Discover two distinctive golf experiences
54 Holes of Golf
Savannah Lakes Village is home to the Monticello and Tara golf courses. Both 18-hole championship courses were created with signature holes and unique challenges to complement the rolling landscape that wraps around Lake Thurmond. Gorgeous natural features combined with creative layouts and design allow these courses to provide the quintessential golf experience.
Monticello
The gorgeous 18-hole course is nestled between a national forest and South Carolina’s “freshwater coast” at Lake Thurmond. It contains 7,032 yards of perfectly manicured MiniVerde greens, Zoysia collars, rock formations, and wide Bermuda fairways/rough.
Spectacular water views come into view at 9 holes, including a dramatic lakefront peninsula at the 5th hole, one of the “18 Most Spectacular” holes in the Carolinas. This nationally renowned course opened in the spring of 2000, and Golf Digest rated it one of the Top Ten New Courses in 2001.
MENS – Tee distance
- Black tees: 7,032
- Blue tees: 6,563
- White tees: 6,112
- Gold tees: 5,588
- Silver tees: 4,673
LADIES – Tee distance
- Red tees: 5,052
- Silver tees: 4,673
COURSE DETAILS
Architect: Tom Clark
Number of holes: 18
Greens: Mini-Verde
Par: 72
Pro rating: 72
Pro slope: 140
Tara
Tara is a 7,002-yard course that stretches over the rolling topography of its nature-surrounded community. She masterfully meanders through the hillsides of the Sumter National Forest, Lake Thurmond, the Little River Blueway, and three separate neighborhoods in the established community of Savannah Lakes Village.
This Tom Clark-designed golf course has beautiful Bermuda grass and artfully-crafted holes, but its signature feature is a large shared green for holes #9 and #18 overlooking Lake Thurmond.
MEN
- Black tees: 7,002
- Blue tees: 6,568
- White tees: 6,091
- Gold tees: 5,613
- Silver tees: 4,372
LADIES
- Red tees: 5,375
- Silver tees: 4,372
COURSE DETAILS
Architect: Tom Clark
Number of holes: 18
Greens: TifEagle Bermuda
Fairways: Bermuda
Par: 72
Pro rating: 72
Pro slope: 140
Hickory Knob
Our Adjacent State Park Golf Course
The neighboring resort at Hickory Knob offers another 18 holes of golf where the waters of Lake Thurmond are visible or come into play at every hole. There is a tremendous assortment of slopes, contours, fairway widths, and bunkers, so bring your A-game to this great golf tract!
Our Awards
Carolina Living “50 Top Golf Communities” by Retirement Lifestyles
“Ten Great Affordable Golf Communities” by Retirement Lifestyles
Monticello named the “8th Best New Affordable Golf Course” by Golf Digest
Monticello 5th hole, one of the “18 Most Spectacular” holes in the Carolinas.” by Carolina Golf Panel
Monticello Golf Course named one of the “Top Ten New Courses in 2001” by Golf Digest
