Located in South Georgia just minutes away from the Florida state line. Kinderlou Forest has become a golf course favorite among the Valdosta residents and visitors! At Kinderlou Forest you will find a very long, challenging but fun to play golf course. The golf course plays 7,781 yards long from the championship tees. The golf course has five sets of tees for professionals, men, women and juniors. Golfers with a single digit or a double digit handicap must select the proper tees to play or the course may play longer and harder than usual. Kinderlou Forest will provide you with a very exciting, fun and beautiful 18-hole golf course. The excellent golf course conditions, our friendly staff, reasonable rates and the ultimate self-experience are unlike any other in South Georgia. Kinderlou Forest has very quickly become known as an outstanding golf course with tournament-like conditions on a daily basis. Kinderlou Forest was recognized by Travel Leisure Golf Magazine as one of the 30 best new courses of 2004. Kinderlou Forest is recognized as an outstanding golf course with a very upscale residential development. The golf course from the residence home sites and town homes will offer anyone a beautiful view. The Kinderlou Forest membership has grown and improved in the month of June. The total number of members at our club is now over 300. That’s Great! Whether you are a member or a guest you will find the golf rates are reasonably priced at this club. This makes for a great golf value to all members and their guests.
I welcome and encourage you to visit and use our website for more information on this spectacular golf course in South Georgia.
History
From 1863 until 1924 the McRee family developed one of the largest, most progressive farming businesses in Georgia on 20,000 acres at Kinderlou. The farm’s robust activities attracted people from miles away to live, visit, shop and work.
Kinderlou was considered an industrialized complex for its time. Farming operations included the production of cotton, sugar cane, tobacco, pecans, peaches, mulberries and an array of vegetables. Livestock operations included swine, dairy and beef cattle and industrial operations included a cigar factory with skilled Cuban labor, a sawmill, a basket and crating factory and a molasses press. Kinderlou was the first place to have a home with indoor plumbing in the Valdosta area and the place where truck farming was introduced.
Kinderlou is named after Louisa McRee, George McRee’s sister, who raised four sons after the death of their mother. “Kinder” is German for children and “Lou” is a reference to Louisa McRee.
The widow of the four sons of George Randolph McRee began divesting the Kinderlou land in the 1920’s. The Langdale Company purchased William Spain’s 600-acre home site in the 1950’s. Kinderlou Forest Golf Club is located on this site.
A century has passed since the end of Kinderlou’s first era of distinction. Today, Kinderlou is being revitalized by The Langdale Company as it continues to add to the rich history of the area.
