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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

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Lanier Islands Resort - Legacy Golf Course
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u892499572
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Reviews 80
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great course and experience

This is a must play course. Beautiful views, challenging layout and a lot of fun. The course is almost perfect right now. Fairways are in great shape and in another week greens will be fully recovered. Very happy I got to play here

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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zoomboom
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Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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7011Matsuo
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Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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u511142228
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Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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chulwankim
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Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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u314163108853
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Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Will play again!

The course was in great shape even though it was being airated. Great staff and hospitality!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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u1748116
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Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Nice Layout!

Nice Layout, pace of play was slowwwww! Marshal didn’t get the 2 groups moving until hole 12. Staff was friendly, course is over priced and a tourist trap. Food is free in the clubhouse or included in your green fee. That is a good perc!

I would play here again if it is a tournament but other than that I am cool!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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u000004485483
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Reviews 21
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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u000001683460
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Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Top notch

I was skeptical at first due to the price, but is all inclusive so it now makes sense. Course was in good shape, greens are still recovering for being punched and sanded but in 2 more weeks it should be perfect. Nice layout and can be very challenging, especially from the blue tee boxes. I'll be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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u000004692099
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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7011Matsuo
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Tim6303898
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Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Soggy but great

It’s been rainy but we were able to sneak out. One of the more challenging but nicest and most beautiful courses we’ve played!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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scoliosis
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played

Horrible pace of play

I will not return. The GPS said 30 min behind at the 9th hole. The back 9 was even slower. It was going to be a 6 hr round so we quit early.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/05/2022

Thank you for the feedback. Upon checking out GPS stats for the 4th July holiday and there were no rounds over 5 hours in length. Our target pace of play is 4:15 though so obviously that was not achieved on the busy July 4th holiday. We do monitor place of play and address throughout the day however with many first time players on the golf course it was somewhat unreasonable to expect anything less than 4:30 and our GPS should have been adjusted accordingly. We accept 5 hours is slow and own that problem on holidays but nothing indicates there was anything close to a 6 hour round of golf yesterday.

Regards,

Legacy Golf Pro Staff

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u772800064
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Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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u000001473329
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Reviews 36
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Timothy3245621
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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Pace of play

Course was in great shape but the course got very backed up. Unfortunately, a ranger wasn’t out to keep things moving.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/28/2022

Thank you for the feedback and kind comments on the golf course condition. We had two groups that were unfortunately a little slow on Friday 6/24, both finished at 4 hours 46 minutes. We do have ranger staff but as we monitor the pace via the GPS software they do not continuously drive around the golf course. The groups were addressed however with multiple twosomes and threesomes I am sure that it would still feel very slow even at 4 hours and 30 minutes which all but two groups completed their rounds within. Thanks for the feedback, we will try and make sure guests know we actively address pace of play problems on a daily basis.

Regards,

Legacy Golf Pro Staff

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gglasgow1
Played On
Reviews 83
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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rjordan9205
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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Mini pebble beach

Great course, love how the course hugged the water in many of the holes

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