East Lake Golf Club

Infobox_Golf_Facility
golf_facility_name = East Lake Golf Club


location = Atlanta, Georgia,
flagicon|USA United States
establishment = 1913
type = Private
holes = 18
tournaments = The Tour Championship
website = [http://www.eastlakegolfclub.com/ East Lake.com]
course1 = East Lake Golf Course
designer1 = Donald Ross
par1 = 70
length1 = 7154 yards
record1 = 60 - Zach Johnson (2007)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.

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.

Tournaments hosted

East Lake has hosted many prestigious tournaments including:

*The Tour Championship
**2008 flagicon|COL Camilo Villegas
**2007 flagicon|USA Tiger Woods
**2006 flagicon|AUS Adam Scott
**2005 flagicon|USA Bart Bryant
**2004 flagicon|RSA Retief Goosen
**2002 flagicon|FIJ Vijay Singh
**2000 flagicon|USA Phil Mickelson
**1998 flagicon|USA Hal Sutton

*Ryder Cup
**1963 USA (player/captain Arnold Palmer)

*U.S. Men's Amateur
**2001 flagicon|USA Bubba Dickerson

*U.S. Women's Amateur
**1950 flagicon|USA 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

External links

* [http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r060/ Tour Championship coverage]