Aiken · Coldwell Banker Best Life Realty
Sandhills public tracks, Winter Colony private clubs, and the CSRA’s daily-fee rounds. A relocator’s list — pick a course, then pick a street.
18 courses around the CSRA
PublicAiken, SC
J.R. Inglis, 1912 · Par 70 · 6,048 yards · Bermuda
Sandhills classic. No water, wide sandy waste, native broomstraw, crowned turtleback greens. Sixteen through eighteen run downhill through longleaf pine.
Aiken Golf Club
PublicAugusta, GA
1928 · Tom Fazio & Beau Welling rebuild · The Loop, 9-hole short course by TGR Design · Par 72 · TifEagle / Tahoma 31
More than 150 feet of elevation next to Daniel Field. Sand blowouts, open rolling corridors, centipede borders. Augusta’s daily-fee course, rebuilt.
The Patch course
Semi-privateNorth Augusta, SC
Jim Fazio, 1998 · Par 71 · 6,843 yards · MiniVerde Bermuda
Lowland river basin on the Savannah. Wetlands, timber revetment walls, deep collection bunkers, water on twelve holes.
The River course
PublicAugusta, GA
Donald Ross, 1926 · Arnold Palmer Company, 2003 · Par 72 · 7,140 yards · TifEagle Bermuda
Home of the Augusta University Jaguars. Parkland routing through loblolly pines, wide fairways, Ross false-front greens. Bobby Jones started the 1930 Grand Slam here.
Forest Hills course
Semi-privateNorth Augusta / Edgefield, SC
Tom Jackson, 2000 / 2008 · 27 holes — Vintage, Chester, Independent · Champion G12 greens
Stacked-stone bridges, rock outcroppings, 30-to-40-foot drop-offs. Vintage 5, 6, and 7 wrap Pavilion Lake — the club’s Amen Corner.
Mount Vintage
PublicEvans, GA
Rick Robbins, 2005 · Par 72 · 6,716 yards · MiniVerde Bermuda
Five par 5s and five par 3s through wetlands and hardwood corridors. Closest public eighteen to Augusta National.
Bartram Trail
PrivateAugusta, GA
Bobby Jones & Alister MacKenzie, 1933 · Par 72 · 7,555 yards · Bentgrass
Azaleas, dogwoods, the drop from the 10th tee into Amen Corner, Georgia marble sand, Rae’s Creek. Members and Masters week only — not a public tee sheet.
Masters hole-by-hole
PrivateAiken, SC
Herbert Leeds, 1892 · Alister MacKenzie, 1932 · Tom Doak restoration · Par 71 · 6,713 yards · TifEagle
Second-oldest continuously operated eighteen in the country. Unpaved sand paths, scrub waste, a Stanford White clubhouse, and severe MacKenzie greens with internal drop-offs.
Palmetto Golf Club
PrivateGraniteville, SC
Tom Fazio, 2001 · Par 72 · 7,430 yards · Bentgrass greens
Built to read like Augusta National: water, rye in winter, pines, and a short-game loop (Dormie). Members and hosted guests only.
Sage Valley golf
PrivateAiken, SC
Brian Schneider & Blake Conant, 2023 · Par 73 · 7,095 yards · Pure sand · Walking only
Modern Sandhills links on open ridges. Fairways 60 to 80 yards wide, no rough, native wiregrass, plus a 15-hole short course.
Old Barnwell
PrivateAiken County, SC
Tom Doak, Kye Goalby & Zac Blair, 2023 · Par 70 · 7,050 yards
Rolling Carolina sand ridges. No formal rough, firm running turf, greens that bleed into fairway cut, minimalist hazards. Walking, fast play.
The Tree Farm course
PrivateEvans, GA
27 holes — Arnold Palmer Island, Jack Nicklaus Bluff, Gary Player Creek
Co-host of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Island along the Savannah and Little Rivers, Bluff through timber, Creek through hardwood wetlands.
Champions Retreat
PrivateAugusta, GA
Donald Ross, 1899 / 1927 · Brian Silva restoration · Par 72 · 6,725 yards
Borders Augusta National — Rae’s Creek at ANGC’s 12th and ACC’s 8th. Classic Ross parkland, crowned greens, heavily undulated fairways.
Augusta Country Club
PublicGraniteville, SC
Ellis Maples, 1961 · Par 72 · 6,870 yards · Bermuda
Loblolly pines, 40-foot tee-to-green drops, tiered greens. Public welcome; Horse Creek Tavern after the round.
Midland Valley course
Semi-privateAiken, SC
Arthur Hills · Par 72 · 7,200+ yards
Hardwood hills and wetlands, distinct doglegs, a long championship walk. Semi-private — public tee times and membership both run.
Cedar Creek course
PrivateAiken, SC
72 holes — Bob Cupp & Rees Jones at Woodside; Nicklaus Design & Clyde Johnston at The Reserve
The south-side master community. Woodside Country Club and The Reserve Club split the 72 holes, dining, and village.
The Reserve Club
Semi-privateMcCormick, SC
Two championship 18s on Lake Thurmond
Monticello is the open modern nine-on-the-lake routing. Tara is the tight forested parkland. Semi-private on the reservoir.
Savannah Lakes golf
PublicFort Eisenhower, GA
Robert Trent Jones Sr. original 18, 1976 · 27 holes through pine and lakes
Military course open to the public. Mature pine, reservation lakes, an island par 3. Civilians enter through the visitor gate.
Eisenhower LakesPrivate clubs are members and hosted guests only. Augusta National is not a public tee sheet. Hours, rates, and access change — confirm on the club’s own page. Nick Williams helps you buy the house around the corner, not a tee time.