The Landings Club
Skidaway Island, Chatham County, Georgia · Savannah Metro golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 108
- Architect(s)
- Arnold Palmer, Frank Duane, Ed Seay, Willard Byrd, Arthur Hills, Tom Fazio
- Gated
- Yes
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The Landings Club is the golf and athletic club anchoring The Landings, a large gated community occupying most of Skidaway Island south of downtown Savannah. Six 18-hole private courses -- including two Arnold Palmer designs -- plus 42 tennis courts, pickleball, bocce, two deepwater marinas, and extensive trail networks make it one of the largest single golf-and-lifestyle clubs in coastal Georgia. It is the closest Savannah-market analogue to the multi-course flagship pattern seen at communities like Reynolds Lake Oconee, modeled here as one parent club entity across all six courses rather than six separate anchor records.
Golf & Course
Marshwood, the original course, opened in 1974 as an Arnold Palmer/Frank Duane collaboration and was redesigned by Tim Liddy in 2003. Terrapin Point (Willard Byrd, opened 1982) is the only links-style course on the property, running to the island's tip. Magnolia (Palmer with Ed Seay, opened in stages 1977-1979) was restored by Brandon Johnson of the Arnold Palmer Design Company in 2021. Oakridge and Palmetto were both designed by Arthur Hills (Oakridge 1988, Palmetto 1985); Palmetto reopened after a 2023 Bill Bergin restoration. Deer Creek, a Tom Fazio design opened in 1991, is the club's championship course and has hosted the Club Car Championship at The Landings Club, a Korn Ferry Tour event.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Full Golf, Associate Golf, National Golf, and Athletic membership categories exist. The membership pool is primarily Landings residents, but the club also sells a capped number of Full Club and Athletic memberships to non-property owners -- reportedly capped near 100 since a post-Great-Recession policy change -- and a National category for applicants living more than 75 miles from the community who may not own Landings property. Owning a home in The Landings does not automatically confer club membership; it is a separate application and fee.
Living in The Landings Club
The Landings spans roughly 4,000-plus residences -- townhouses, patio homes, single-family homes, and estate lots -- built out by the Branigar Organization starting in 1972 and turned over to the homeowners association in 1995. It is a gated, marsh-and-live-oak island community distinct from, but adjacent to, less exclusive Wilmington Island and central Savannah.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Beyond the six courses, amenities include 42 tennis courts, pickleball and bocce courts, indoor and outdoor pools, two deepwater marinas, and miles of walking/biking trails -- a broad athletic-club identity, not a golf-only club.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located on Skidaway Island, unincorporated Chatham County, roughly 12 miles southeast of downtown Savannah via the Diamond Causeway.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Golf membership initiation
Current$80,000
Full Golf membership initiation fee, reported by a golf-travel writer covering the club's current (2026) figures -- not the club's own published fee schedule (WebFetch to thelandings.com/members.landingsclub.com was blocked). An older 'CLUB INITIATION FEES (Effective 1.1.2023)' PDF exists at boomtown-production-consumer-backup.s3.amazonaws.com but its contents could not be read directly this session; a separate third-party aggregator (countryclubcontent.com) describes Full Golf initiation as 'over $55,000' with no clear effective date, which is materially lower and may reflect an older figure -- flag as a minor figure discrepancy for direct confirmation with the club.
Initiation (range low)
Current$35,000
National Golf membership initiation fee (lowest published tier), per the same source as initiation_fee.
Initiation (range high)
Current$80,000
Full Golf membership initiation fee (highest published tier).
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fees and annual dues directly with the club -- this session relied on third-party press coverage, not the club's own fee schedule.
- Confirm the current non-property-owner membership cap and any active waitlist.
- Confirm whether membership transfers with property resale or requires a fresh application.
Notable
- Six 18-hole private courses under one club, including two Arnold Palmer designs.
- Deer Creek has hosted the Club Car Championship at The Landings Club, a Korn Ferry Tour event.
- The former 'Plantation' course was renamed Terrapin Point; the original course is Marshwood, not 'Marshlands.'
- A capped number of Full Club and Athletic memberships are sold to non-Landings property owners.
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