The East Lake Golf Club
is located in the neighborhood of East Lake which is in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. East Lake Golf Club was the home club of the legendary golfer Bobby Jones. It is also the permanent home of The Tour Championship.
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EAST LAKE GOLF CLUB TICKETS
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| The Tour Championship - Wednesday Tickets 8/26 | Aug 26, 2026
Wed, 8:00 AM |  | | The Tour Championship - Thursday Tickets 8/27 | Aug 27, 2026
Thu, 8:00 AM | | | The Tour Championship - Friday Tickets 8/28 | Aug 28, 2026
Fri, 8:00 AM | | | The Tour Championship - Saturday Tickets 8/29 | Aug 29, 2026
Sat, 8:00 AM | | | The Tour Championship - Sunday Tickets 8/30 | Aug 30, 2026
Sun, 8:00 AM | |
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History
In
1898 the
Atlanta Athletic Club (AAC) was formed. It was a very popular club and it gained 700 members in only four years. The director of the club's athletic program was
John Heisman, the famous football coach who the
Heisman Trophy is named after. In
1904 the AAC bought property to build a country club which included a golf course. Course architect
Tom Bendelow was asked to lay out the course.
In
1906 the course's first holes were built. It was initially only seven holes, then nine and in the summer of
1907 the course was expanded to 17 holes. Later on in 1907 the 18th hole was built to make it a full 18 hole course. Also in 1907, the first significant tournament was hosted at East Lake, the
Southern Amateur. It was won by
Nelson Whitney. In
1908,
Tom Bendelow opened his "No. 2" course at East Lake.
The course's recognized establishment date is
1913. In 1913, famous
golf course architect Donald Ross completely redesigned the course. He was called in by members to make the course a championship course.
Later in
1966 the AAC sold the course to developers who moved it to its present home in
Duluth, Georgia. A few years later in
1968, East Lake Country Club was formed. A group of members purchased the clubhouse and course and started operating the East Lake Country Club.
In
1994, famous architect
Rees Jones restored
Donald Ross' original golf course layout and that is what East Lake looks like today.
The Course
Course records
As a Par 70 -
Zach Johnson shot a 60 (-10) on
September 15,
2007 at The Tour Champsionship presented by Coca Cola. The course's yardage was 7,154 yards.
As a Par 72 -
Bryce Molder shot a 64 (-8) on
June 4,
2001 at The United States Men's Amateur Championship. The course's yardage was 7,267 yards.
Course measurements
This was the course's lay out for the 2007 TOUR Championship presented by Coca Cola.
| Front Nine
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| OUT
|
| Yardage
| 424
| 214
| 387
| 440
| 520
| 168
| 394
| 405
| 600
| ------
|
| Par
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 5
| 35
|
| Back Nine
| 10
| 11
| 12
| 13
| 14
| 15
| 16
| 17
| 18
| IN
|
| Yardage
| 469
| 197
| 391
| 439
| 442
| 495
| 481
| 453
| 235
| ------
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| Par
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 5
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 35
|
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| Front 9
| Back 9
| Total
|
| Yardage
| 3,552
| 3,602
| 7,154
|
| Par
| 35
| 35
| 70
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Tournaments hosted
East Lake has hosted many prestigious tournaments including:
- The Tour Championship
- *2007 Tiger Woods
- *2006 Adam Scott
- *2005 Bart Bryant
- *2004 Retief Goosen
- *2002 Vijay Singh
- *2000 Phil Mickelson
- *1998 Hal Sutton
- Ryder Cup
- *1963 USA (player/captain Arnold Palmer)
- U.S. Men's Amateur
- *2001 Bubba Dickerson
- U.S. Women's Amateur
- *1950 Beverly Hanson
- Southern Amateur
- *1907 Nelson Whitney
- *1910 F.G. Byrd
- *1915 Charles Dexter
- *1922 Bobby Jones
- *1933 Jack Redmond
- *2002 Lee Williams
- Other tournaments
- *1919 Southern Open won by Jim Barnes
- *1920 Southern Open won by Douglas Edgar
- *1927 Southern Open won by Bobby Jones
- *1997 Western Junior won by Nick Cassini