By: Rich Styles

TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services

Many states have golf trails. Which are several courses that join together to promote staying and playing golf all over their states.

And yes, Georgia has a golf trail. It has not been widely publicized. They do have a monthly newsletter which can be sent to you free by emailing them your contact info at www.georgiagolfandtravel.com.

To be part of the trail, courses have to be able to provide accommodations as well as golf.

To tee it up all over Georgia, you can travel from the mountains to the coast. There are 25 top resorts that provide first class golf and accommodations.

Doug Hollandsworth is the Director and an avid golfer. There are golf packages available by calling…855.388.4653.

In the western part of the state, there is Little Ocmulgee, a course surrounded by pines, willows and magnolias. There is also Meadow Links, a links course; Lake Blackshear, Georgia Veterans Memorial Golf Course, designed by Denis Griffiths and listed by Golf Digest as a four (4) star course; Callaway Gardens is next, a course mixed into nature.

In the northern part of the state, Old Tobacco Farm; Brasstown Valley Resort and Spa is a great mountain getaway with something for everyone; Innsbruck Golf Club nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Alpine Valley of Helen; The Orchard, designed by Don Maples.

Not far from Atlanta, there is Stone Mountain, which offers two championship courses. Chateau Elan has 3 championship layouts nestled thru lush vineyards; Reynolds Lake Oconee has 6 courses with 117 holes designed by some of the most respected architects in the game;

The Creek at Hard Labor, designed in a natural setting; Highland Walk offers 18 holes built on steep rolling hills and bordered by 9 miles of Lake Oconee; Harbor Club is surrounded by 1600 acres of wooded hills and Lake Oconee.

Then towards and on the coast, there are several great courses to play that include Web.com and PGA Tour events each year.

The Landings Club, which hosts the Savannah Golf Championship on the Intercoastal Waterway; The Club at Savannah Harbor offers a Troon managed property with great views of the marshes; Sea Island Resort offers three, two of which host PGA Tour events in November plus spa and an incredible golf performance center; The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort offers 18 holes, 4 of which are on the salt marsh; Jekyll Island offers 63 holes on four (4) courses; Sapelo Hammock Golf Club is tucked away along the Sapelo River.

Not far from the coast are a few more courses…Brazell’s Creek, an 18-hole layout, par 71; The Lakes has three large lakes near the Okefenokee Swamp; Stone Creek winding through the South Georgia wetlands with an authentic beaver pond and bass lake.

So, there is a quick trip through the Georgia Golf Trail. Fun to travel and play in our state and enjoy all the different climates. Tee it up in Georgia with the vast variety of courses and designers that you will want to play again and again.