The National golf course at Reynolds Plantation - Greensboro, Georgia
The National golf course at Reynolds Plantation is the resort's only 27-hole facility; the Ridge and Bluffs nines opened in 1997, and the Cove nine was added in 2000.
The golf course, a Tom Fazio design, has most of the same physical attributes of the other Reynolds Plantation courses, winding up, down and around hilly, rolling terrain. It's surrounded by hardwood forests and views of the Oconee River Valley, and has up to 60 feet of elevation change.
It also has a lot of water; streams, ponds and the lake are all in play at various times.
The National's fairways are lined with Georgia pines and thousands of local azaleas, and the large, undulating greens are bentgrass, probably the best putting surface known to man and golfer.
The National is well-treed with softly undulating fairways and greens, and the pine straw rough never becomes overly penal. Many of the fairways, though, drop off to woods.
Golfweek ranked the National as one of America's top real estate golf courses, and the houses that appear sporadically are well-hidden by the hills and trees.
National golf course at Reynolds Plantation
The National course at the Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia is the plantation's only 27-hole facility.
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Lake Oconee
The National course at the Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia has good views of Lake Oconee.
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Bluff nine at National course at Reynolds Plantation: 8th hole
No. 8 on the National course's Bluff nine features a tree-lined fairway.
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National at Reynolds Plantation: Bluff's nine 9th hole
No. 9 on the National course's Bluff nine is a dogleg right with water and bunkers guarding the green.
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National at Reynolds Plantation: Bluff's nine 2nd hole
The second hole on the National course's Bluff nine is a short par-4, but the approach may require an extra club.
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National golf course at Reynolds Plantation
The National golf course at the Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia was designed by Tom Fazio.
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National at Reynolds Plantation: Bunkers
The National course at the Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia has more bunkers than any other RP course.
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National at Reynolds Plantation: bunker
The National golf course at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia.
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National at Reynolds Plantation - Cove nine: 4th hole
No. 4 at the National course's Cove nine is a 563-yard par-5 from the back tees.
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National at Reynolds Plantation - Cove nine: 5th hole
The fifth hole on the National course's Cove nine is a risk/reward par-4.
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