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Golf at The Landings Club
Few Country Clubs around the United States offer two championship golf courses--much less six. The Landings Club on Skidaway Island has six, that's correct, six full eighteen hole championship golf courses: Marshwood, Magnolia, Oakridge, Plantation, Palmetto, and Deercreek. The oldest, and most scenic, Marshwood course features breathtaking view of Romerly Marsh with the majestic facade of Wassaw Island and the Atlantic Ocean. The Magnolia course was later added to the Marshwood section of the Landings community. This course has been named one of the most challenging at The Landingse Club. The Oakridge course, located in the central part of the island, features beautiful views of the Intracoastal waterway between the north and south part of the island.
The Marshwood golf course was opened in July of 1974. It was designed by Arnold Palmer and Frank Duane. The course was then closed in the winter of 2003 for renovation. Tim Liddy, the architect of the project, worked tirelessly to make sure the Marshwood course would exceed The Landings Club's members' expectations: and it did. When the course reopened in October of that same year, members and guests alike all commented on the spectacular views and breathtaking design of the renovated course. Later in the nineteen-seventies, Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay collaborated to design and build the Magnolia golf course. In 1977, the front nine of the Magnolia golf course opened. Later during that decade, in 1979, the back nine opened for members. As the Marshwood golf course later was, the Magnolia course was renovated two years before the Marshwood course by course architect Tim Liddy.
Later in the nineteen-seventies, Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay collaborated to design and build the Magnolia golf course. In 1977, the front nine of the Magnolia golf course opened. Later during that decade, in 1979, the back nine opened for members. As the Marshwood golf course later was, the Magnolia course was renovated two years before the Marshwood course by course architect Tim Liddy.
The next course to be built was Plantation. Opened in March of 1982 and designed by William Byrd, the course is located on the southern end of the island. By 2004, the club management and members approved a renovation plan to to update the Plantation course in The Landings Club. Clyde Johnston worked to design the new course, the only course on the island to be configured link style. The front nine link together to tour the south western part of the island while the back nine lead back to the contemporary-designed Plantation clubhouse. Of all the holes of the course, the eighth through the tenth overlook the spectacular Ossabaw Sound, Adams Creek, and Romerly Marsh. The ninth hole even offers a view of the Intracoastal waterway and The Landings Association's Delegal Creek Marina. To some, this course is the most beautiful and overlooks the most scenic areas of coastal Georgia.
The fourth course to be added to the trio of The Landings Club courses was Palmetto, part of the Plantation Clubhouse. The course was opened in October of 1982 and was later refurbished (this term is used lightly as it is not the equivalent of renovation used to describe other monetary ventures of The Landings Club) in 2005 by Clyde Johnston, the same architect who designed the Plantation golf course renovation. The course has its share of difficulty, history, and beauty. The first six holes offer the casual golfer a challenge. The tenth hole has the largest Oak tree on Skidaway Island, more than ten feet in diameter, just to the side of the hole's green. On the thirteenth hole, you can experience the history of Skidaway Island by passing Mr. Phillip Delegal's burial site. Mr. Delegal was one of the original inhabitants of Skidaway Island and, today, the Delegal Creek Marina is named in honor of him. Once again, the sixteenth through the eighteenth holes provide an even greater challenge than the first six. The eighteenth hole serves something special as a finale: a green by which three sides are surrounded by lagoon.
In 1988, Arthur Hills designed The Landings Club's fifth golf course, Oakridge. This course has Mr. Hill's trademark feature--split fairways. In addition to that feature, the use of bunkers, water, and marsh all contribute to the course's prestige. The centerpiece of the course is the fifteenth hole. Some call it the centerpiece of The Landings. The hole is home to Elcy Waters' grave; and if you are familiar with Savannah, Georgia, nearly every street, neighborhood, and river is named for Ms. Waters.
Finally, in the summer of 1991, the Deercreek golf course was opened. The Deercreek course on skidaway Island is known for its wide fairways and and its eighteenth hole spectacular views of the Intracoastal Waterway. The par three holes of the course are arguably the most difficult on Skidaway Island. Currently, the Deercreek course is undergoing extensive renovation under the direction of Tom Fazio. Golf members of the Landings Club are unable to play the course until the course's renovation is complete.
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