Hard Labor Creek State Park
About Hard Labor Creek State Park
Georgia's Hard Labor Creek State Park is located on Lake Rutlege east of Atlanta off I-20. This state park facility features a range of accommodations from camp sites and RV sites to 20 2-bedroom cottages. Amenities here are highlighted by the 18-hole golf course designed by Denis Griffiths and features a pro shop, full driving range, grill and bar. Additional features of this state park, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is horseback riding, off-road mountain biking, hiking, beachside swimming and boat rentals.Facts
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Golf courses at Hard Labor Creek State Park
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Photo submitted by OPPBr5gkRoNlDl899JGg on 09/21/2025
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Photo submitted by bjacobs16 on 04/28/2025
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Photo submitted by Mserrian31 on 10/31/2024
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Photo submitted by collinrobles1 on 09/22/2022
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Photo submitted by mrseay2 on 07/11/2022
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Number 2 Photo submitted by Drumlime on 04/06/2019
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From the green on #2 looking to #3 Photo submitted by Peter3943030 on 01/11/2017
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#13 par 5 from the Blues Photo submitted by Sean4356667 on 09/11/2016
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Armadillo on the course Photo submitted by Sean4356667 on 09/11/2016
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Photo submitted by efm03c on 06/17/2013
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Number 10 Photo submitted by wendy2584 on 04/23/2013
Always a great time
Play this course a lot course is in great shape with all the rain we’ve had. Best I’ve seen course look in a while always a great day on the golf course here
This course has challenging holes and easy holes.
Greens and fairways are in great shape. Some of the tee boxes were a little rough. Some scenic holes, some challenging holes and some easy holes. Fun course to play. Price was great.
Nice Course
Course was in overall great shape a few of the greens were in rough shape but all in all good shape
Not what it use to be
Grew up playing this course, what happened over the years? Poor to fair conditions of Greens and fairways. I was really surprised by the attitude and lack of help from the older gray headed gentleman at front desk whom I believe to be the Club Pro. What a jerk.
Love the layout but conditions were not favorable. I pass a lot of courses on my way here, it is not worth the drive to be treated so poorly at a mediocre course.
Hot and slow
We only paid $22 on a Sunday afternoon but the greens were pretty tough. Very bumpy. Very slow play on front nine 2.5 hours to play.
Greens in bad shape
Great course layout. Staff was friendly enough. Greens are a 4 out of 10. Aerated and sanded within the last month and haven’t grown in. Lots of dead spots. Love this course though.
No yardage’s or targets on the driving range, about 1/4 of the balls were cut and should be thrown out.
mzbc123
Our foursome thought tee boxes & fairways were good, greens were airated & need to fill in. We were only able to play 9 because of rain, they did give us all a 9-hole raincheck. With all the weather (rain) issues we thought course was good. I think a lot of courses are suffering a little because of weather related issues. I would go again.
Just horrible!
What happened to this golf course?? It was in the worst shape I’ve ever seen it today. The greens were horrible, the fairways were horrible, the tee box were dirt, and the old man that runs the front desk is a jerk! Not to mention they are asking people to pay a premium to play 18 holes with aaerated greens (35+).. I wouldn’t play here if they paid me! You’d be better off in a cow pasture!!
What happened
This was a beautiful course. However this date the fairways were not maintained lacking grass and hard.
The greens gone forget that they were aerated and the course failed to post this information but the greens are gone. On the bright side the pro shop has been remolded and except for the non caring personnel looked nice.
Course Conditions - Poor
Excellent course but not maintained well... appears way behind in mowing and work on the greens. Great club house staff.
Not worth the money this time
I usually enjoy playing this course because it is challenging and usually in great condition. This time, however, the greens were in very poor condition. I would recommend checking the condition of the greens before you go.
It poured down so hard the greens were under water so I didn't get to play.
Maybe there fairway mower is broken the fairway grass was very high
Greens bounce and are dying off really needs help
The new house around the pump station was nice
A little confused?
Everything was great, but for some reason they sure watering the fairways at 12pm....
Avid Golfer
Layout is ok.
Courses needed to be watered.
Greens are very bumpy.
People were very nice and attentive.
Joy at Hard Labor
This course is nice and challenging but fair. The greens were not something that I believe I've ever played before and just about everyone would break at the cup and end up directly behind the cup. There was not too much trouble if you missed the fairway and ended up in the rough but if you missed the rough you can just about forget scoring. Pace of play was very good until the last couple of holes. The staff was okay at best and the amenities were about the same in the club house but i would say okay for a park.