Durham Lakes Country Club sits in Fairburn, a suburban community southwest of Atlanta, where residential development and golf have grown together over recent decades. Designed by Scott Pool and opened in the late 1990s, the course serves a family-oriented membership drawn largely from the surrounding neighborhoods and nearby communities in south Fulton County. The layout reflects Pool's approach to accessible, playable golf that accommodates a range of skill levels while maintaining strategic interest for better players. The course occupies rolling terrain typical of the Georgia Piedmont, with elevation changes that add dimension to the holes and create natural amphitheater settings around several greens. Water features—ponds and lakes that give the club its name—come into play on multiple holes, requiring thoughtful club selection and course management. The routing moves through corridors of mature hardwoods and pines, with fairways that reward positioning over pure distance. Greens are moderately contoured, emphasizing approach accuracy without severe undulation. Durham Lakes functions as a traditional country club with golf at its center, complemented by swimming, tennis, and social programming that appeals to families. The club hosts member tournaments and junior golf activities throughout the season. The setting offers a retreat from metro Atlanta's density while remaining convenient to the city's southern suburbs, and the course provides a familiar rhythm of risk-reward holes and straightforward tests that define many residential club designs of its era.