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Bobby Jones Golf Course

3.5 (24 reviews)
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Brittany W.

I recently took a tennis lesson here and really enjoyed my experience. Patrick was my instructor. He was great and very informative. He is very serious about the sport while still beginner friendly which I appreciate. Both the tennis and the the golf course are really well kept which creates a beautiful ambiance. I was also surprised to have a great experience at the restaurant on the property as well. The food was surprisingly good.

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Alex h.

Bobby Jones is a has a beautiful golf course, along with an excellent staff. The course is up kept perfectly and those greens are something to be seen! Polite, professional, energetic, and eager to help new golfers. I am looking forward to coming back and playing the Azalea routing.

GPS in every cart. Bluetooth speakers too.
Daniel B.

As an avid golfer who has lived less than 10 minutes away from Bobby Jones Golf Course since moving to Atlanta in 2000, I was always disappointed that the course closest to me: (1) was not very good; in fact, one of the worst 18-hole courses I've played and (2) didn't have a driving range. As I wrote in my review for the old course, I always told people that Bobby Jones was probably rolling around in his grave knowing this course was named after him (you can read reviews for the old course here: http://bit.ly/2KjkDUW). I can't say that anymore. What a transformation. I'm very happy with how the renovation turned out. The course's history is long and interesting. At a high level: The course originally opened as an 18-hole course in 1932, the city's first public course. In 2017-18, the course underwent a major renovation. It reopened as a completely different, modern, reversible, 9-hole course with practice facilities in November 2018. There's even a 6-hole course designed for kids and adaptive golfers. At the time of writing this review, parts of the property have yet to open or are still under construction. The big one is the new clubhouse set to open in 2020. The course is home for the Georgia PGA, the Georgia State Golf Association, and the Georgia State University golf teams. I've played on a lot of courses (http://bit.ly/2LPSCHQ), but never one with a parking deck (yep, this place has a deck). On top are tennis courts. Currently, the clubhouse is in a temporary building, but as I told one of my golf buddies, even the temporary clubhouse here is nicer than some metro Atlanta courses' permanent clubhouses (the declining popularity of golf has not been kind to many courses over recent years). The course has done a terrific job with branding and marketing. I love all the touches to the place, from the warning sign on the clubhouse deck (a nod to Bethpage Black) to the wicker basket pins a la Merion Golf Club (http://bit.ly/2ZoPfLa, used for tourneys and special events). The course's logo, an iconic image of Bobby Jones, is on everything including bag stands at the range and the bag drop. Even the bunker rakes are different: http://bit.ly/2ynePEt. They've brought their A game when it comes to social media. I especially like seeing the course's tweets about course maintenance. Check them out on Twitter at @bobbyjonesgc (http://bit.ly/2KdpjMj). The course has a very nice fleet of quiet and great-handling Club Car electric carts. The seats are among the most comfortable around. Along with club and ball cleaners, USB ports, and GPS, the carts are also outfitted with Bluetooth speakers. As you start each hole, the touchscreen will display a hole description and playing tips/strategies. On the day we played, we could pretty much drive wherever on the course we wanted, except for on/around the greens of course. Like other courses, the GPS will restrict you from driving in certain areas. The driving range is huge with 60 grass tees and mats. Grass/mat days rotate. There's a dual-dispensing Range Servant that you can pay at directly for range balls (no need to go to the clubhouse). They use Bridgestone practice balls. You can get a large basket of 70 balls for $15. Not sure what the other prices are. 20 range balls are included with each round. At the time we played, only one practice putting and chipping green was open. I don't recall seeing a practice bunker. All of the practice areas were in great shape. As for the course itself, where do I begin? First, they cut down a lot of trees, so that was sad. The design, done pro bono by the late Bob Cupp, is links-style and was inspired by the Old Course at St Andrews (http://bit.ly/2KhZ3At). There is no rough and with the lack of trees, it's hard to lose your ball. This wide-open, minimalist design can also make the course confusing for first-timers. Since several of the holes aren't tree-lined or clearly defined, it's not always obvious which direction you should be aiming. The reversibility is an extremely unique design. You can play 9 one day and play a completely different 9 the next day. The two 9s are called Azalea and Magnolia. They're reversed daily. Not only can the 9s be reversed, but there are 8 sets of tees, making this course playable for all skill levels. Azalea measures as little as 1,605 yards and as long as 3,667 yards; Magnolia plays 1,651 yards to 3,780 yards. You can think of levels 7, 6, and 5 as tips, blue tees, and white tees, respectively. Every green is a large double green with two pins. If you play 18 holes, you aim at the second set of pins on the back 9. The course was in excellent condition during our first outing recently. All that said, 9 holes on a weekend morning here is relatively expensive. We paid about $45 each for 9 holes. Compare that to Charlie Yates at East Lake where 9 on a weekend morning will only set you back about $26. You can play 18 holes on some courses in the Atlanta area for the same price as 9 holes here.

$19 for a bucket of 70 balls for their range before 2pm. Their website says they're $13 but this follows the theme of this course. Overpriced Edit: that's nonsense that you haven't charged that since November. See attached. It seems to go up on nice days

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