Atlanta, GA

East Lake Golf Club

East Lake’s story joins an amateur golfer’s home to a wider civic ambition. Established in 1904, it became closely associated with Bobby Jones and later recast championship golf as a means of supporting the surrounding Atlanta community.

Course: 18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1908
Original architect: Tom Bendelow
Club website: Visit website

The course

East Lake Golf Club18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1908

Course design

Andrew GreenRestoration · East Lake Golf Club · 2023–2024

Donald RossRedesign · East Lake Golf Club · 1913

George CobbUnknown · East Lake Golf Club · 1959

Rees JonesRestoration · East Lake Golf Club · 1994

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Tom BendelowOriginal design · East Lake Golf Club

A home for champions, then a community purpose

Jones attended the July 4, 1908 opening with his father and grew up beside the course. He later served as Club president in 1946-47, giving his association an institutional role.

At the 1963 Ryder Cup, Arnold Palmer combined playing and captaincy duties while the United States defeated Great Britain 23-9. International team competition had arrived at a Club already identified with a great individual amateur.

A charitable foundation purchased East Lake in 1993, linking its renewal to neighborhood programs. The TOUR Championship first arrived in 1998 and became a permanent fixture in 2005. Championship hosting and the Club’s community purpose developed together within this renewed institutional model.

The Club describes that purpose through partnerships with the East Lake Foundation, Drew Charter School, Charlie Yates Golf Course and other local organizations. Education, housing access and economic mobility form the stated aims, extending the institution’s work beyond maintaining a course and staging a tournament.

Championships

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Results and dates 29 editions

1950s

1950
U.S. Women’s Amateur
Beverly Hanson
September 11–16, 1950

1960s

1963
Ryder Cup
United States (Ryder Cup)

1990s

1998
TOUR Championship
Hal Sutton
October 29–November 1, 1998

2000s

2000
TOUR Championship
Phil Mickelson
November 2–5, 2000
2001
U.S. Amateur
Ben “Bubba” Dickerson
August 20–26, 2001
2002
TOUR Championship
Vijay Singh
October 31–November 3, 2002
2004
TOUR Championship
Retief Goosen
November 4–7, 2004
2005
TOUR Championship
Bart Bryant
November 3–6, 2005
2006
TOUR Championship
Adam Scott
November 2–5, 2006
2007
TOUR Championship
Tiger Woods
September 13–16, 2007
2008
TOUR Championship
Camilo Villegas
September 25–28, 2008
2009
TOUR Championship
Phil Mickelson
September 24–27, 2009

2010s

2010
TOUR Championship
Jim Furyk
September 23–26, 2010
2011
TOUR Championship
Bill Haas
September 22–25, 2011
2012
TOUR Championship
Brandt Snedeker
September 20–23, 2012
2013
TOUR Championship
Henrik Stenson
September 19–22, 2013
2014
TOUR Championship
Billy Horschel
September 11–14, 2014
2015
TOUR Championship
Jordan Spieth
September 24–27, 2015
2016
TOUR Championship
Rory McIlroy
September 22–25, 2016
2017
TOUR Championship
Xander Schauffele
September 21–24, 2017
2018
TOUR Championship
Tiger Woods
September 20–23, 2018
2019
TOUR Championship
Rory McIlroy
August 22–25, 2019

2020s

2020
TOUR Championship
Dustin Johnson
September 4–7, 2020
2021
TOUR Championship
Patrick Cantlay
September 2–5, 2021
2022
TOUR Championship
Rory McIlroy
August 25–28, 2022
2023
TOUR Championship
Viktor Hovland
August 24–27, 2023
2024
TOUR Championship
Scottie Scheffler
August 29–September 1, 2024
2025
TOUR Championship
Tommy Fleetwood
August 21–24, 2025
2026
TOUR Championship
Scottie Scheffler
August 27–30, 2026

In the archive

Archive1963 Ryder CupExplore the Ryder Cup played at East Lake.Clubs in GA

Sources and editorial notes11 references

Sources for this story

East Lake Golf Club East Lake Golf Club
Golf With a Purpose and A legendary golf course: institutional mission and architectural succession.
Consulted 2026-09-15
Passages:Introduction A home for champions, then a community purpose, paragraph 4 A home for champions, then a community purpose, paragraph 5
2023 TOUR Championship Media Guide PGA TOUR
PDF pages 4 and 122, printed pages 3 and 121: course chronology, Jones, 1963 Ryder Cup and 1993 purchase.
Consulted 2026-09-15
Passages:A home for champions, then a community purpose, paragraph 2 A home for champions, then a community purpose, paragraph 3 A home for champions, then a community purpose, paragraph 4

Record sources9 references

golfcoursegurus
GCSAA: 2025 East Lake Cup course fact sheet
PGA Tour East Lake media guide
PGA TOUR: 2026 TOUR Championship Final-Round Notes Official final leaderboard, PDF page 1. Competition 2026-08-27 through 2026-08-30.
PGA TOUR: 2026 TOUR Championship Media Guide PGA TOUR annual summary, PDF page 1, identifies East Lake Golf Club. Exact course identity is retained.
USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 10, 2001 result row. Ben “Bubba” Dickerson d. Robert Hamilton, 1 up. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
Ryder Cup official history The official Ryder Cup history data records the 1963 course and result.
PGA TOUR Physical course venue; preserve existing institutional host history and results.
USGA: 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 8, 1950 result row. Retrospective completed-championship result and date range.