Club information | |
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Location | Johns Creek, Georgia, U.S. |
Established | 1898 (1904 for golf course) |
Type | Private |
Total holes | 45 |
Events hosted |
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Website | Atlanta Athletic Club |
Highlands Course | |
Designed by | Robert Trent Jones, back 9 Joe Lee, front 9 Rees Jones (2006 & 2016 redesigned) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,613 yards (6,961 m) |
Course rating | 77.0 |
Riverside Course | |
Designed by | Robert Trent Jones Rees Jones (2003 redesign) Tripp Davis (2022 redesigned) |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,152 yards (6,540 m) |
Course rating | 76.2 |
Par 3 Course | |
Par | 27 |
Atlanta Athletic Club (AAC), founded in 1898, is a private country club in Johns Creek, Georgia, a suburb 23 miles north of Atlanta. The original home of the club was a 10-story building located on Carnegie Way, and in 1904 a golf course was built on Atlanta's East Lake property. In 1908, John Heisman (the Georgia Tech football coach for whom the Heisman Trophy was named) was hired as the AAC athletic director.
While it was downtown, its team placed third in the 1921 Amateur Athletic Union National Basketball Championship defeating Lowe and Campbell Athletic Goods 36–31 in the third place game. [1] At the time colleges, athletic clubs and factory-sponsored clubs all competed in the same league.
It built 3 9-hole golf courses in 1967, in a then-unincorporated area of Fulton County that had a Duluth mailing address and would eventually become Johns Creek in 2006. In 1968, the AAC sold the East Lake property. The vacated East Lake site became East Lake Golf Club and was refurbished during the 1990s. It is now the home of The Tour Championship, currently the final event of the PGA Tour golf season.
AAC hosted the 1950 U.S. Women's Amateur and 1963 Ryder Cup at East Lake, the 1976 U.S. Open, the 1981, 2001 and 2011 PGA Championships, and the 2021 KPMG PGA Women's Championship on its Highlands Course, and the 1990 U.S. Women's Open on its Riverside Course. The AAC used both of its current regulation courses to host the 2014 U.S. Amateur, with stroke-play qualifying on the Riverside and Highlands Courses and match play on the Highlands Course. The Riverside course, renovated by Rees Jones in 2002, was recognized among the top 10 new private courses in 2004 by Golf Digest . It as renovated again in 2022 by Tripp Davis.
AAC has hosted many non-golf events including the first two Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournaments in 1933 and 1934. In 1984 and 1985, AAC hosted the U.S. Open Badminton Championship. During the 1990s, AAC hosted the AT&T Challenge, Atlanta's ATP professional tennis stop.
AAC has two 18-hole golf courses, a fitness center, indoor and outdoor tennis, a par-3 course, Olympic-sized pool, as well as dining.
Famous members of AAC include golfers Bobby Jones, Charlie Yates, Alexa Stirling, Watts Gunn, Dot Kirby, and Tommy Barnes; tennis players Nat Thornton and Bitsy Grant; and basketball player Bob Kurland.
In the 2004 film Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, many of the golf scenes were filmed at AAC.
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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1976 U.S. Open | -- / -- | 455 | 450 | 460 | 205 | 540 | 440 | 175 | 420 | 415 | 3560 | 370 | 480 | 510 | 390 | 415 | 215 | 410 | 205 | 460 | 3455 | 7015 |
2001 PGA | -- / -- | 430 | 571 | 469 | 204 | 541 | 425 | 183 | 463 | 416 | 3602 | 439 | 454 | 547 | 364 | 442 | 227 | 441 | 207 | 490 | 3511 | 7213 |
2011 PGA | -- / -- | 454 | 512 | 475 | 219 | 565 | 425 | 184 | 467 | 426 | 3727 | 442 | 457 | 551 | 372 | 468 | 260 | 476 | 207 | 507 | 3740 | 7467 |
Champ | 77.0 / 152 | 446 | 543 | 478 | 219 | 567 | 426 | 197 | 470 | 429 | 3775 | 436 | 457 | 555 | 391 | 468 | 260 | 485 | 210 | 576 | 3838 | 7613 |
Gold | 75.9 / 149 | 442 | 540 | 475 | 194 | 548 | 425 | 183 | 446 | 426 | 3679 | 421 | 443 | 523 | 387 | 451 | 227 | 409 | 207 | 557 | 3625 | 7304 |
Blue | 73.9 / 141 | 398 | 512 | 445 | 165 | 541 | 403 | 179 | 421 | 407 | 3471 | 405 | 421 | 495 | 364 | 413 | 204 | 373 | 186 | 528 | 3389 | 6860 |
Tournament | 72.6 / 142 | 398 | 471 | 407 | 142 | 541 | 403 | 179 | 376 | 407 | 3324 | 379 | 393 | 474 | 364 | 365 | 204 | 373 | 154 | 528 | 3234 | 6558 |
White | 71.3 / 134 | 368 | 471 | 407 | 142 | 501 | 370 | 162 | 376 | 372 | 3169 | 379 | 393 | 474 | 339 | 365 | 175 | 336 | 154 | 500 | 3115 | 6284 |
Green | 68.8 / 127 | 324 | 448 | 363 | 128 | 469 | 330 | 135 | 349 | 351 | 2897 | 362 | 339 | 448 | 307 | 335 | 145 | 296 | 124 | 462 | 2818 | 5715 |
SI | Men's | 13 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 4 | |||
Par | U.S. Open & PGA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 | |
SI | Women's | 9 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 4 | |||
Green | 74.5 / 142 | 324 | 448 | 363 | 128 | 469 | 330 | 135 | 349 | 351 | 2897 | 362 | 339 | 448 | 307 | 335 | 145 | 296 | 124 | 462 | 2818 | 5715 |
Tournament | 73.3 / 136 | 310 | 441 | 324 | 128 | 436 | 330 | 135 | 295 | 351 | 2750 | 353 | 339 | 389 | 292 | 323 | 145 | 296 | 124 | 397 | 2658 | 5408 |
Black | 71.6 / 131 | 310 | 441 | 324 | 92 | 436 | 296 | 90 | 295 | 307 | 2591 | 353 | 318 | 389 | 292 | 323 | 103 | 266 | 103 | 397 | 2544 | 5135 |
Silver | 70.1 / 129 | 310 | 399 | 289 | 92 | 405 | 296 | 90 | 253 | 273 | 2407 | 353 | 318 | 389 | 266 | 283 | 103 | 266 | 95 | 358 | 2431 | 4838 |
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold | 74.9 / 141 | 602 | 444 | 168 | 398 | 584 | 197 | 481 | 215 | 488 | 3577 | 407 | 179 | 554 | 417 | 311 | 440 | 456 | 243 | 567 | 3574 | 7152 |
Blue | 73.2 / 137 | 571 | 421 | 155 | 370 | 555 | 179 | 446 | 192 | 462 | 3351 | 384 | 165 | 529 | 403 | 389 | 430 | 440 | 217 | 544 | 3401 | 6752 |
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White | 70.6 / 133 | 547 | 398 | 125 | 348 | 540 | 148 | 397 | 160 | 423 | 3086 | 362 | 141 | 499 | 370 | 276 | 409 | 390 | 181 | 508 | 3136 | 6222 |
Green | 67.5 / 125 | 490 | 358 | 104 | 316 | 472 | 121 | 348 | 135 | 381 | 2722 | 330 | 115 | 454 | 319 | 249 | 369 | 340 | 153 | 445 | 2774 | 5496 |
SI | Men's | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||
Par | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 | |
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Green | 73.6 / 130 | 480 | 367 | 461 | 320 | 336 | 122 | 332 | 133 | 372 | 2923 | 322 | 113 | 370 | 418 | 301 | 346 | 317 | 154 | 449 | 2790 | 5713 |
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Black | 64.9 / 122 | 450 | 295 | 80 | 260 | 424 | 102 | 325 | 122 | 338 | 2396 | 298 | 95 | 416 | 273 | 225 | 312 | 305 | 131 | 405 | 2460 | 4857 |
Year | Tournament | Course(s) | Winner |
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1950 | U.S. Women's Amateur | East Lake Country Club | Beverly Hanson |
1963 | Ryder Cup | East Lake Country Club | USA - Arnold Palmer |
1976 | U.S. Open | Highlands | Jerry Pate |
1981 | PGA Championship | Highlands | Larry Nelson |
1990 | U.S. Women's Open | Riverside | Betsy King |
2001 | PGA Championship | Highlands | David Toms |
2011 | PGA Championship | Highlands | Keegan Bradley |
2014 | U.S. Amateur | Riverside (stroke play) Highlands (stroke and match play) | Gunn Yang |
2017 | Arnold Palmer Cup | Highlands | U.S. 19.5–11.5 |
2021 | Women's PGA Championship | Highlands | Nelly Korda |
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