Orchard Golf & Country Club

Detailed description of Orchard Golf & Country Club

Orchard Golf & Country Club is a Private, 18 hole golf course located in Clarkesville, Georgia.

Orchard Golf & Country Club first opened for play in 1991. The course was designed by Dan F. Maples.

Established in 1989, opened for play in 1991, the 1100-acre master planned Private Country Club community is in one of the nations top-rated retirement communities in the United States. Nestled up against the Chattahoochee National Forest at the base of the Appalachian Mountains, the golf course was set amid apple orchards, annual flowering trees, shrubs, and cool running mountain streams. The creeks that wind throughout the property sustained the working cattle farm/orchard it once was and are now home to deer and other wildlife.

The Orchard Golf & Country Club Golf Course plays to 6,948 yards from the back tees. The course is a par of 72 layout. The course rating is 70.4 with a slope rating of 138.

Orchard Golf & Country Club began permitting public access to the golf course and facilities in 2008 in response to the slow economy, but returned to private status July 1, 2015.