Champions Retreat was selected as the 4th
best new private course in America by Golf Digest, and
6th best course in the state of Georgia.

Click to view the Golf Digest rankings.

 

Three Nine-Hole
Championship Layouts

The Champions - Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player - have each designed nine holes of championship golf. This masterful 27-hole course is carved from 1200 pristine acres of lush mature Georgia pines and century old hardwoods.

Members and Guests are challenged as Champions Retreat Golf Club offers three unique golf settings ~ the low country marshes of Uchee Creek on Player's nine, the exciting elevation changes of the Bluffs on Nicklaus' nine, and Palmer's nine which plays onto a 280-acre island with miles of shoreline along the Savannah and Little Rivers.

 

Jack Nicklaus

THE BLUFF COURSE ~ Designed by Jack Nicklaus

"This is a nice, rolling piece of property with mature pines throughout. Very little dirt has been moved, which means the course fits nicely with the existing terrain and its surroundings.

This is the kind of site that provides you the opportunity to design a golf course that, on opening day, will appear as if it's been there for 50 years.

There is a great deal of variety in the routing, with this nine featuring uphill and downhill shots, as well as a balance of right-to-left and left-to-right holes.         

Jack Nicklaus ~
Nicklaus Design

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Arnold Palmer
THE ISLAND COURSE ~ Designed by Arnold Palmer

"The Palmer Island Nine is flanked on one side by the broad Savannah River, and the other side by the Little River.

The spectacular hardwoods and pines along the riverbank have been saved and the fairways have been raised to take advantage of the beautiful vistas out in the rivers.

 

There is not a better setting for golf in the South."

Arnold Palmer ~
Palmer Course Design

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Gary Player

THE CREEK COURSE ~ Designed by Gary Player

"The site for the Player Creek Nine at Champions Retreat offered so many opportunities for a wonderful golf course. The opening four holes play a beautiful wetland area, while the remaining holes move upland through native hardwood trees.

 

 

 

The ninth hole dramatically plays over and around a large lake on the right.

All level players will finish the nine with a variety of shot making challenges."          

 Gary Player ~
Gary Player Design

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Total Yardages
Bluff ~ Island
Island ~ Creek
Creek ~ Bluff
Championship
7265
7203
7258
Signature
6565
6597
6598
Member
6278
6119
6187
Forward
5217
5180
5023

 

Rating/Slope
Bluff ~ Island
Island ~ Creek
Creek ~ Bluff
Championship
75.9 / 144
75.3 / 143
75.8 / 144
Signature
72.3 / 135
72.4 / 133
72.3 / 136
Member - Men
70.7 / 130
69.9 / 126
70.4 / 131
Member - Women
76.6 / 139
75.7 / 135
76.3 / 140
Alternate - Men
66.8 / 122
66.9 / 120
66.3 / 123
Alternate - Women
71.9 / 124
72.1 / 123
71.4 / 125
Forward
70.6 / 121
70.5 / 119
69.9 / 121

 
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