Jekyll Island

One of if not the worst golfing experience to date. Not one to leave a review especially a negative one and definitely all for people enjoying themselves on the course. The course in its self is a work in progress and after a dry winter and spring here that was to be expected after the redesign so I would say give the track another year or so and it will be a great course that will be a lot of fun! Greens are almost unplayable right now and especially not worth $135 a round. But the problem was the fact it took almost 5 hours to play and the fact no one pushed the pace of play along at all. Groups of 5-6 playing together, blaring music and yelling after taking shots 10-15 yards from our tee box. Older guy working outside services swapped out a cart for a group in front of us and while doing so gave the hacks all lessons while they had 3 groups stacked behind them and then got mad and yelled at me (even after I started the conversation with an apology and tried to hand him a $20 for being late) for coming in 20 minutes late as if I wasn’t waiting to tee off for 10-15 minutes each hole. Here’s a tip old man maybe don’t give hacks lessons while you have a full tee sheet.

When I arrived, I saw that it was quite busy. When I checked in, I was told there were no carts. I had to wait for a cart. I was put on a list. When I finally got mt cart, I missed my tee time and there were too many people ahead of me at this time. It wasn't worth trying to play. They were nice and gave me a rain check. I think when you have so many big parties they need to plan better. Maybe not book people?! I will be using my rain check. I still want to golf and I already paid for it!

The layout is interesting but the fairways had little grass and the greens were very bumpy. The course looked like it was still under construction on several holes. The on course signage was limited and confusing. There were stakes with hole numbers but no signs pointing toward the tees. It was overpriced considering the conditions.

Most courses I have played around the country, have geese or swans or ducks if they have any wildlife at all… But the wildlife I saw at this course was… Buzzards…which is pretty fitting for the conditions of the course. Bumpy and bare greens, thin fairways and tee boxes that were either nothing but sand or overgrown. Staff was amazing, practice areas were nice, but Indian Mound is closing in on goat track status.

Beautiful and challenging links course. Lots of character. Really fun track.

Approached my tee time with trepidation because of the reviews I’ve been reading on GolfNow. My advice: ignore the complaints. Does the course have some blemishes? Maybe, but they are part of the charm.

I have played the first iteration of Great Dunes and at that time it was 9 holes and in really poor shape. I have played both course at Jekyll Island they are fine courses. I think Great Dunes will be their best. It’s only been open since November but I really loved the layout, the incorporation of Great Dunes 1927, the Oleander course. In my opinion, Brian Ross got this right! I look forward to my next trip to Jekyll.

Course was in good condition ! Picture perfect day, looking forward to my next round of play at Pine Lakes !

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.

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.

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!