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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4.6
707 Reviews (707)

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Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

Avoid Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier is usually a solid course to play, but at the moment the drawbacks outweigh the value. The driving range is under construction, the clubhouse is also under construction, restrooms are not operational, and the food and beverage offerings are subpar. Hopefully, once all the construction is complete, the course will regain its value from a playing and overall experience standpoint.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best course in Atlanta

This is one of the best courses to play in metro Atlanta. Very scenic course. The course is always in great condition. Staff is very friendly. You have to hit straight to score well on this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great and fun Golf Course

What a great day at Lanier Islands Legacy Golf Course!

Staff was very nice and accommodating. They are always wonderful there. Course was fun and challenging! Great, fast and true greens. Very scenic golf with 14 holes on the lake. Highly recommend!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Course is always greatly maintained

The course is always greatly maintained even in the off-season. The greens are fast and True. And the renovation of the range into a lighted part three course is going to be a phenomenal addition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Our home course

We love playing Legacy. It’s been about 15 years playing there. Players card over the years has made it at least semi affordable. Golf is expensive anywhere you go so go play this golf course. Greens are fast course in great shape.,staff is the best

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

This course has a great layout

Legacy has a great layout with good Bermuda greens and a very friendly staff I would recommend that everyone play this course for the beautiful layout!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Best value in the State of Georgia

I have played all over the US and I still get excited when teeing it up at Legacy. Every shot is a test. The course layout is fun, the staff is over the top nice. Highly recommend!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Beautilful course

The course is in great conndition. Phenomenal staff. Love playing this course as much as I can

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Views

Nicest views from any public course in North Atlanta.Greens are good and course is overall in great shape. Challenging and lots of risk reward shots on all par 4’s and 5’s . Staff is helpful and friendly. I play all over the Southern United States and this is one of the best spots period for A fun and challenging layout

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Legacy on Lanier

Course is in great shape for winter golf, greens are good and fast. Overall course is a lot of fun and the layout is superb. Plenty of risk reward shots on about every hole. Staff is great and they have anything you could possibly need. Lots of work being done on new clubhouse remodel and building a lighted par 3 short course . My favorite course in North Atlanta and the views are absolutely stunning around the Lake vs other courses beside highways or busy streets and houses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fun and challenging

Course was in great shape. The design is very challenging, lots of forced carries. But the views and design was worth it. We will play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Way too expensive for what you get right now

Got to the course early so I could eat breakfast and warm up on the range, only to find out that they’re renovating the clubhouse or something and just have a couple of trailers outside. Also they are turning the driving range into a par 3 course and just have a couple of nets to hit into. Really wish I would have known all this before I booked or I would have played elsewhere. Not worth the $150 it is to play there. Course was in decent condition considering it rained 2 days ago. Other than that I’d save your money and spend half of what the greens fees are here to play somewhere else

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 11/26/2025

Thank you for the feedback on your experience. Yes, the clubhouse and warm up practice area is under renovation. We are sorry you were not aware but there is an alert given at the time of booking that gives details of the renovation.

The golf course is in excellent condition right now and the renovation does not impact the golf course playability whatsoever.

Regards,

Legacy Golf Pro Staff

Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Pace of play ruined it

The course layout is challenging and the fairways and greens are in descent shape. The pace of play is terrible and no one was pushing the slow players to move. Ruined what could have been a nice round

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 11/05/2025

We are sorry that the pace of play was too slow for you on Sunday 10/26/25. Our target pace of play is no longer than 4:30 and on this day only 2 groups were over 4:45. We actively monitor and manage pace of play via our GPS software and issue messages requesting guests to improv pace when necessary. If a group fails to speed up, we send a ranger out to speak with them directly.

Regards,

Legacy Golf Pro Staff

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Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Awesome!

Five stars. This is probably the nicest course I’ve ever played. It doesn’t get much better than this outside of a private club. Really good food is free. Great practice area. Nice staff. Everything you want.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Course!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course, terrible staff interaction

Beautiful course, challenging just as we expected, but right at the start upon arriving to check in, the person we paid the fees was very rude, we asked a question and got a very rude response. He made sure to not even allow us to ask a follow up question. We felt terrible after dealing with him (forgive me for not having his name, but he was on shift yesterday at 9:30 am when we arrived 9/24).

The cart girl was awesome, very friendly. The guy that took our bags, also very nice and friendly. We mentioned the poor experience we had with the front desk person to other staff and the response was "Oh yeah, he is very moody, we never know what we will get with him" which is not what we expected given the amount of money we spent to paly a round (2 of us $354). The course itself is challenging, but great views so worth it. The pace of play is kind of slow, I think they could manage that a bit better but we would visit again as long as we did not have to deal with the very rude staff member.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/01/2025

Thank you for the feedback. We are certainly sorry that you had a very poor experience with staff at the course. Typically, this is an area where we receive high ratings. We hope that you will visit us again for a better experience.

Regards,

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Poor management

Booked a tee time for 2 and the staff had 3 groups of 4 in front of us and a group of 4 behind us. There was no staff to monitor the pace of play and both groups in front of us was hitting 2-3 balls each per tee box and multiple drops in the middle of the course. We teed off at 1:50 and by 5:30 had only managed to get to hole 11 we left after playing only 11holes and when we went inside and told the 2 kids that were inside they said there was nothing they could do and the staff left early. Spent over $350,00 to play 11 holes and no apologies or comps after driving nearly 2 hours and $350,00… Very disappointed and will reach out to Mr Williams the owner and let him know what is going on so hopefully he can get better staff… Don’t waste your money here!!!

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/23/2025

Thank you for the feedback. Our target pace of play is 4:30 on a busy weekend. We understand that as a twosome 4:30 can feel very slow. Unfortunately, we really do. It have control over how many foursomes would book a tee time in front of you. Pace of play is actively monitored using the GPS system and messages are sent to guests to encourage ready golf. The groups ahead of you finished in 4:50 and the groups behind finished in close to 4:30. In these situations, where we have a twosome on a busy day, we would be glad to issue rain checks for 9 holes.

Please email gclarkson@lanierislands.com if you wish to receive 9 hole rain checks. Thank you.

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