| -1700s- |
| 1794 |
Savannah
Golf Club opens. Closed after the War of 1812. Reopens December
29, 1899. Architect: Unknown. |
| -1800s- |
| 1866 |
Standard
Club was founded by members of the Concordia Association.
After World War II, the Club bought property from Peachtree
Golf Course, which included plans for a Robert Trent Jones-designed
golf course. The course was built with a few changes to Jones'
plans. New facility in Duluth in opens in 1987. Architect:
Arthur Hills. |
| 1883 |
Capital City Club opens as a social club in Atlanta. In 1913, club
entered into a lease-purchase agreement with the Brookhaven
Country Club which was built in 1910 with a golf course designed
by H. H. Barker. Barker also designed Druid Hills Golf Club. |
| 1884 |
Jekyll
Island Golf Club is registered. First course was built in
1898 by Willie Dunn, who taught East Lake pro Stewart Maiden
how to play golf. In 1910, a Donald Ross course opened. In
1926, Walter Travis designed the Oceanside course, which today
still has nine of its original holes. In 1964, Oleander Course
opens, built on the old Ross course. Architect: Dick Wilson
and Joe Lee.In 1965, Pine Lakes Course opens. Architect: Dick
Wilson and Joe Lee. In 1977, Indian Mounds course opens. Architect:
Joe Lee. |
| 1887 |
Gentleman's
Driving Association (Piedmont Driving Club) established. Laid
out a seven-hole golf course in 1896. The course did not last. |
| 1892 |
Glen
Arven Country Club opens in Thomasville, GA. Architect: J.
Wyman Jones. |
| 1898 |
Brookstone
opens at Kirkwood near Atlanta. |
| 1898 |
Atlanta
Athletic Club was chartered on September 5, 1898. First clubhouse
was on Edgewood Avenue and moved to Auburn Avenue in 1902.
Property at East Lake was purchased by AAC in 1904. Tom Bendelow
designed seven-hole course which opened in 1905. In 1907,
course enlarged to nine-holes. In 1908, the eighteen-hole
East Lake Golf Course and Club opened. In 1913, course rearranged
so each nine ended at the clubhouse. Donald Ross designed
"Number Two Course" which opened in 1915. Moved
to Duluth in the 1970s and opened Highlands course in 1965. |
| 1899 |
Augusta
Country Club founded. Architect: David Ogilvie/Donald Ross. |
| 1899 |
Brunswick
Country Club was founded in Brunswick. In 1935 the club moved
from their downtown location and opened a golf course. Architect:
Donald Ross. |
| -1900s- |
| 1908 |
Coosa Country
Club opens in Rome. Architect: George Cobb. |
| 1909 |
Country
Club of Columbus opens in Columbus. Architect: Donald Ross. |
| -1910s- |
| 1910 |
The Brookhaven
Country Club was founded by the Mechanical and Manufacturers
Club across the Fulton-Dekalb county line on Peachtree Road. |
| 1912 |
Ansley Golf
Course developed by Edwin P. Ansley. First course designed
in 1910 by A. A. Doonan and advised by Stewart Maiden. Opened
in 1912. |
| 1912 |
Druid Hills
Golf Club chartered on September 24, 1912, opens in Atlanta.
Architect: H. H. Baker. |
| 1913 |
Capital City Club purchased Brookhaven Country Club from the Mechanical
and Manufacturers Club. |
| 1913 |
Quitman
Country Club opens in Quitman. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1914 |
East Lake
No. 1 course remodeled by Donald J. Ross. |
| 1916 |
Marietta
Country Club held organizational meeting on September 28,
1915. The Club was incorporated January 17, 1916. A nine-hole
course was expanded to eighteen holes in 1966. In summer 1987
moved near Kennesaw Mountain. New golf course opened in 1990.
Architect: Robert Cupp. Land was sold to city of Marietta
in 1987 and became the City Club of Marietta, redesigned by
Mike Young. |
| 1918 |
Follow Me
Golf Club opens. Thirty-six hole course in opened in 1966.
Architect: Army Corps of Engineers. |
| 1919 |
Idle Hour
Golf and Country Club opens in Macon. Architect: Members. |
| 1919 |
Newnan Country
Club opens in Newnan. Architect: Unknown. |
| -1920s- |
| 1920 |
American
Legion Club opens in Albany. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1920 |
Adams Park
Golf Course opens in Atlanta. Renamed Alfred "Tup" Holmes
Memorial Golf Course in 1983. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1921 |
Briar Creek
Country Club opens in Sylvania. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1922 |
Highland
Country Club opens in LaGrange. Architect: Donald Ross and
Joe Fingers. |
| 1923 |
Bainbridge
Country Club opens in Bainbridge. Architect: Les Hall. |
| 1923 |
East Lake
No. 2 course remodeled by Donald J. Ross. |
| 1923 |
Okefenokee
Country Club opens in Blackshear. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1924 |
Athens Country
Club, East/South Course designed by Donald Ross and opened
in 1926. North nine course, designed by George Cobb and John
LaFoy, opened in 1985. |
| 1924 |
Dalton Golf
& Country Club opens in Dalton. Architects: Kirby/Player. |
| 1925 |
Pine Hills
Country Club opens in Cordele as the Cordele Golf Course.
They reorganized as Pine Hills in 1953 and moved to their
current location in 1995. Architect: McMillian-Jensen. |
| 1925 |
Waynesboro
Country Club opens in Waynesboro. Architect: George Cobb. |
| 1926 |
Candler
Park Golf Course opens in Atlanta, Architect: Helen Smith. |
| 1926 |
Bacon Park
Golf Course opens in Savannah. Architect: Donald Ross. |
| 1926 |
Cedar Valley
Golf and Country Club opens in Cedartown. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1926 |
Forest Hills
Golf Club opens in Augusta. Architect: Donald Ross. |
| 1926 |
Roosevelt
Memorial Golf Club opens in Warm Springs. Originally designed
for President Roosevelt. Architect: Donald Ross. |
| 1927 |
Radium
Springs Country Club opens in Albany. Architect: John Law
Kerr. |
| 1927 |
Sea Island
Golf Club, Plantation course, opens in St. Simon's Island.
Architect: Walter Travis; Colt and Allison redesign in 1929.
Rees Jones renovates Plantation Course in 1992. Seaside nine
opens in 1929. Architect: Colt/Allison. Retreat course opens
in 1960. Architect: Dick Wilson. Rees Jones renovates Retreat
Course in 1998. Marshside course opens in 1973. Architect:
Joe Lee. |
| 1927 |
Sheraton-Savannah
Resort opens on Wilmington Island. Architects: Donald Ross
and Willard Byrd. |
| 1928 |
Augusta
Golf Course opens in Augusta as the city municipal course.
Architect: Unknown. |
| 1928 |
Twin City
Country Club opens in Sandersville. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1929 |
Fort McPherson
Golf Club opens in Ft. McPherson. Architect: George Cobb. |
| -1930s- |
| 1930 |
Reynolds
Golf Club opens in Reynolds. Architect: Brown Marshall. |
| 1930 |
Douglas
Golf & Country Club opens in Douglas. Architect: Don Cottle Jr., members redesign in 1989. |
| 1931 |
College
Park Municipal Course opens in College Park. Architect: WPA
Workforce. |
| 1931 |
McKenzie
Memorial Golf Club opens in Montezuma. Architect: Sid Clark. |
| 1932 |
Augusta
National Golf Club opens. Architect: Alister MacKenzie (with
assistance from Bobby Jones) |
| 1932 |
Fitzgerald
Country Club opens in Fitzgerald. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1932 |
Green Valley
Golf Club opens in McDonough with nine holes. In 1957, second
nine were added. Architect: Edgar Taylor. |
| 1932 |
Griffin
City Park Golf Club opens in Griffin with nine holes. Second
nine added in 1937. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1932 |
Randolph
Country Club opens in Cuthbert. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1932 |
Trion Golf
Course opens in Trion. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1934 |
Bobby Jones
Golf Course opens. Architect: Works Projects Administration. |
| 1936 |
Canton Golf
Club opens in Canton. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1936 |
Forsyth
Golf Club opens. Architect: WPA. Second nine opens in 1992.
Architect: A. C. Kendrick with members of the club. |
| 1936 |
Jonesco
Golf Course opens in Gray. Expanded to eighteen holes in 1986.
Architect: Ernie Schrock. |
| 1936 |
Ocilla Country
Club opens in Ocilla. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1937 |
North Fulton
Golf Course opens in Atlanta. Architect: E. Chandler Egan.
|
| 1937 |
Mary Calder
Golf Club opens in Savannah. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1937 |
Pinecrest
Country Club opens in Pelham. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1938 |
Lafayette
Golf Course opens in Lafayette. Later expanded to eighteen
holes. Architect: Arthur Davis. |
| 1939 |
Callier
Springs Country Club opens in Rome. Architect: Gene Cobb |
| 1939 |
Charles
R. Adams Park in West End opens on August 1, 1939. Architect:
Unknown. |
| 1939 |
Thomaston
Country Club opens in Thomaston. Architect: Unknown. |
| -1940s- |
| 1940 |
Bowden Golf
Course opens in Macon. Architect: Dick Cotton/WPA. |
| 1940 |
Hartwell
Golf Course opens in Hartwell. Architect: Members. |
| 1940 |
Rabun County
Golf Club opens in Clayton. Architect: Work Projects Administration. |
| 1940 |
Toccoa Golf
& Country Club opens in Toccoa. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1942 |
Sunset Hills
Country Club opens in Carrollton. Architect: Robert Trent
Jones. Hosted Ladies Invitational Golf Tournament in 1950. |
| 1946 |
Americus
Country Club opens in Americus. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1946 |
Deer Trail
Country Club opens in Commerce. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1946 |
Elberton
Country Club opens in Elberton Architect: Members. |
| 1946 |
Hogansville
Golf Club opens in Hogansville. Architect: Unknown |
| 1946 |
MCLB Golf
Course opens in Albany. Architect: Military. |
| 1947 |
Forest Heights
Country Club opens in Statesboro. Architect: George Cobb. |
| 1948 |
Goodyear
Golf Club opens in Rockmart. It was designed and built during
World War II by the Goodyear Plant. |
| 1948 |
Peachtree
Golf Club opens in Atlanta. Architects: Robert Trent Jones
and Bobby Jones. |
| 1949 |
Dublin Country
Club opens in Dublin. Architect: Unknown. |
| -1950s- |
| 1950 |
Dawson Country
Club opens in Dawson. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1951 |
Lake View
course opens first nine holes at Callaway Gardens in Pine
Mountain. Second nine open in 1962. Architect: Dick Wilson
and J. B. McGovern. Mountain View course opens in 1964. Architect:
Dick Wilson and Joe Lee. Sky View course opens in 1967. Architect:
Dick Wilson and Joe Lee. Gardens View course opens in 1969.
Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1952 |
Atlanta
International Golf and Country Club opens in Decatur. Architect:
Joe Lee. |
| 1952 |
Butternut
Creek Golf Club opens in Blairsville. Architect: Bill Watts. |
| 1952 |
Perry Country
Club opens in Perry. Architect: Sid Clark. |
| 1952 |
Twin Oaks
Golf Club opens in Albany. Architect: Military. |
| 1953 |
Calhoun
Elks Lodge is bought by its current owners. It originally
opened in 1942. Architect: James Thomason. |
| 1953 |
Sunset Country
Club opens in Moultrie. Architect: Emory Lee. |
| 1953 |
Swainsboro
Golf & Country Club opens in Swainsboro. Architect: Arthur
Davis. |
| 1954 |
Cartersville
Country Club opens in Cartersville. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1954 |
Dodge Country
Golf Club opens in Eastman. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1954 |
Town and
Country Club opens in Blakely. Architect: Members. |
| 1954 |
Pine Needles
Country Club opens in Ft. Valley. Architect: Brissom Dang. |
| 1955 |
Weslyn Hills
Golf Club opens. Changed name to Spring Lakes in 1998. Architect:
Unknown. |
| 1956 |
Cherokee
Town and Country Club opens in 1957 in Atlanta. Architect:
Willard Byrd. |
| 1956 |
Chattahoochee
Golf Club opens in Gainesville. Architect: Robert Trent Jones. |
| 1956 |
Pine Oaks
Golf Course opens in Warner Robbins. Architect: Military. |
| 1956 |
Town Creek
Country Club opens in Hawkinsville. Architect: Members. |
| 1957 |
International
City Course opens in Warner Robins. Architect Lou Burnett. |
| 1957 |
Monroe Golf
and Country Club opens in Monroe. Architect: Chick Adams.
In 1966, nine holes were added by Bill Amick. In 1997, redesigns
of both courses were completed. Architect: Dan Cottle. |
| 1957 |
Turner Golf
Course opens in Albany. Architect: Military. |
| 1958 |
Circlestone
Country Club opens in Adel with nine holes. Architect: Unknown.
Second nine holes opened in 1994. Architect: Rocky Roquemore. |
| 1958 |
Folkston
Golf Club opens in Folkston. Architect: Ed Mattson. |
| 1958 |
Horseleg
Creek Country Club opens in Rome. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1958 |
Lakeside
Country Club, golf course opened 1960. Architect: George Cobb.
Renamed Lakeside Golf Club. |
| 1959 |
Green Hills
Country Club opens in Athens. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1959 |
Green Meadows
Golf Club opens in Augusta. Architect: Bill Amick. |
| 1959 |
Northwood
Country Club opens in Lawrenceville. Architect: Willard Byrd. |
| 1959 |
Riverside
Golf & Country Club opens in Macon. Architect: Unknown. |
| -1960s- |
| 1960 |
Legion Golf
Club opens in LaGrange. Architect: Max McKay. |
| 1960 |
Bremen Lake
Golf Club opens with nine holes. Architect: Truitt. Second
nine holes have been added since. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1960 |
Browns Mill
Golf Course opens in Atlanta. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1960 |
Cairo Country
Club opens in Cairo. Architect: Julian Rodenberry Jr. |
| 1960 |
Green Island
Country Club opens in Columbus. Architect: George Cobb. |
| 1960 |
Milledgeville
Country Club opens in Milledgeville. Architect: George Cobb. |
| 1960 |
Paulding
Country Club opens in Dallas. Architect: Bobby Jones. |
| 1960 |
Pine Hills
Golf Club opens in Winder. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1960 |
Pinetree
Country Club opens in Kennesaw. Architect: Willard Byrd. |
| 1960 |
Tunnel Hill
Golf Course opens in Tunnel Hill. Architect: Sam Pullen. |
| 1960 |
Uncle Remus
Golf Course opens in Eatonton. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1961 |
Cherokee
Golf and Country Club opens in Cedartown. Architect: Members. |
| 1961 |
Fargo Golf
Club opens in Fargo. Architect: Unknown |
| 1961 |
Golf Club
of Macon opens. Architect: Harry Long. |
| 1961 |
Highland
Golf Club opens in Conyers. Architect: Jack Williams. |
| 1962 |
Appling
Country Club opens in Baxley. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1962 |
Lake Spivey
Golf Club opens in Jonesboro. Architect: D. J. DeVictor. |
| 1962 |
La Vida
Country Club opens in Savannah. Architect: George Cobb. |
| 1962 |
Thompson
Country Club opens in Thompson. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1963 |
Bekaert
Employees Athletic Association opens in Lindale. Architect:
Bob McGee. |
| 1963 |
Fort Stewart
Golf Course opens in Ft. Stewart. Architect: Military. |
| 1963 |
Kraftsmen's
Club opens in Rome. Architect: L. Simpson. |
| 1963 |
Magnolia
Country Club opens in Millen. Architect: George Gunn. |
| 1963 |
Piedmont
Golf Club opens in Demorest. Originally owned by Piedmont
College, it became a private course in the 1990s. Architect:
Unknown. |
| 1963 |
Pine Lakes
Golf & Country Club opens in Chatsworth. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1963 |
Southern
Links at Jeff Davis opens in Hazlehurst. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1963 |
Stone Mountain
Park Golf Club opens in Stone Mountain. Architect: Robert
Trent Jones and John LeFoy. |
| 1964 |
Atlanta
Country Club chartered. Designed by Willard Byrd (1965), Bob
Cupp (1990) |
| 1964 |
Berkley
Hills Country Club opens in Duluth. Architect: Gary Player. |
| 1964 |
Beaver Lake
Golf & Country Club opens in Gay. Architect: Unknown |
| 1965 |
Hunter Golf
Club opens in Savannah. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1964 |
Doublegate
Country Club opens in Albany. Architect: Redesign by John
LaFoy. |
| 1964 |
Evans Heights
Golf Club opens in Claxton. Architect: Don Cottle Jr. |
| 1964 |
Willow
Lake Golf Club opens in Metter. Architect: Arthur Davis. |
| 1965 |
Houston
Lake Country Club opens in Perry. Architect: O. C. Jones.
Redesigned in the 1980s by Brent Whitley. |
| 1965 |
Canongate
Golf Club opens in Palmetto. Architect: Joe Lee and Dick Wilson.
New eighteen holes open in 1999. Architect: Rocky Roquemore. |
| 1965 |
Little
Mountain Country Club opens in Ellenwood. Architect: Unknown.
Redesigned in 1990. Architect: Bob Jones |
| 1965 |
Atlanta
Country Club opens in Marietta. Architect: Willard Byrd. |
| 1965 |
Fountain
City Golf Center opens as Godwin Creek in Columbus. Architect:
Unknown. |
| 1965 |
Holiday
Hills Golf Club opens in Gordon. Architect: A. Brooks. |
| 1965 |
Johnson
County Country Club opens in Wrightsville. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1965 |
Moody Quiet
Pines Golf Military Golf Course opens in Valdosta. Architect:
Unknown. |
| 1965 |
Pines Golf
Club opens in Williamson. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1965 |
Pine Hills
Golf Course opens in Lula. Architect: Sam Rodgers. |
| 1965 |
Spring Hill
Country Club opens in Tifton. Architect: Ozie Jones. |
| 1965 |
Wallace
Adams Golf Course opens in McRae. Architect: O. C. Jones. |
| 1966 |
Donalsonville
Country Club opens in Donalsonville. Architect: Don Cottle Jr. |
| 1966 |
Greene County
Country Club opens in Union Point. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1966 |
Hard Labor
Creek Golf Course opens in Rutledge. Architect: William M.
Turner. |
| 1966 |
Hickory
Hill Golf Club opens in Jackson with nine holes. Architect:
Laurie Mangham. Second nine holes open in 1985. Architect:
Alan Byers. Third nine opens in 1994. Architect: Mike Young. |
| 1966 |
Mystery
Valley Golf Course opens in Lithonia. Architect: Dick Wilson. |
| 1966 |
Pine Knoll
Country Club opens in Sylvester. Architect Bill Amick. |
| 1966 |
Roman Country
Club opens in Conyers. Architect: Doug Hudson. |
| 1967 |
Arrowhead
Country Club opens in Jasper. Architect: George Rice. |
| 1967 |
Glynco Golf
Club opens in Brunswick. Architect: U. S. Navy Personnel |
| 1967 |
Griffin
Country Club opens in Griffin. Architect: Willard Burn. |
| 1967 |
Hunter Pope
Country Club opens in Monticello with nine holes. Second nine
open in 1990. Architect: Mike Young. |
| 1967 |
Metropolitan
Club (originally named Farington Golf and Tennis Club) opens
in Lithonia. Architect: Rees Jones. This is the first golf
course Rees Jones designed. |
| 1967 |
St. Simons
Island Club opens Tall Pines/Great Oaks course on St. Simons
Island. Architect: George Cobb. Sea Palms West course opens
in 1975. Architect: Tom Jackson. |
| 1967 |
Tallapoosa
City Mountain Golf Course opens in Tallapoosa. Architect:
Joe Lee and Arthur Davis. |
| 1968 |
Canterbury
Golf Club opens in Marietta. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1968 |
Dogwood
Golf & Country Club opens in Austell. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1968 |
Flat Creek
Golf Club opens in Peachtree City. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1968 |
Green Acres
Golf Club opens in Dexter. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1968 |
Springbrook
Public Golf Course opens in Lawrenceville. Architect: Perrin
Walker. |
| 1968 |
University
of Georgia Golf Course opens in Athens. Architect: Robert
Trent Jones. |
| 1969 |
Fieldstone
Golf Club opens in Conyers. Architect: Harold Zink. |
| 1969 |
Wanee Lake
Golf Club opens in Ashburn. Architect: Local members. |
| 1969 |
Big Sandy
Golf Club opens in Trenton. Architect: Nathan Smith |
| 1969 |
Four Seasons
Golf Club opens in Wrens. Nine holes added in 1997. Architect:
Swift-Gregg Associates. |
| 1969 |
Lakeview
Golf Club opens in Blackshear. Architect: Southern Engineers. |
| 1969 |
Skitt Mountain
Golf Course opens in Cleveland. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1969 |
Uchee Trail
Country Club opens in Cochran. Architect: Sid Clark. |
| 1969 |
Victoria
Bryant Golf Course opens in Royston. It is a state public
course. Architect: Turner and McCloud. |
| 1969 |
Vidalia
Country Club opens in Vidalia. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1969 |
Dunwoody
Country Club opens in Atlanta. It is chartered by former members
of the Ansley Golf Club and buys the second course from Ansley,
which opened in the fall of 1966. Architect: Willard Byrd. |
| 1969 |
Woodmont/Lakemont
course at Stone Mountain Golf Club opens in Stone Mountain.
Architects: Robert Trent Jones and John LaFoy. Stonemont course
opens in 1992. Architect: Jones and LaFoy. |
| 1969 |
Green Valley
Golf Course opens in Jakin. Nine holes added in 1997. Architects:
Joe Nunnery and Kenny Stewart. |
| 1969 |
West Lake
Country Club opens in Augusta. Architects: Ellis Maples and
John LeFoy. |
| -1970s- |
| 1970 |
Belle Meade
Country Club opens in Thomson. Architect: John LaFoy |
| 1970 |
Browns Mill
Golf Course opens in Atlanta. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1970 |
Cross Creek
Country Club opens in Atlanta. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1970 |
Cumberland
Creek Country Club opens in Marietta. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1970 |
Goshen Plantation
Club opens in Augusta. Architect: Ellis Maples. |
| 1970 |
Heritage
Golf Course opens in Clarkesville. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1970 |
Indian Hills
Country Club opens in Marietta. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1970 |
Lanier Golf
Club opens in Cumming.. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1970 |
Pebblebrook
Golf Club opens in Woodbury. Architect: Arthur Davis. |
| 1970 |
Pine Forest
Country Club opens in Jesup. Architect: Local members. |
| 1970 |
Prospect
Valley Golf Club opens in Rockmart. Architect: Frank Herring. |
| 1970 |
Saint Andrews
Country Club opens in Winston. Architect: Wade Norstrom. |
| 1970 |
Tri-Country
Golf Club opens in Buena Vista. Later changes name to Cedar
Creek Golf and Country Club. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1970 |
Whispering
Pines Country Club opens in Warrenton. Architect: Unknown.
Nine holes added in 1996. Architect: Mark Ackerman. |
| 1970 |
Whispering
Pines Golf Course in Colbert opens. Adds second nine in 1980.
Architects: David Green and Jack Rhodes. |
| 1971 |
Cherokee
Rose Country Club opens in Hinesville. Architect: Local members. |
| 1972 |
Battlefield
Golf Club opens in Ft. Oglethorpe. Architect: Harry Shoemaker. |
| 1972 |
Brookfield
West Country Club (now Brookfield Country Club) opens in Roswell.
Architects: Randy Nichols and Howard Chatham. |
| 1972 |
Bull Creek
Golf Course opens in Midland. Architect: Joe Lee & Ward
Northrup. |
| 1972 |
Francis
Lake Golf Course opens in Lake Park. Architect: Willard Byrd. |
| 1972 |
Hidden Hills
Country Club opens in Stone Mountain. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1972 |
River North
Country Club opens in Macon. Architect: Gary Player. |
| 1972 |
Sconti Golf
Club opens Creek, Choctaw course in Big Canoe. Opens Cherokee
course in 1992. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1972 |
Sky Valley
Resort opens in Dillard. Architect: Larry McClure and Bill
Watts. |
| 1972 |
Snapfinger
Woods, now Pine Hills Country Club, opens in Decatur. Architect:
Joe Lee. |
| 1972 |
Turtle Cove
Country Club opens in Monticello. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1973 |
Bent Tree
Country Club opens in Jasper. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1973 |
Honey Creek
Country Club opens in Conyers. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1973 |
Lake Arrowhead
Resort and Country Club opens in Waleska. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1973 |
The Plantation
Country Club opens in Villa Rica. Architect: Willard Byrd. |
| 1973 |
Summit Chase
Country Club opens in Snellville. Architect: Ward Northrup. |
| 1974 |
The Landings
at Skidaway Island. Marshwood Course opens. Architect: Arnold
Palmer. In 1977 front nine of Magnolia course opens. Back
nine opens 1979. Architect: Ed Seay and Arnold Palmer. In
1982 Plantation course opens. Architect: Willard Byrd. In
1985 Palmetto course opens. Architect: Arthur Hills. In 1988
Oakridge course opens. Architect: Arthur Hills. In 1991 Deer
Creek course opens. Architect: Tom Fazio. |
| 1974 |
Pebble Creek
Golf Club opens in Jonesboro. Architect: John Baker. |
| 1974 |
Renaissance
PineIsle Resort opens at Lake Lanier Islands. Architect: Gary
Player and Associates. |
| 1974 |
Rivermont
Golf & Country Club opens in Alpharetta. Architect: Joe
Lee. |
| 1974 |
Willow Springs
Country Club (now Country Club of Roswell) opens in Roswell.
Architect: Randy Nichols and Sam Smith. |
| 1975 |
Gordon Lakes
Golf Course opens in Ft. Gordon. Architect: Robert Trent Jones
& Rees Jones. |
| 1975 |
Sea Palms
Golf & Tennis Club opens in St. Simons. Architect: George
Cobb & Tom Jackson. |
| 1975 |
West Pines
Golf Club opens in Douglasville. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1976 |
High Point
Golf Course opens in Chickamauga. Architect: Claude and Clyde
Gilley. |
| 1976 |
Horseshoe
Bend Country Club opens in Roswell. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1976 |
Sugar
Creek Golf Course opens in Atlanta. Architect: Evan Marbut.
Redesigned in 1995 by R. W. Wilson. |
| 1976 |
Atlanta
International Golf & Country Club opens in Decatur. Architect:
Joe Lee |
| 1976 |
Valdosta
Country Club opens in Valdosta. Plantation/Bottom course opens
in 1976. Belle Meade course opens in 1987. Architect: Joe
Lee. |
| 1977 |
Indian Ridge
Golf Club opens in Adairsville. Architect: Howard Hamilton. |
| 1977 |
Riverview
Park Golf Course opens in Dublin. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1978 |
Nob North
Golf Course opens in Cohutta. Architect: Kirby Player. |
| 1979 |
Brickyard
Plantation Golf Club opens in Americus. Architect: W. N. Clark. |
| 1979 |
Country
Oaks Golf Course opens in Thomasville. Architect: Ray Jenson. |
| 1979 |
Royal Oaks
Golf Club opens in Cartersville. Architect: Arthur Davis and
David Bingman. |
| -1980s- |
| 1981 |
Little Fishing
Creek opens in Milledgeville. Architect: Gary Player Corporation. |
| 1981 |
Bowdon Golf
Club opens in Bowdon. Architect: Richard Wright |
| 1984 |
Whitepath
Golf Course opens in Ellijay. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1985 |
The Club
at Jones Creek opens in Evans. Architect: Rees Jones. |
| 1985 |
Fox Creek
Golf Club opens in Smyrna. Architect: John LaFoy. |
| 1985 |
Jones Creek
Golf Club opens in Augusta. Architect: Rees Jones. |
| 1985 |
Meadow Lakes
Golf Club opens in Statesboro. Architect: Arthur Davis. |
| 1985 |
Northlake
Golf & Country Club opens in Valdosta. Architect: Jerry
Evans. |
| 1985 |
Southern
Links Golf Club opens in Statesboro. Architect: Arthur Davis. |
| 1986 |
Canongate-On-White
Oak opens the Old Course in Newnan. Architect: Rocky Roquemore.
Seminole course opens in 1990. Architect: Rocky Roquemore. |
| 1986 |
Cedar Lake
Golf Club opens in Loganville. Architect: J.W. Henderson |
| 1986 |
Port Armor
Club opens in Greenboro. Architect: Bob Cupp. |
| 1986 |
Whitewater
Country Club opens in Fayetteville. Architect: Arnold Palmer. |
| 1987 |
Country
Club of the South opens in Alpharetta. Architect: Jack Nicklaus. |
| 1987 |
Jennings
Mill Country Club opens in Athens. Architect: Bob Cupp. |
| 1987 |
Innsbruck
Golf Club opens in Helen. Architect: Bill Watts. |
| 1987 |
The Landings
Golf Club opens in Warner Robins. Architect: Edmond Ault. |
| 1987 |
Meadow Lakes
Golf Course opens in Cedartown. Architect: Ken Skodecek. |
| 1988 |
Atlanta
National Golf Club opens in Alpharetta. Architect: Pete Dye
and P.B. Dye. |
| 1988 |
Beaver Kreek
Golf Club opens in Douglas. Architect: Ray Jensen/Kirby Holton. |
| 1988 |
Brookstone
Golf & Country Club opens in Acworth. Architect: Larry
Nelson. |
| 1988 |
The Farm
Golf Course opens in Rocky Face. Architect: Tom Fazio. |
| 1988 |
Forest Lakes
Golf Club opens in Tifton. Architect: Tom Jackson. |
| 1988 |
Polo Golf
& Country Club opens in Cumming. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1988 |
Reynolds
Plantation opens in Greensboro. Architects: Bob Cupp, Fuzzy
Zoeller, and Hubert Green. |
| 1988 |
Ridge Valley
Golf Course opens in Adairsville. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1988 |
Settindown
Creek Golf Club opens in Woodstock. Architect: Bob Cupp. |
| 1988 |
Southbridge
Golf Club opens in Savannah. Architect: Rees Jones. |
| 1988 |
Southland
Country Club opens in Stone Mountain. Architect: Willard Byrd. |
| 1988 |
Pointe South
Golf Club opens in Hephzibah. Architect: Ken Rivers and Joe
Clement. |
| 1989 |
Braelinn
Golf Club opens in Peachtree City. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1989 |
Champions
at River's Edge opens in Fayetteville. Architect: Bobby Weed. |
| 1989 |
Château
Élan Golf Club opens in Braselton. Architect: Dennis Griffiths. |
| 1989 |
Eagle Watch
Golf Club opens in Woodstock. Architect: Arnold Palmer and
Ed Seay. |
| 1989 |
Eagle's
Landing Country Club opens in Stockbridge. Architect: Tom
Fazio. |
| 1989 |
The Hampton
Club opens in St. Simon's Island. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1989 |
Lake Lanier
Island Hilton Resort opens in Lake Lanier Islands. Architect:
Joe Lee and Rocky Roquemore. |
| 1989 |
The Oaks
Course opens in Covington. Architect: Dick Schulz. Initial
course on site allegedly designed by Bobby Jones. |
| 1989 |
St. Ives
Country Club opens in Duluth. Architect: Tom Fazio. |
| 1989 |
Willowpeg
Golf Club opens in Rincon. Architect: Joe Lee. |
| 1989 |
The Woods
Golf Course opens in Cochran. Architects: Charles Norris,
Charles Thompson Jr., Gary Norris, and Tom Norris. Expanded
to twenty-seven holes in 1995. |
| -1990s- |
| 1990 |
Centennial
Golf Club opens in Acworth. Architect: Larry Nelson. |
| 1990 |
Georgia
Veterans Golf Course opens in Cordele. Architect: Dennis Griffiths. |
| 1990 |
Greystone
Golf Club opens in Douglasville. Architect: Don Cottle Jr. |
| 1990 |
Indian Trace
Golf Club opens in Chatsworth. Architect: Harold Parish. |
| 1990 |
Orchard
Hills Golf Club opens in Newnan. Architect: Don Cottle Jr. |
| 1990 |
Osprey Cove
Golf and Country Club opens. Architect: Mark McCumber. |
| 1990 |
Pine Island
Club opens in Tifton. Architect: Paul Massey. |
| 1990 |
Rocky Creek
Golf Club opens in Vidalia. Architect: Rees Jones. |
| 1990 |
Royal Lakes
Golf and Country Club opens in Flowery Branch. Architect:
Arthur Davis. |
| 1991 |
Blueberry
Plantation Country Club opens in Alma. Architect: Jay Williamson. |
| 1991 |
Brazell's
Creek Golf Course opens in Reidsville. Architect: David Nelson. |
| 1991 |
Chicopee
Woods Golf Course opens in Gainesville. Architect: Dennis
Griffiths. |
| 1991 |
Country
Land Golf Course opens in Cumming. Architect: Mike Young. |
| 1991 |
The Fields
at Rosemont Hills opens in LaGrange. Architect: Mike Young
and Mitch Bourgeious. |
| 1991 |
Golf Club
of Georgia opens in Alpharetta. Architect: Arthur Hills. |
| 1991 |
Great Waters
opens in Greensboro. Architect: Jack Nicklaus. |
| 1991 |
Harbor Club
opens in Greensboro. Architect: Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morish. |
| 1991 |
Kings Bay
Golf Club opens in Kings Bay. Architect: Arthur Hills. |
| 1991 |
The Links
Golf Club opens in Jonesboro. Architects: Joe Gaudion Jr.
and Terry Anton. |
| 1991 |
Mallard
Point Golf Club opens in Rochelle. Architects: Steve McIntyre,
Cliff Cagle, and Bruce Barrett. |
| 1991 |
The Orchard
Golf and Country Club opens in Turnerville. Architect: Dan
Maples. |
| 1991 |
Red Oak
Golf Club opens in Cusseta. Architect: Lynn Page. |
| 1991 |
Southerness
Golf Club opens in Stockbridge. Architect: Cylde Johnston. |
| 1991 |
Waterford
Golf Club opens in Bonaire. Architect: Don Tuttle. |
| 1991 |
Waterford
Landing Golf Club opens in Richmond Hill but closes within
a year. Architect: Black. Reopens in March of 1998 |
| 1991 |
Champions
Club opens in Alpharetta, the first public course in north
Fulton County. Architects: D.J. DeVictor and Steve Melnyk. |
| 1992 |
Barrington
Hall Golf Club opens in Macon. Architect: Tom Clark. |
| 1992 |
Chapel Hills
Golf Club opens in Douglasville. Architect: Rocky Roquemore. |
| 1992 |
Fields Ferry
Golf Club opens in Calhoun. Architect: Arthur Davis. |
| 1992 |
Foxfire
Golf Club opnes in Vidalia. Architect: Jim Bivins. |
| 1992 |
Lane Creek
Golf Club opens in Bishop. Architect: Mike Young. |
| 1992 |
Maple Creek
Golf Course opens in Bremen. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1992 |
Pachitla
Creek Golf Club opens in Edison. Architect: Andy Stephens. |
| 1992 |
Pine Bluff
Country Club opens in Eastman. Architect: Tifton Turf, Tim
Moore, and Kenny Jones. |
| 1992 |
Riverpines
Golf Club opens in Alpharetta. Architect: Dennis Griffiths. |
| 1992 |
Stone Creek
Golf Course opens in Valdosta. Architect: Jeff Burton. |
| 1992 |
Sugar Hill
Golf Club opens in Sugar Hill. Architect: Willard Byrd. |
| 1992 |
Sunsweet
Hills Golf Club opens in Tifton. Architect: Don McMillan. |
| 1993 |
Air Castles
Golf Course opens in Trenton. Second nine added in 1997. Architect:
Larry Dodson & Doug Porter |
| 1993 |
Cobblestone
Golf Course opens as the Boulders Course at Lake Acworth.
Architect: Ken Dye. Changed name to Cobbelstone in 1995. |
| 1993 |
Legacy Golf
Links opens in Smyrna. Architect: Larry Nelson. |
| 1993 |
The Legends
at Chateau Elan opens in Braselton. Architect: Dennis Griffith. |
| 1993 |
Maple Ridge
Golf Course opens in Columbus. Architect: Mike Young. |
| 1993 |
Olde Atlanta
Golf Course opens in Suwanee. Architect: Arthur Hill. |
| 1993 |
Champions
Club of Gwinnett opens in Snellville. Architect: Steve Melnick. |
| 1994 |
Barrens
Golf Course opens in Doe Run. Architect: Harry Carver. |
| 1994 |
Black Creek
Golf Club opens in Black Creek. Architect: Jim Bivens. |
| 1994 |
Chattooga
Golf Club opens in Trion. Originally opened in the 1930's
as Mount Vernon. |
| 1994 |
Cotton Fields
Golf Club opens in McDonough. Architect: Jerry Schwendinger. |
| 1994 |
Georgia
National Golf Club opens in McDonough. Architect: Dennis Griffith. |
| 1994 |
Macon Family
Golf Course opens in Macon. Architect: Kevin Bass. |
| 1994 |
Planterra
Ridge, part of Canongate Golf Club, opens in Peachtree City.
Architect: Rocky Roquemore. |
| 1994 |
Towne Lake
Hills Golf Club opens in Woodstock. Architect: Arthur Hill
and Associates. |
| 1994 |
Trophy Club
at Apalachee, originally called the Champions Club, opens
in Dacula. Architects: Bill Bergen and Steve Melnyk. |
| 1994 |
Wolf Creek
Golf Club opens in Americus. Architect: Don Cottle. |
| 1994 |
Stonebridge
Golf Club opens in Rome. Architect: Arthur Davis. |
| 1995 |
Brasstown
Valley Resort Golf Course opens in Young Harris. It is owned
by the state of Georgia and used as an environmentally friendly
model. Architect: Dennis Griffith. |
| 1995 |
Eagle Greens
at Sandy Creek opens in Commerce. Architect: Course Crafters. |
| 1995 |
Golden Isles
Golf Center opens in Brunswick. Architects: Tifton Turf and
Wade Caruth. |
| 1995 |
The Golf
Club at Bradshaw Farms opens in Woodstock. Architect: Mike
O'Shea. |
| 1995 |
Cherokee
Run Golf Club opens in Conyers. Architects: Arnold Palmer
and Ed Seay. |
| 1995 |
Hidden Hollow
Golf Club opens Flowery Branch Architect: Unknown. |
| 1995 |
Gold Creek
Golf Club opens in Dawsonville. Architect: Mike Young. |
| 1995 |
Golf
Meadows opens in Stockbridge. Architects: Joyce and Charles
Sorrell. |
| 1995 |
Grand Island
Club opens in Albany. Architect: Ray Jenson. |
| 1995 |
Hamilton
Mill Golf Club opens in Dacula. Architect: Fred Couples and
Gene Bates. |
| 1995 |
Henderson
Golf Club opens as a county course in Savannah. Architect:
Mike Young. |
| 1995 |
Hickory
Ridge Golf Club opens in Thomaston with nine holes. Second
nine open in 1998. Architect: The Golf Group. |
| 1995 |
Laura S.
Walker Golf Course opens in Waycross. Architect: Steve Burns. |
| 1995 |
Ocean Forest
Golf Club opens and is named one of the top ten new courses
in the United States by several national publications. Architect:
Rees Jones. |
| 1995 |
The Pines
Golf Course becomes the municipal golf course, after being
a semiprivate country club since the 1940's. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1995 |
River Pointe
Golf Club opens in Albany. Architect: Mike Young. |
| 1995 |
South Lake
Golf Course opens in Rex. Architect: Unknown. |
| 1995 |
St. Marlo
Country Club opens in Duluth. Architect: Dennis Griffiths. |
| 1995 |
White Columns
opens in Alpharetta. Architect: Tom Fazio. |
| 1996 |
Applewood
Golf Club opens in Keysville with nine holes. Second nine
opens in 1997. Architect: Chuck Baer. |
| 1996 |
Covington
Plantation Golf Club opens in Covington. Architect: Desmond
Muirhead. |
| 1996 |
Crooked
Creek Golf Club opens in Alpharetta. Architect: Michael E.
Riley. |
| 1996 |
Eagle Greens
at Hollywood Hills opens in Cordele. Architect: Course Crafters. |
| 1996 |
Laurel Island
Links opens in Kingsland. Architect: Davis Love III. |
| 1996 |
Rocky Branch
Golf Club opens in Lincolnton. Architect: Tifton Golf Services. |
| 1996 |
Stonebridge
Golf and Country Club opens in Albany. Architect: Bob Walker. |
| 1996 |
Heritage
Golf Club opens in Norcross. Architect: Originally designed
by Shape Masters and finished by Doug Whitehorn. |
| 1996 |
North Fulton
Country Club reopens as the Alpharetta Country Club with a
new nine holes added. Architect: Willard Byrd and Bobby Miller. |
| 1997 |
Golf Club
at Cuscowilla opens in Eatonton. Architects: Bill Core and
Ben Crenshaw. |
| 1997 |
Eagle Creek
opens in Statesboro. Architect: Paul Massey. |
| 1997 |
Emerald
Pointe Golf Club opens at Lake Lanier Islands. Originally
opened in 1989 as Lake Lanier Islands Golf Club. Architect:
Joe Lee. |
| 1997 |
George T.
Bagby State Park Golf Club opens in Ft. Gaines. Architect:
William Byrd. |
| 1997 |
Oak Mountain
Golf Course opens in Carrollton. Architect: Ward Northrup. |
| 1997 |
Oak Grove
Island Golf Club opens in Brunswick Architect: Unknown. |
| 1997 |
Southern
Hills Golf Course opens in Hawkinsville. Architect: Mike Young. |
| 1997 |
Wendell
Coffee Golf Teaching Center opens in Tyrone, Architect: Rocky
Rocquemore. |
| 1997 |
Tournament
Players Club at Sugarloaf opens in Duluth. Architect: Greg
Norman. |
| 1997 |
Peachtree
Family Golf Center opens in Duluth. Architect: John LeFoy. |
| 1998 |
Cateechee
Golf Club opens in Hartwell. Architect: Michael Young. |
| 1998 |
Creekside
Golf and Country Club opens in Dallas. Formerly Westchester
Country Club and Paulding County Country Club. Architect:
Robert Rausch and Richard Mandell of Whole in One Design Group. |
| 1998 |
Laurel Springs
Golf Course opens in Suwanee. Architect: Jack Nicklaus. |
| 1998 |
Smoke Rise
Golf and Country Club opens in Tucker. Architect: Gary Baird. |