The Island Course at Gordon Lakes Golf Club sits within Fort Gordon, a U.S. Army installation near Augusta, Georgia. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened in 1972, the course serves military personnel, their families, and authorized guests. Jones, who designed numerous courses for military installations throughout his career, brought his characteristic strategic design philosophy to this layout, emphasizing shot values and risk-reward decision-making on a relatively flat Georgia Piedmont site. The course takes its name from several holes that play across or alongside water features, with ponds and wetlands figuring prominently into the routing. Jones incorporated his signature large, contoured greens and strategically placed bunkers to create visual drama and demand precise approach play. The layout moves through stands of Georgia pine and hardwoods, with water coming into play on multiple holes throughout the round. The design reflects Jones's ability to create challenge and interest on terrain without significant elevation change, using water hazards and green complexes as the primary defensive elements. As a military facility course, Gordon Lakes serves an active-duty and veteran community, with the Island Course functioning as the more challenging of the club's offerings. The course has hosted various military golf championships and regional amateur events over the decades. Its location just outside Augusta places it in one of the country's most golf-rich regions, though the course maintains a distinctly military club atmosphere rather than the resort or daily-fee character common elsewhere in the area.