East Lake Golf Club

Course Type: Private

Client Course Description

In 1994, famed architect Rees Jones restored Donald Ross' original golf course layout. The course measures 7,374 yards from the championship tees and plays to par 72. East Lake’s signature hole is the 168-yard, par-3 sixth, which plays from an elevated tee to a diagonally angled peninsula green. This particular green complex existed on the original Tom Bendelow course, where it served as the green at the par-5 16th and was one of the first island greens in America.

Designer Notes

Design Role: Complete Redesign 1994

Co-Designer(s): Greg Muirhead

As the centerpiece of the dramatic East Lake urban renewal project, we completely rebuilt this course to bring back the Donald Ross style while at the same time making it competitive for the longer, stronger golfers playing with the latest equipment. Changes continue to be made as the course annually hosts the PGA TOUR Championship, now the final event of the FedEx Cup.

Tournaments

• Tour Championship by Coca-Cola: Annually
• U.S.G.A. Men's Amateur: 2001

Awards

• Golf Digest: America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses
• Golf Magazine: Top 100 Courses in the World and U.S.
• Golfweek: America's 100 Best Classical Courses