East Lake Golf Club

by Sidney Matthew

Overview

East Lake Golf Club was heralded as "one of the finest in the United States" when its first holes were completed in 1907. Bobby Jones called East Lake his home course, as did Alexa Stirling, Watts Gunn, and Charlie Yates. It flourished in the early 1900s as the Atlanta Athletic Club's country club. However, as Atlanta's population shifted to the northern suburbs, East Lake suffered, and in the mid-1960s the AAC sold the property and moved to Johns Creek. In the 1990s, developer Tom Cousins stepped in to restore East Lake. Today, the historical East Lake Golf Club is again considered among the finest courses in the United States and is host to tournament play. The motto adopted at its rebirth rings true: "Golf with a Purpose."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467114622
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/31/2015
Series:	Images of Sports
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Sidney Matthew has written eight books on Bobby Jones as well as the television documentary The Life and Times of Bobby Jones. Janice McDonald is a journalist, historian, and neighbor of East Lake. Together, Matthew and McDonald compiled these images and stories from East Lake and AAC members' personal collections, club archives, and local resources.