The golf course

Opened in 1987, The Country Club of the South is a Jack Nicklaus designed golf course which combines unsurpassed natural beauty combined with one of the most challenging layouts in the area.

Voted one of the "Top 20 Best Courses in Georgia" by Golf Digest, the 7,000 yard championship course played host to the Champions Tour Nationwide Championship from 1991-1994.

Lush pines and hardwoods, rolling hills, lakes, streams and granite outcroppings were preserved to provide spectacular natural hazards and scenery. 

The second hole at The Country Club of the South is one that offers drama from tee to green.  At only 370 yards from the tips, it has a very demanding tee shot.  You are left with a difficult decision as to whether to challenge the narrowing fairway with a driver or fairway wood to have a short approach, or lay back with a long iron or hybrid to the designed landing area and flirt with the trees that guard the left side, or the "signature" tree on the rock, on the right.  Once the daunting first shot is played, another thrilling shot presents itself to the player.  With some good fortune, players will have a clear view of the small guarded green.  A hazard protects the front and entire left side of the green complex, with a bunker on the right.  There is a small bail out on the front right quadrant that can provide for some delicate pitch shots depending on the hole location.  This hole played as one of the most difficult on the entire Champions Tour when the Nationwide event was held at The Country Club of the South.  It continues to challenge our Members with beauty and strategy. 

See the artist rendering below to get a glimpse of a Jack Nicklaus creation developed during his final major victory at Augusta in 1986.  You can feel the influence that the "National" had during Mr. Nicklaus' development of The Country Club of the South.



This is just the beginning of a Jack Nicklaus signature masterpiece.  For more of the golf course, click HERE.