The Oconee golf course at Reynolds Plantation

The Oconee golf course at Reynolds Plantation is a classic Rees Jones layout, with plenty of risk-reward options, where you're hitting over sections of the lake and over corners of tree-lined and bunker-lurking doglegs.

The course has fairways that roll and twist, and even though you're frequently enjoying teeing off downhill, you're just as frequently hitting approach shots uphill onto elevated greens.

"That makes some of those short par-4s more interesting," said Head Pro Mike Davenport.

The course, which has hosted NCAA tournaments, has numerous water hazards; the lake comes into play on five holes and is there as window dressing on four others. It also has interior creeks and ponds and extensive bunkering.