The Creek Golf Course at Hard Labor Creek State Park

Bishop, GA · 15 mi away

Lane Creek Golf Club is a public course located just outside Athens, Georgia, in the community of Bishop. It originally opened in 1992 and was designed by Athens area architect Mike Young. The layout was renovated in 2006 with new Champion Bermuda greens, rebuilt and repositioned bunkers, and a few design tweaks, including changing the fifth hole from a par 5 to a short par 4. The course plays to a par of 71 at around 6,678 yards from the back tees, with an even mix of short, tempting par 4s and longer two shot holes, plus par 3s that mostly avoid water hazards. Lane Creek is open daily to public play, with a practice facility that includes a large tee area, target greens, and a putting green, along with a pro shop and clubhouse patio.

Conyers, GA · 19 mi away

Cherokee Run Golf Club in Conyers occupies rolling, granite-outcropped terrain within the Georgia International Horse Park, the venue for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics equestrian events. Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay designed the course, which opened in 1995 and plays to about 7,000 yards at par 72. Crenshaw bentgrass greens and zoysia fairways wind through wetlands and wooded hills east of Atlanta. The semi-private club remains open to public play, and its Olympic-era pedigree is still reflected in the property's name and surrounding grounds.

Eatonton, GA · 24 mi away

Jack Nicklaus designed Great Waters, which opened in 1992 on the shore of Lake Oconee near Eatonton, Georgia, as the second course built at what is now Reynolds Lake Oconee. Nine of the eighteen holes touch the lake. The front nine moves through rolling parkland and hardwood before the routing turns to the water on the back nine, with greens set close to the shoreline through the closing stretch. The par-3 eighth and the run of holes from the ninth through the thirteenth carry most of the water exposure. Nicklaus Design rebuilt the course from the ground up starting in 2018, replacing turf, greens, bunkers, tees and irrigation while keeping Nicklaus's original routing and strategy. It reopened in the fall of 2019. The course hosted stages of the Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf from 1995 to 1997. Access runs through Reynolds Lake Oconee membership or a stay at the resort rather than open public tee sheets.