan in the area. The rest of the actual sand traps aren't much better but they aren't the same dark dirt color, rather a lighter shade of dirt. It's always heavy and unraked with a layer of hardpan about 1.5-2 inches under the top layer of mud or drier mud. The front and back are like different courses, with the back having more forgiving holes and large rolling greens while many of the greens on the front are unreasonably undulated. The hole locations are typically cut by an employee who is not a golfer and they are placed on areas of the green that are crippling given the severity of the slopes. Also pins are left in the same location frequently for 5 days at the time. The edges of the holes are not ever crisp and they become very mounded up towards the hole in a volcano-like fashion. This causes all putts to turn off of the highest point, the edge of the hole, which will cause the ball to artificially roll harder to the left or right depending on which side of the volcano the ball is rolling towards. The greens do not roll true and have many areas of weeds. The 8th green is almost entirely weed which I have long been told is called "poa annua." This might be playable, along with the rest of the unaffected greens, if the greens were to be cut short enough. The grass is far too long in order to present a green and "pretty" look, that costs less to water and fuel mowers. This makes them slow and unpredictably grainy. The woods on the sides of some of the holes have recently been bush-hogged, but there are still many areas where sticks and limb-debris are piled just to the sides of the cart paths. If your ball goes in, consider it lost and hit your third off the tee. You won't be climbing through these huge piles. Other than the conditions, which have been declining since 2006-2008, the layout is awesome. The course is beautiful back through the woods and there are no houses anywhere near the course. Some of the holes have really great features and give you many different options for playing. This course would easily be one of the best in the southeast if the greens rolled smooth and true, the sand was renovated, and without bulldozing the problem greens, putting fresh holes in fair positions more frequently (1-2 maybe 3 days.)