Best golf courses: Atlanta

Atlanta: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Palmer, Arnold

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An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Atlanta
Fazio, Tom

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Atlanta

Designer

Tom Fazio

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Atlanta
Norman, Greg

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Private club

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Atlanta

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Greg Norman

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Atlanta
Jones Sr, Finger & Jones

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Private club

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Original 27-hole layout at this location designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1964).
Highlands course: front-nine designed by Joe Finger (1971); back-nine uses nine of the original 27 holes. Modifications made to both nines by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1980s), and Rees Jones (2006).
Riverside course: comprises 18 holes of the original RTJ Sr 27-hole layout (1964). Later redesigned by his son Rees Jones (2003).

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Atlanta
Bendelow, Ross & Jones

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Private club

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Atlanta

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Original course (No.1) designed by Tom Bendelow (1908); significantly redesigned and re-routed by Donald Ross (1913). Rees Jones (1994) restored Ross’s original layout, which had fallen into serious decline during the 1970s and 80s.
East Lake's No.2 course was designed by Donald Ross (1928), but was buried under a public housing project in 1970.

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Atlanta
Jones, RT Sr & Bobby Jones

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Private club

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Atlanta

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Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr & Bobby Jones (1947); later modifications by Joe Finger (1973) and Bob Cupp (2005).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Rsrt guests only
Atlanta
Cupp, Bob

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Atlanta

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Bob Cupp.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Atlanta
Cupp, Bob

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Bob Cupp, with player consultants Fuzzy Zoeller and Hubert Green.

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Rsrt guests only
Atlanta
Jones, Rees

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Atlanta

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Rees Jones

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Rsrt guests only
Atlanta
Nicklaus, Jack

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Atlanta

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Jack Nicklaus

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Jones Sr, Robert Trent

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Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1968); updated and renovated by John LeFoy (1990) and Davis Love III (2006).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Walker, Bob

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Atlanta

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Bob Walker

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Griffiths, Denis

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Atlanta

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Denis Griffiths

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private course
Atlanta
Engh, Jim

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Private course

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Atlanta

Designer

Jim Engh

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Young, Mike

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Mike Young

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Nicklaus, Jack

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Atlanta

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A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Griffiths, Denis

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Atlanta

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Denis Griffiths

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Atlanta
Crenshaw & Coore

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Private club

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Atlanta

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Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Weiskopf & Morrish

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Atlanta

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Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Griffiths, Denis

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Denis Griffiths

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Griffiths, Denis

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Denis Griffiths

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Wilson & Lee

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Atlanta

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Dick Wilson & Joe Lee

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Nicklaus, Jack

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Atlanta

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Jack Nicklaus

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
McGovern & Wilson

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Atlanta

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J.B. McGovern & Dick Wilson

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Fazio, Jim

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Atlanta

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Jim Fazio

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Dye, Ken

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Atlanta

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Ken Dye

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Atlanta
Fazio, Tom

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Visitors welcome

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Atlanta

Designer

Tom Fazio

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