Laura S. Walker State Park
About Laura S. Walker State Park
Georgia's Laura S. Walker State Park is located in the southeast part of the state near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the largest nearby city is Jacksonville 90 minutes away by car. The state park is home to The Lakes Golf Course, an 18-hole course opened in 1996 and plays 6,656 yards from the back tees. Overnight guests of the state park can stay in one of six cabins, each of which are two bedrooms. There are also RV and campsites available. Off-course amenities here include a dog park, sand beach along the lake, boating, kayak and stand-up paddleboard rentals.Facts
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Nice course for the price
Overall the course is worth the price but the greens are quick and need some work
Bang for you $$
I have played this Course several times. I have also played other Courses in the area, and for the money you pay, no Course comes close for what you pay to play. Some of the Greens need some work, but not to the point where it will affect your game. Trust me when I tell you alot of Courses in the area need to be ashamed that they call their Courses Country Clubs, because I feel sorry for anyone that has to pay Monthly dues to be a member. I really enjoy playing here.
HIDDEN GEM
Worth the drive from jville. My friends and took a chance and it has a lot of courses in jville beat the staff, layout and better yet veterans play for free on veterans day!!
No courses in jville offer that to my knowledge...
We will definitely go back any play for sure what a nice time we had playing.
Staff (Mike) and everyone were very nice and invited us back.
WORTH THE DRIVE
I have eagerly waiting for the right time to play this course and after a two hour drive it was worth it.. The staff was awesome. We are thinking about making this an annual trip on Veteran Day.
Passing through.
Played this course while passing through the area. Very nice, carved out of the forest in a state park. Fun layout and in good shape.
I like the course
I like the course, I play here around once every 2 months. The greens are very patchy, bumpy & look like they are dying. We ran out of sand in our 2 bottles after 3 holes & there was nowhere on the course to refill the bottles with sand. I’m wondering if the greens are going to improve over winter months
Great Public Facility
The course is in really good shape, the greens are a bit spotty and can be fast from certain sides. Really nice golf course.
No Marshall
The course is in great shape but there needs to be a Marshall there even when not busy. I was a single player and the 4-some in front of me would not let me play thru the entire front side. This lack of etiquette caused a backup starting with me and 3 other groups. There weren't but 10 groups on the entire golf course there. Club house employee needs to tell these 4-somes to let faster groups thru. The 10:20 group was the problem. If i play there again i will go to the backside. BTW clubhouse employee doesn't like golfnow rates.
Top dresses
The course is in excellent condition. They just top dresses the greens, still running good.
Came to the course from Jacksonville, FL had family come down from other states for our annual Golf week We kicked it off with a wonderful round at the Lakes.
Beautiful course
One of my favorite courses to play. The greens and fairways were in excellent shape. The staff are very professional. Just all around a great course to play beginner or not.
One of my Favorites
I live in Jacksonville and happily make the hour and 15 minute drive each way to this course to play it whenever I can. Layout is super fun, people are very friendly, and the course is always in great shape. Easily one of my favorite courses in South Georgia/north Florida, if not my absolute favorite.
Great facility
We arrived 2 hours early for our tee time.
We were on our way back from Hilton head SC, and mis calculated the amount of time needed to get there.
The course was wide open, however, to play earlier than our tee time we had to pay $ 10 per player
They said they don't make any money on hot deals and even do it was wide open we could not play early unless. we paid.
I dont know what course you played but it could not be this one. There is no way in three days the course could be in great shape. I played this course 8/11/2020, even after all the rain only one CPO and that was hole 8. All greens were running smooth.