Jekyll Island Golf Club - Oleander Course

25 minute backup on the 1st tee. Starter letting people show up late (should make them skip first hole).
No marshalls on the course to ensure pace of play...almost 3 hour front 9!
Worst greens I've seen in decades. Weeds growing and bare spots everywhere.
Fairways are more sand than grass.
Was told by a member they aren't maintaining this course because it's about to shut down (back 9 turning into condos).
Save your money, don't play here if you enjoy golf.

Course was pretty nice and fun other than the greens. They were in pretty bad shape. Lots of weeds and bare patches. I played 2 days in a row and 1 day the greens were super slow, the next they were actually playable.

Overall, good course conditions were pretty good for the fall after a hurricane we had played in May and it was better but that’s to be expected of play was good. Not many people out at all always would recommend it. Just remember you have to pay $10 to get on the island though.

I have been playing golf for over 50 years. I have probably played over 10,000 rounds in my life. The greens were in the worst shape I have ever seen a golf course. There were weeds on the greens, bare spots and actual ditches. The sand traps had grass growing in them. The fairways or a collection of weeds, dead grass, and bare spots. The course should be closed as it is unplayable.

Course was decent. Hard to fairly rate considering Helene had passed through the area a week or so prior to playing.

Oleander, where good drives, approach shots, and putts, go to die. Weeds everywhere, tee boxes, rough, fairways and greens. Terrible shape; we were told by the starter we were in for a treat…..it was a trick!

The greens were poorly maintained. The fairways were very thick. You would think that with the amount of business they get especially from tourists, and the amount of money they charge, they would take better care of the course.

Nice weather and playing in the mist of the Georgia Pines.
Although the greens and fairways were a little rough we still enjoy playing there.

Love playing amongst the Georgia Pines.
The second cut was pretty long and hard to find balls.
Possibly understandable with the weather that just blew through.
Some of the greens were burnt or in rough shape.
Over all, still love playing there.

Jekyll has got so much rain that the course would or should be closed. However apparently they are closing soon for renovations - so does not matter.

We frequently had to drive thru 4 inches of water on cart paths for 40 yards at times. Still greens were dry and almost hard ( slight elevation helps). Pine Lakes has been renovated and looks great. It opens shortly. Oleander layout was decent and tree lined. 10 green was so small.. Just conditions were terrible.

Amusingly my wife's green ball had tiny green frog near it on 18th fairway.. Are you my mother?

No rangers anywhere.. You can imagine with cart path only and social golfers it was a slow day.

The course or Golf Now ought to let you know when the course is cart path only!!!

If you are visiting Jekyll with your sticks, I recommend playing Indian Mound. Conditions were great all around the course. The par 3s in the back nine will test you with small and tricky greens. I fee par 4s have some length and depends when the wind is coming from. Pine Lakes is currently getting renovated and hope to play it when it reopens. In the meantime, play Indian Mound.

Few of the greens had missing grass and or different grass in spots. Other than that it was enjoyable. Short course but tight off the tees

This is a challenging course, it was in good condition .

This pace of play was right at 4 hours.

I played was Oleander.
The landscape and fairways were very nice but once you got onto the greens they were a-bit ragged with large areas of only dirt without any grass, or weeds growing where when you put the ball bounces or moves from the line adding strokes too your score.