6 golf courses, five clubhouses, nine restaurants
Just north of Savannah, Georgia lies a golfer’s dream community – The Landings Golf & Athletic Club – with more golf than you can shake a stick at.
Putting aide why you’d want to shake a stick at anything, much less golf, The Landings Golf & Athletic Club has six golf courses, five clubhouses, nine restaurants, a food truck, 31 tennis courts, 22 pickleball courts, eight bocce ball courts, five swimming pools, a golf performance center and a 52,000-square-foot wellness facility.
The Landings Golf & Athletic Club, located on Skidaway Island in Savannah’s most affluent ZIP Code, isn’t just about quantity. Its courses – designed by Arnold Palmer, Arthur Hills/Bill Bergin, Tom Fazio and Willard Byrd – are challenging and exceedingly well-maintained. In 2027, the Willard Byrd course will get a makeover by Davis Love III.
Unlike so many golf clubs nowadays, The Landings Golf & Athletic Club doesn’t cater to the uber-rich. Its grounds, staff and amenities have the feel of a quality club without the nose-in-the-air self-righteousness.
Steven Freund, executive director of The Landings, called the club “a Lexis or Acura” versus a Rolls Royce kind of place during a meeting of the International Network of Golf at The Landings in early June..
.While sp many courses might suggest a seriously geriatric membership (think The Villages), The Landings has plenty of members still in the workforce, many of them professionals who work remotely or make the easy 20-minute commute to Downtown Savannah.
Plenty of choices at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club
The Landings has 7,500 total members and 1,100 children under 18. The median age is between 65 and 66. There are 1,725 golf memberships. Last year, its six courses saw 180,000 rounds, which works out to a healthy but not overcrowded rate of play.
The Landings Golf & Athletic Club enjoys the same genteel manners of denizens of Savannah, a city of just under a half million people. The Savannah Metro area has seen a slow but steady population increase in the last 20 years. Savannah, the state’s oldest city, which escaped the fiery fate of Atlanta during the Civil War, has a thriving arts culture, muuch of it housed in a large historic district of preserved Victorian architecture.
According to Wikipedia, Savannah has consistently been named one of “America’s Favorite Cities” by Travel + Leisure. In 2012, the magazine rated Savannah highest in “Quality of Life and Visitor Experience”.It was also ranked first for “Public Parks and Outdoor Access.” Savannah was also named as America’s second-best city for “Cool Buildings and Architecture”, behind only Chicago.
The Landings offers all-inclusive discovery packages for people considering membership that start at $795 per couple for three days and two nights. An athletic membership at The Landgins Golf & Athletic Club, which includes golf, access to all athletic facilities and dining venues, costs a $40,000 initiation fee and $1,471 in monthly dues.
Dan Vukelich is the Online Editor of Alabama Golf News. Reach him at dan@alabamagolfnews.com
Featured image: The Landings’s Deer Creek course
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