Four rounds on Reynolds Lake Oconee's resort courses and a four-bedroom Reynolds cottage are the plan. Guests-only green fees of $300 to $350, a 13% lodging tax plus Georgia's $5 nightly fee, and a car for the 90-mile drive from Atlanta are what push the total up.
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412 courses around Lake Oconee that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
Nicklaus's lakeside layout, with much of the back nine hugging Lake Oconee; book it with a stay at the Ritz-Carlton or a Reynolds cottage.
golfdigest.com reynoldslakeoconee.comA relaxed 9-hole municipal course in Eatonton, good for beginners or a quick evening loop.
golflink.com lake-sinclair-life.squarespace.comRight next to the Ritz-Carlton, with big lake views, five sets of tees and caddies on request.
golfdigest.com reynoldslakeoconee.comThree Fazio nines through hardwoods, creeks and lake coves, played in any 18-hole combination.
golfdigest.com reynoldslakeoconee.comA rolling, wooded Bob Cupp course that plays a little easier on the nerves than the lakeside headliners.
golfdigest.com reynoldslakeoconee.comThe quietest Reynolds course, through woods and wildflower meadows with few houses, and a 6-hole Quick 6 option on some afternoons.
reynoldslakeoconee.com reynoldslakeoconee.comThe best lake course here you can book without a resort stay, with nine miles of shoreline and public tee times online.
golfdigest.com teeoff.comA well-kept Robert Trent Jones layout on the UGA campus, about an hour north, that is a strong value day.
golfdigest.com golfcourse.uga.eduA state-park course with no houses, hilly wooded holes and wildlife, about 40 minutes north of the lake.
gastateparks.org golfnow.comA daily-fee course with rolling bermuda fairways and a large practice area, handy on the drive between Athens and the lake.
golflink.com exploregeorgia.orgBaldwin County's Gary Player course is the cheapest full 18 in the area, near Lake Sinclair.
visitmilledgeville.org greenfeetracker.comAn older, shorter George Cobb course on Lake Sinclair with lake views; call ahead for public tee times.
lake-sinclair-life.squarespace.com golfnow.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($11,916) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($3,467, about 29% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $15,383 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
16 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $1,300 per traveler | Reynolds resort-guest peak rates (Mar 1–Nov 30), 2025 card: Great Waters $350, The Oconee $350, The National $300 and The Landing or The Preserve $300 = $1,300. No 2026 card found; where2golf says the guest rate includes a cart. Judgment call. Source |
| Reynolds cottage per night (whole group) | $850 a night | Backed out of Reynolds' own package prices (Nov 2026): Stay & Play 18 starts at $545 a person a night in peak season (single occupancy, cottage or condo) including one round with cart (about $325 on our four courses) and breakfast (up to $24), leaving about $195 a person; the National Village Experience (National Cottage) is $618, leaving about $245. Four golfers: roughly $780-$980 a night, so $850 for a four-bedroom cottage. For comparison, the Ritz-Carlton averages about C$1,036 (about US$745) a weeknight and C$1,305 a weekend night per room on KAYAK, plus a $63 resort fee, so two rooms run about $1,600 a night. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $489 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for Atlanta (ATL), Q2 2026: $489.28. Source |
| Food per person, per day | $68 per traveler, per day | Greene County is not one of Georgia's six named FY2027 GSA per diem areas (Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Jekyll Island/Brunswick, Marietta, Savannah), so the FY2027 standard meals and incidentals rate of $68 a day applies. Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 13% of the reynolds cottage (whole group) | Greene County hotel-motel tax 5% of rent in the unincorporated county, where the Ritz-Carlton and Reynolds cottages are (county ordinance, Sec. 26-44, since Dec 2007) + 8% sales tax (4% state + 4% county; Avalara 2026 rate table) = 13%. Lodging on the Putnam County (Eatonton) side is taxed differently. Source |
| Georgia hotel fee | $5 a night | Georgia Department of Revenue: a $5.00 fee for each night an accommodation is rented. A group taking two Ritz-Carlton rooms pays $10 a night. Source |
| Rental car | $90 a day | KAYAK at ATL (Nov 2026): SUVs average about $69 a day, large cars about $72 and vans about $147. $90 a day for a minivan or large SUV in spring. The drive to Greensboro is about 90 miles on I-20. Judgment call. Source |
| Ritz-Carlton resort fee Off by default | $126 a night | Virtuoso: $63 per room per night resort fee at the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, covering items such as overnight valet parking and bicycles. Two rooms = $126. Off by default because the plan uses a Reynolds cottage. Source |
| Reynolds service fees Off by default | 10% of the reynolds cottage (whole group) | Reynolds package and stay rates exclude 'state and local taxes, gratuities, and service fees'; the fee amount is not published. 10% is our estimate. Judgment call. Source |
| Rental clubs Off by default | $500 per traveler | Reynolds 2025 rate card: club rentals $125 (per round); four rounds = $500. Source |
| Forecaddie tip at The Oconee | $40 per traveler | Golf Zoo's Reynolds listing: at The Oconee the forecaddie fee is included in the package and gratuities are paid at the course. $40 a player for one round is our estimate of the tip. Judgment call. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak spring season, with four rounds each, a reynolds cottage, flights and food, plan on about $11,920. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, georgia hotel fee, rental car, forecaddie tip at The Oconee, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $15,380, or about $3,850 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
Not at the five resort courses. Great Waters, The Oconee, The National, The Landing and The Preserve are for members and guests of the Ritz-Carlton and Reynolds cottages and condos. Guests pay $300 to $350 a round in peak season. Harbor Club, on the same lake, sells public tee times. Source
December through February. Reynolds guest rates drop to $300 at Great Waters and The Oconee and $250 at the other three, against $350 and $300 from March through November. Stay & Play 18 packages start at about $490 a person a night in winter, against $545 in peak season. Source
The National Village Experience includes a National Cottage, one round per golfer for each night with cart, breakfast, practice facilities, a $100 nightly shop and dining credit and discounted replays. It needs at least two golfers, and taxes, tips and service fees are extra. Source
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) is the usual choice, about 90 miles west of Greensboro on I-20, or about an hour and a half by car. Plan on a rental car, since the courses are spread around the lake. Source