Charlie Yates Golf Course

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Charlie Yates Golf Course
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Coordinates 33°44′35″N84°18′56″W / 33.743005°N 84.315685°W / 33.743005; -84.315685
Location Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Established1930, 1998
TypePublic
Total holes9
Website www.charlieyatesgolfcourse.com
Charlie Yates Golf Course
Designed by Rees Jones

In 1998 East Lake Golf Club's No. 2 golf course was transformed into the Charlie Yates Golf Course, a 9-hole "executive" public course that also provides golf education to children living in the city of Atlanta. [1] The course was rated one of the top 10 short range courses in America by Golf Range Magazine and all profits from the course go to benefit the East Lake Foundation. [2]

Charlie Yates was an East Lake golfer who won the British Amateur in 1938. Charlie grew up on Second Avenue, the street which separated East Lake's main course from its No. 2 course. His boyhood hero was Bobby Jones whom he knew and played with on the course at East Lake.

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References

  1. "About Us | Charlie Yates Golf Course". Archived from the original on 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  2. "East Lake Partners | Community Redevelopment | Atlanta, Georgia | East Lake Foundation". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-04-25.