Atlanta Athletic Club

Atlanta Athletic Club

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golf_facility_name = Atlanta Athletic Club


imagesize = 300px
caption = Par - 3 15th, Highlands Course.
location = Johns Creek, Georgia
establishment = 1898 (1904 for golf course)
type = Private
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holes = 45
tournaments =
website = [http://www.atlantaathleticclub.org Atlanta Athletic Club]
course1 = Highlands Course
designer1 = Robert Trent Jones
par1 = 72
length1 = 7,567
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course2 = Riverside Course
designer2 = Robert Trent Jones
par2 = 72
length2 = 6,958
rating2 = 73.6
record2 =
course3 = Par 3 Course
designer3 = Robert Trent Jones
par3 = 27
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The Atlanta Athletic Club, (AAC), founded in 1898, is a world-renowned private athletic club in Johns Creek, Georgia, a suburb 23 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia. 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 1967 the AAC sold both properties and moved to an expansive site in what was then Duluth, Georgia. 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, a PGA Tour golf tournament.

The AAC hosted the 1963 Ryder Cup at East Lake, the 1976 U.S. Open, the 1981 and 2001 PGA Championships on its Highlands Course, and the 1990 U.S. Women's Open on its Riverside Course. The Club will host its third PGA Championship on the newly-renovated Highlands course in 2011. Other non-golf events hosted by the AAC include the first two Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournaments in 1933 and 1934. The Riverside course, renovated by Rees Jones in 2002, was recognized among the top 10 new private courses in 2004 by "Golf Digest".

The AAC offers two 18-hole golf courses, a health center, indoor and outdoor tennis, a par-3 course, Olympic-sized pool, as well as fine dining.

Famous members and former members of the AAC include golfers Bobby Jones, John Heisman (for whom the Heisman Trophy is named), Charles R. Yates, Alexa Stirling, Mark Price, Steve Byron, and Dan Reeves. In the 2004 film "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius" the AAC was used to film many of the golf scenes.

Major tournaments hosted

Bolded Years are major championships on the PGA Tour

External links

* [http://www.atlantaathleticclub.org AAC Home Page]
* [http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/news/atlanta121905.html Highlands Renovation in Preparation for 2011 PGA Championship]
* [http://www.ulcc.org/utility/platinumclub.asp AAC voted #1 Athletic Club]


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