Brazell's Creek Golf Course

Brazell's Creek is the championship public course at Jack Hill State Park (formerly Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park) in southeastern Georgia, a Denis Griffiths design that opened in 2008 and immediately established itself as one of the Georgia State Parks Golf Trail's most architecturally-ambitious courses. The par-71 layout plays to just under 7,000 yards from the tips, with five sets of tees that keep the course accessible for all skill levels. The signature moment is the par-3 15th, a 207-yard tee shot that plays over scenic wetlands to a large, undulating island green, one of the most dramatic holes on the entire Georgia State Parks circuit. A 1,500-yard winding bridge carries players from the original holes out to the back nine, which plays links-style across windswept open landscape very different from the wooded front. For the Georgia State Parks Golf Trail trip visitor, Brazell's Creek is a must-include stop, both for Griffiths's architectural ambition and for state-park pricing that makes multi-round days realistic.