Lanier Islands Legacy - lake
The lakeside views of the Lanier Islands Legacy golf course can be distracting.
7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford, Georgia 30518, US
(770) 945-8787
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About Lanier Islands

Georgia's Lanier Islands is a 1,200-acre resort community on a string of islands on Lake Lanier an hour's drive from Atlanta. It has several lodging options, starting with a Margaritaville at Lanier Islands and The Legacy Lodge at Lanier Islands. There are also condo, villa and RV park options. The 18-hole golf course, Lanier Islands Golf Club, is a past selection of the US Golfers' Choice Top 50. Amenities at Lanier Islands beyond golf include a waterpark and beach area, marina, spa as well as multiple dining and bar concepts ranging from indoors to outdoors and beachfront.

Facts

Price Range$$, $, $$$
Property Class★★★
Acres1200
Year Opened1974
Number of Units500+

Amenities

RestaurantsBar, Casual
Room TypesRoom, Suite, Villas/Casitas
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
MarinaYes
Beach AccessYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Kids ProgramYes
Room ServiceYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Lanier Islands

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Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars
728 Reviews (728)
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Difficulty 4.0
Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

5 1/2 hour round

Course was in great condition, fairways and greens were beautiful. Pace of play was awful. The amenities and staff are awesome and they had that on lock. I don’t know what the hold up was but we could not get to our next shot without having to wait for 3-5 minutes. Only time we did not wait was when we were on the green.

First Time Playing
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 1.0
Amenities 5.0
T O P 500
Reviews 89
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

Great day on the lake

The weather was great, the course was beautiful and just a great day. Greens are rolling really nice, fairways are plush and tee boxes in great shape. The course is a challenging layout and in great shape. New clubhouse looks amazing Overall just a great day!!!

Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 11
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

Nice scenery

Beautiful scenery, nice course. If you are the golfer that always stays in the fairway then you will enjoy. If not, the rough is at least 6 inches deep. Found more than a dozen balls in the rough while trying to find mine, so between that and the free food it was great fun. Slow play was due to following a tournament of construction people. All of the found golf balls were brand new ProV1 so thanks for the donations. The dozen balls and free food paid me back for the round. Worth the 5 hour afternoon.

Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 3.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
Recommended
Played

Nice course

Great conditions, even after aeration. Holes are challenging; long straight hitters will do well. Lovely scenery. The clubhouse pro shop were clean and appropriate.

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First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 25
Recommended
Played

Good but not great course

Played the course and the fairways, tee boxes and greens were well maintained. The only downside were the bunker areas they really needed work. Also, bring plenty of balls due to the first cut being so thick it makes it nearly impossible to locate a ball that is off the fairway.

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Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
Review 1
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 2.0
Difficulty 5.0
Review 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Difficulty 5.0
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Terrible Greens

This club has bermuda grass for their greens, but they decided to have them rolling at about a 3-4 on the stimp meter for a Sunday morning round. You have guests paying a lot of money to play here. What a disgrace. Not to mention they were hosting a GSGA Tournament their later that afternoon. I can't imagine the reviews that GSGA and their participants gave them.

I'm a scratch golfer that can have a good time just about anywhere I go. This was ridiculous. Couldn't even get 10 footers to the whole, let alone make a 5 foot putt. Might as well have been putting on shag carpets.

Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 1.0
Value 1.0
Layout 1.0
Friendliness 3.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 4.0
Difficulty 4.0
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Commented on 07/15/2026

Apologies for the slow greens. We were battling Take-All-Root Rot prior to the triple digit temps and to combat that double punch of issues we ralaised our greens heights and fertilized the greens to combat the disease. We were back down to our normal greens heights right after the 4th and greens were back to pre disease conditions mid week. Beside the slow greens the greens were in great condition. Greens are perfect now so please come back and enjoy the course.

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Commented on 07/13/2026

Thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately, even with bermudagrass the extreme heat closing in on 100 degrees can cause some stress for the greens. The height of the cut needed raised to protect against disease therefore the greens were much slower than normal on the day you played. This should have been communicated to you before play. We are pleased to report the height has been lowered again and green speeds are back higher. Please reach out to us at 678-318-7861 if you have any additional course conditions questions.

Regards,

Legacy Golf

Reviews 11
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Twice a year
Recommended
Played

Beautiful course

This course was beautiful. The staff and service was amazing. The course was challenging but fun.

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

Best all-around course

Staff was extremely friendly and helpful, new pro shop and clubhouse are beautiful with great concessions. The course was in great shape and scenery is gorgeous. Challenging, hilly course surrounded by water. I now want to move there

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First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Played

Updated clubhouse but goodbye amenities

Arrived at 8:50 for a 10am tee time. No breakfast left even though there were only about 8 cars in the parking lot. When we were at the turn at noon, there were no hot dogs and only plain turkey/cheese sandwich halves on white wrapped in plastic wrap. There was 1 piece of jalapeño pizza, no other toppings?, left in the pizza shelf.

No more water’s in the cooler or other drinks. Waters are only on the carts now. No more ice cream cooler.

The updates to the facilities are nice but it seems they are now cutting the budget back on the amenities even with the highest greens fees in the Atlanta metro area.

Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 1.0
Layout 3.0
Friendliness 3.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 1.0
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Commented on 06/11/2026

Thank you for your feedback. The clubhouse kitchen and bar are still under construction therefore the complimentary food and beverage items are limited at this time. We are sorry that your experience on that regard was not up to the standard expected.

We are working quickly to finish construction and bring back a wider variety of complimentary food and beverage for guests.

We would add that no specific complimentary items can be guaranteed at any time due to varying consumption levels at different times of day and day of the week.

Regards,

Legacy Golf

Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 2.0
Value 3.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
Difficulty 4.0
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Worth a few extra dollars

Truly is a result course always an excellent shape, but it can be very pricey. Look for hot deals.

Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Find somewhere else to play

I’ve played a lot of courses and a scratch golfer. This course was insanely pricey for the conditions. Seems like they’ve spent more money into their night golf course and their new pro shop than the actual course. Fairways and greens were awful and the tee boxes were worse. Paid $175 per person for what? No range and awful course conditions. Should coat $50 and I’d highly recommend playing anywhere else. Not worth the money at all

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
1.0
1.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 1.0
Value 1.0
Layout 1.0
Friendliness 1.0
Pace 1.0
Amenities 1.0
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