The Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia
Like Oakridge at The Landings, the community's Deer Creek golf course is about more than just the short game. There are a number of outstanding holes, like No. 5, a drivable par 4 if you dare try to carry the water that runs all the way to the green, No. 8, a picturesque par 3 framed by the marsh in back, and No. 9, with a substantial water carry off the tee.
Like all the Landings' courses, Deer Creek plays through a residential area with tantalizing views of the marsh, especially at Nos. 8, 9, 17 and 18.
No. 18 in particular is a beauty, a par 5 with marsh all the way down the right side, eventually creeping into the right fairway short of the hole.
Deer Creek is a beautifully treed course now, playing through pine, moss-draped oak and weeping willow. It also gets more than its fair share of wildlife; wild boar are sometimes still spotted.
It has the Tom Fazio trademark sculpted mounds, grass bunkers and big sand bunkers, two-tiered fairways and elevated tees.
The course, like others on the island, is not open to outside play.
The Deer Creek course at The Landings - No. 2
No. 2 at the Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, is a par 3 with water left.
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The Deer Creek course at The Landings
The Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, is the newest of the six courses there.
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The Deer Creek course at The Landings - No. 4
No. 4 at the Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, is a par 4 with fairway mounding down the left side.
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The Deer Creek course at The Landings - No. 5
The fifth hole at the Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, is a short, risk/reward par 4 with a significant water carry to the green.
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The Deer Creek course at The Landings - No. 8
No. 8 at the Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, is a scenic but tough par 3 framed by the marsh.
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Deer Creek course at The Landings - Greens
The Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, will soon have bigger greens after a planned renovation.
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Deer Creek course at The Landings
The Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, is one of the more popular golf courses with members.
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Deer Creek course at The Landings - No. 17
No. 17 at the Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, has a skinny green backed by an expansive view of the marsh.
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Deer Creek at The Landings
The Deer Creek course at The Landings in Savanah, Georgia, was designed by Tom Fazio.
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