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Waycross sits deep in the Okefenokee country of southeast Georgia, where the land flattens into pine barrens and blackwater swamps that feel genuinely wild even at the edges of town. Laura S. Walker State Park — named for the Georgia naturalist and author — is the backdrop here, and that setting shapes everything about this course. The surrounding landscape is more dramatic than the "state park golf course" label might suggest: Spanish moss, longleaf pines, and the proximity of one of North America's largest freshwater wetlands give the property a character most courses simply can't manufacture.
The name tells you the most important thing about how it plays. Water features prominently throughout the layout, which in this part of Georgia means the kind of dark, reflective ponds and marshy edges that demand honest course management rather than heroics. A par 72 in this terrain rewards players who respect the land rather than fight it.
For traveling golfers passing through on I-95 or heading toward the Florida border, this is exactly the kind of stop worth building time around — affordable, atmospheric, and rooted in a corner of Georgia that most golfers never think to explore.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 6,654 | 72.1 | 127 | 72 |
| White · men | 6,074 | 69.1 | 123 | 72 |
| White · women | 6,074 | 74.6 | 134 | 72 |
| Gold · men | 5,552 | 66.6 | 116 | 72 |
| Gold · women | 5,552 | 72.1 | 130 | 72 |
| Red · men | 4,761 | 63 | 103 | 72 |
| Red · women | 4,761 | 68 | 112 | 72 |
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