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Georgia

Par for the Course: Golfing on Jekyll Island

Program No. 11981RJ

With Georgia’s largest public golf resort, experienced golf professionals and three renowned 18-hole golf courses, Jekyll Island is the place to take your golf game to new heights.

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6 days

5 nights

12 meals

5B 3L 4D

Check-in, Registration, Welcome Dinner, Orientation

Jekyll Island, GA

Golf Instruction, Play 18 Holes, Jekyll Island Presentation

Jekyll Island, GA

Golf Instruction, Play 18 Holes, Music Entertainment

Jekyll Island, GA

Golf Instruction, Free Time

Jekyll Island, GA

Golf Instruction, Play 18 Holes of Golf

Jekyll Island, GA

Behind the Scenes at the Club, Program Concludes

Jekyll Island, GA

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At a Glance

Jekyll Island has bragging rights as Georgia's largest public golf resort. With three 18 hole golf courses — Pine Lakes, Indian Mound and Oleander — Jekyll Island has something for golfers of all ability levels to enjoy. In addition to its spectacular 18 hole courses, Jekyll Island also boasts Great Dunes, the historic nine hole course. Lower your handicap and make your game more enjoyable by letting Jekyll Island's best golf professionals show you ways of improving your putting, chipping, pitching and bunker play.

Activity Level

Outdoor: No Sweat

Golfers of all ability levels welcomed. Standing and swinging clubs during morning instruction, and playing 18 holes during three afternoons. Carts provided for afternoon play. At the hotel, there are steps leading from the Bellstand to the veranda at the entrance (there is a handicap lift available). There are also 4 steps leading to the front desk. There is a gift shop at the hotel that has steps as well, which include 3 steps up and 3 steps down.

Small Group

Love to learn and explore in a small-group setting? These adventures offer small, personal experiences with groups of 13 to 24 participants.

Best of all, you’ll…

Work with Jekyll Island's best golf professionals to improve your putting, chipping, full swing and more each morning.
Play golf on three afternoons on one of three 18-hole courses on your own — Pines Lakes, Indian Mound and Oleander — and nine-hole course Great Dunes.
Learn from local experts about the history and ecology of the island off the course.

General Notes

Due to the nature of this program, listening devices are not available.

Featured Expert

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Doug Ballenger

Doug Ballenger has been a member of the PGA since 1982. He has been a head professional at clubs in Charlotte, NC and Murrells Inlet, SC. He has taught private and group lessons to all skill levels, from beginner to college-level players. He was a Master Club Fitter for Golfsmith from 2012 to 2016.

Please note: This expert may not be available for every date of this program.

Linda Arthur View biography

Retired from a career in education, Linda Arthur served as a professor, assistant superintendent and interim superintendent, and received numerous community service awards. She enjoys sharing the history of Jekyll Island, playing bridge, mahjongg and golfing.

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Par for the Course: Golfing on Jekyll Island

Program Number: 11981

The Jekyll Island Colony

by June Hall McCash

During the Gilded Age, Jekyll Island, Georgia, was one of the most exclusive resort destinations in the United States. Owned by the most elite and inaccessible social club in America, a group whose members included Rockefellers, Pulitzers, Vanderbilts, Goulds, and Morgans, this quiet refuge in the Golden Isles was the perfect winter getaway for the wealthy new industrial class of the snowbound North. In this delightful book, a companion volume to The Jekyll Island Club: Southern Haven for America's Millionaires, June Hall McCash focuses on the social club's members and the "cottages" they built near the clubhouse between 1888 and 1928. Illustrated with hundreds of never-before-published photographs from private family collections, The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony tells the stories of each home, the owners' connections with the island, and their interactions with one another.

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