Great golf club! Not an easy course, but if they’d drain the lakes…. I did get my first ever hole in one here in July - so we like #17!

I am visiting for from California to see my son & spending some time playing golf. We picked Royal Lakes from a recommendation from a playing partner earlier in the week. The area as you drive into the club complex is beautiful with stately houses and manicured properties surrounding the course as you play. The view of these homes makes for a great day no matter how your golf game is working out. I will breakdown my overall experience of Royal Lakes by segmenting each area. 5 - Clubhouse, staff, practice areas. Clubhouse was excellent, staff friendly and you had ample room on practice greens and tees. 3 - Overall course conditions. Being from California, I am not as familiar to what protocols Georgia courses take after the summer season is completed to get the course ready for fall & winter play. We played at the end of September. Tees we’re rock hard and it prevented you from teeing your ball with the plastic tees provided by the club. You had to revert to using a wood tee. Fairways were firm not allowing you to take a normal divot on many shots. Greens were very bad. Almost every green had areas of patchy, barren grass which caused you to move your ball because it was unplayable. Sand traps were not properly maintained. They were not machine raked by course groundskeepers nor were they re-raked by playing guests after completing their shot. Cart paths had many bumpy and broken asphalt areas due to excessive tree root intrusion. Golf carts were clean and the club provided bottled water & tees. Overall I had a pleasant experience playing Royal Lakes. The facilities are good and you never get tired of the vistas and beautiful homes you see throughout your round. I would play Royal Lakes again, maybe at a different time of the year when the course would be in better condition. Would I recommend playing Royal Lakes, yes I would.

Royal Lakes is a good golf course, from layout to course conditions. However, the bone of contention is still their greens and drainage on the fringes. They have not recovered from the summer of 2022. With that don’t expect the best chipping situations, putting service or best reads. The club house has been renovated and the bar area is well stocked with beer and good whiskey. Now I’m a little disappointed in the price for a round, especially with the condition of most their greens. I don’t highly recommend but I will recommend for a practice round.

Course was great, harder then a few others in the area simply because the water comes into play when you don't know it. Food was amazing at the clubhouse and well priced. Only thing the course needs is a score card with hole pictures to help with the hazards.

Had the best time in my golfing life playing at Royal Lakes! Staff is amazing!