Jekyll Island
About Jekyll Island
Jekyll Island is a state park and resort community situated on this island among the Golden Isles on the Georgia coast. It is notable to golfers in that it has 63 holes of publicly accessible golf and a collection of partner hotels and beachfront resorts. Golf here dates back to 1926 with the 9-hole Ocean Dunes course, designed by Walter Travis. Three additional 18-hole courses have since been added to the Jekyll Island Golf Club. Accommodations range from luxury resorts to smaller hotels. Options include the Beachview Club Hotel, Jekyll Ocean Club and Jekyll Island Club Resort. There are numerous national brand properties including Westin Jekyll Island, Home2Suites by Hilton Jekyll Island, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn and Days Inn.Facts
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Photo submitted by ShappyGolf on 11/25/2025
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Photo submitted by ShappyGolf on 11/25/2025
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Photo submitted by u000002234959 on 11/01/2025
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Photo submitted by u000002234959 on 11/01/2025
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Photo submitted by AGFreeman on 08/17/2025
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Hole 15 Photo submitted by 2gD9JNH2Ti9oRqR2VXxE on 03/28/2025
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Photo submitted by AGFreeman on 11/30/2024
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Photo submitted by AGFreeman on 11/30/2024
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Photo submitted by AGFreeman on 11/30/2024
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Photo submitted by AGFreeman on 11/30/2024
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heron on front 9 Photo submitted by 2gD9JNH2Ti9oRqR2VXxE on 04/25/2024
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deer on back 9 Photo submitted by 2gD9JNH2Ti9oRqR2VXxE on 04/25/2024
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Photo submitted by Pauli71 on 09/20/2023
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Photo submitted by Pauli71 on 09/20/2023
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Hole 9 be aware. Photo submitted by u000003589056 on 03/01/2023
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Photo submitted by u4333332 on 05/17/2022
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Photo submitted by hondaman1 on 08/12/2021
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Photo submitted by btolar on 07/31/2020
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Photo submitted by Kaiser3963745 on 07/29/2016
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Photo submitted by Kaiser3963745 on 07/29/2016
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Photo submitted by Kaiser3963745 on 07/29/2016
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Photo submitted by Kaiser3963745 on 07/29/2016
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Photo submitted by u00000556254 on 05/31/2015
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Photo submitted by Rollbama on 01/25/2013
Excellent Round of Golf
Course was in good condition ! Picture perfect day, looking forward to my next round of play at Pine Lakes !
Poorly maintained
I realize there is a drought but that doesn't excuse weeds on the greens. I wish I would have recorded my playing partners putt bouncing all over the place. Having played here before I can honestly say that I've never seen it in worse condition.
Great Dunes
The course for how young it is within in great condition overall layout was great, hats off to the designer. Felt like we were in the UK. Will be a wonderful course in a year or two. Tea boxes were rock hard so it was hard to get the tee in the ground. So bring a hammer lol. Definitely worth going $130 price tag unless you book on GolfNow but it is well worth it. I had the most fun and felt like the 4 1/2 hours that we played felt more like seven hours somehow it was awesome.
What a disappointment
A total let-down! This was supposed to be the "gem" of the Jekyll Island courses, but couldn't be further from the truth! I know that new courses sometimes "need time" to mature, but many of these are the same holes from the old Oleander Course as well as the 9 hole Dunes course, and the conditions were horrible! You needed a hammer to push the tee down in every box. The fairways had more dirt and sand than grass, the greens had more bumps and bare spots than the worst municipal courses out there. From the white tee boxes, there were par 4's over 425 yards! If that wasn't enough, there was also a par 3 at 227 yards!!! Not that they were un-doable for me, but darn! The people in the clubhouse checking you in were extremely rude and short and obviously had no idea what they were doing as there was a line about 10 long. With that price of the green fees, you still had to BUY a bucket of practice balls (in which you only got about 20 balls). Save your money and play elsewhere! This place is a joke!
Such a let down and complete waste of money!
Can't believe they get away with charging such a high green fee for a course like this! With it being newly renovated, I was expecting a lot more. The greens are horrendous, fairways don't even have much grass and minimal signage & direction to indicate where the next tee box is. I have played all the Jekyll courses many times and have never experienced anything like this before. For the price of the green fee, you think you'd get range balls included, but no!! You pay for a bucket and get maybe 18-20 balls and hit off a piece of junk tee area. I will NEVER go back here and there are so many other better courses off the island. I guess they think they can charge a ridiculous amount like this because it's on Jekyll, but it is complete junk.
Not in Good Condition
While playing I found out that Indian Mound is due for renovation and will close over the Summer. The course currently has minimum maintenance and it shows. The course should let you know prior of the conditions and let you plan accordingly.
Nice Course
Place wasvery busy....paired up on tee box with another guest....worked out well....course was in very good condition.....tee boxesin great shape, greens were slick as a pool table, but ran true. Overall, a great day ......will return.
Terrible shape for a new course
The layout is cool and very attractive. Some fun holes. But the condition is like a Muni. Bare spots all over the fairways.
Greens horribly slow. For $135 I would go anywhere else.
Just re-opened Nov. 2025. The course conditions are immature in the fairways but greens are surprisingly good. Routing signs are poor, many groups were seen to riding around looking for the next hole.The layout is interesting and not unfair. Will be fun to play in 2 years.
Disappointed
The course is beautiful but has maintenance issues. The greens in particular need some attention. That said, the overall facility and staff were excellent. There are 3 courses here and were told by one of the members that the other 2 courses are in much better condition. Had a terrific meal at the restaurant after our round. Overall a good day, just disappointment with the course conditions.
Newly renovated Pine Lakes
I was anxious to play the recently renovated Pine Lake on Jekyll Island and sadly disappointed. I understand it was late March but the course showed the appearances of wear and tear that I didn’t expect to see on a course stating to be recently fully renovated. It really didn’t seem in any better shape than the Oleander course I played last year and thought it was pretty worn down. Certainly not worth the higher rack prices listed. I hope to play Great Dunes soon and hopefully not disappointed as well.
This is going to be good
One of the best courses I’ve ever played. Give it time to grow up when it comes to tee and fairways, but greens were in good shape and the layout was awesom.
Nice layout
I've always liked this layout - many different looks and shots on just about all holes. tees and fairways are dormant but playable. Greens are ok but could be better with better management.
Slow play. No carts available for an hour
No carts available for an hour after our tee time.
Pine lakes course
Getting a cart was a little bit of an issue and pace of play was a little slow. But, the tee boxes, fairways and greens were all in very good shape except for a few spots here and there. Great layout and beautiful course. Will be back for sure!!!
Disappointed
So I played twice, Friday afternoon, and then again Saturday.
My work trip allowed me to get the rounds in at the end of the trip. So booked Friday at 3:12 pm because I had to work most of the day. When I got there, it was total chaos. They had no carts available. And when they finally did ? There was a six some playing I from of myself and the count couple I was paired with. It took 3 hours and 20 mins to play the front nine. Despite signs saying “ no five somes, “ apparently a six some is ok even after the ranger came out. In any case, I figured maybe it was just an off day. So I gave them a second shot and booked for 2 pm on Saturday. Again no carts. So badly managed that it was an hour behind to get out on the course. When I asked about it ? Employees were very snippy about it. As far as conditions ? Pine lakes was not bad. Not great but not bad. And though I was supposed to play pine lakes again on Saturday ? As very nice couple who had the two some they were supposed to be paired with, cancel, they said I could play with them.
They had booked on Indian mound. I’ll give credit to the course for not saying a word, about the different course and this allowed me to go with them pretty much around my tee time instead of far later with the back up for carts. But the course ? Was absolutely horrible. While I understand it’s being “ redone ?” Neither course was worth the $80-100 they charged. And ? My rate was supposed to include range balls. Well the range was closed and no refund or compensation for that, not even an apology. The attitude was ? If you dont like it ? You can leave.
I’ve played literally all over the world, on all kinds of courses. And I can say with all honesty, that this is a place I’ll never go back to.