The Best Golf Courses In Georgia
The best golf courses in Georgia keep some pretty impressive company. For in this state is Augusta National, one of the most famous and revered courses on the planet. The club was co-founded by Bobby Jones, one of the greatest amateur golfers of all time, perhaps indeed the greatest. He was born, and lived, in Atlanta, Georgia, and his influence and that of Augusta National is written across the golfing landscape of this state.
Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands)
Atlanta Athletic Club Highlands’ 18th hole
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- Location: Johns Creek
- Designed by: Robert Trent Jones and Joe Finger
- Par: 72
- Yardage: 7,613 yards
- Green fee: Private
Bobby Jones was a member of Atlanta Athletic Club, dating from when the course was at a different site. The present Highlands course comprises nine holes designed by Robert Trent Jones – who had designed 27 holes on the property – and nine holes added by Joe Finger, in 1971. Bobby Jones, just before he died in 1971, wrote to the USGA asking that the US Open be held at his home club. It was – and Jerry Pate hit a 5-iron to 3 feet on the final green (above) to win that 1976 US Open. The course has subsequently held the USPGA three times, the US Amateur and the Women’s PGA.
Augusta National
Augusta National’s iconic 12th hole, Golden Bell
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- Location: Augusta
- Designed by: Alister MacKenzie
- Par: 72
- Yardage: 7,510 yards
- Green fee: Private
One of the most famous golf course in the world, and home of The Masters, the only Major played on the same course every year. Amongst many other things, it is noted for its flora, the slickness of its undulating greens, the absence of rough and its beauty and its exclusivity.
Cuscowilla
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- Location: Eatonton
- Designed by: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw
- Par: 70
- Yardage: 6,719 yards
- Green fee: Private
A beautiful track on the shores of Lake Oconee with much charm and variety to the holes. The opening and closing sections are through woodland, but the majority of the course is laid out over open land. There are only two par 5s, but the second one, the 14th is a 614-yard double dogleg uphill. Few courses can have a much range in hole distances as this layout, for its 11th hole is only 125 yards at is utmost, to a putting surface protected by bunkers both left and right with the lake waiting to drown a sliced tee shot.
East Lake
East Lake’s hole 18, which used to be the 9th hole
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