Ohio Golf Journal December 2019

W est of Atlanta on I-20, The Frog Golf Club is recognized as one of the top courses in the state. This parkland-style layout is one of Tom Fazio’s best designs and is an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. Georgia has 61 state parks, eight of which have golf courses with ‘no homes, no crowds and no noise.’ Nestled in the rolling hills of the state’s upper Piedmont is one of North Georgia’s best-kept secrets- the Highland Walk golf course in the Victoria Bryant State Park. This challenging Griffiths design provides crowned fairways leading to generous sloping Bermuda greens and features huge elevation changes. With ten holes skirting the Lake Russell shoreline, perhaps the most scenic course in the Peach State is Arrowhead Pointe, located within Richard B. Russell State Park. The Creek at Hard Labor is another Griffiths design measuring 6,444-yards with the infamous #10, Enjoy Great Golf in Southern Georgia By David Daubert ‘the hardest hole in all of Georgia.’ The narrow and challenging layout will test your shot-making. Heading farther south on I-75, the par 71 Brazell’s Creek is another Griffiths design with two distinct nines connected by a 1,500-yard bridge located in Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park. The Lakes Golf Club at Laura S. Walker State Park, the first state park named for a woman, is situated at the northern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp near Waycross and the three large lakes provide the challenge to maneuver your golf ball and avoid a watery grave. Meadow Links Golf Club at George T. Bagby State Park on the banks of Lake George in Fort Gaines is a scenic beauty. Little Ocmulgee at Wallace Adams State Park is a little taste of Augusta National with its towering pines, hardwoods and magnolias bordering the free-flowing fairways and pristine rolling hills. Ohio Golf Journal Golf Travel Ohio Golf News