Atlanta Course Suggestion

[clemsontiger]

Can anyone recommend a good place to play and/or practice? I just moved to Atlanta and am living pretty close to downtown. Great for work but am struggling to find good golf options.

[dukeman]

There really aren't many good in-town options for golf. Chastain Park and Bobby Jones golf courses are pretty good for munis, but they suffer from typical muni problems...less than ideal conditions, over-crowding. They are close, however, and not very expensive. Heritage is a decent 27 hole layout. It's not too far away and is usually in decent shape.

There are plenty of other courses outside the perimeter, but they are 45 minutes or more away. Check out reviews on golfnow and you'll get a good feel for the area.

[thejuice]

Heritage has a great practice area but can be pricey. Chastain (known as North Fulton) doesn't have a range at all but is the nicest of the "in-town" munis. Wolf Creek, just ten minutes or so west of the airport, is a REALLY nice course compared to the other public options in Atlanta. It has some blind shots so it'll take a couple of rounds to get used to it but you would.

I'd say look at a membership option to Heritage or Wolf Creek and be ready to drive at least 25-30 minutes for good golf on days you don't want to play those courses (unless you have the coin to join some of the private clubs in the city, which are phenomenal).

[Peach State Pride]

There are a bunch of Cannongate courses around the Atlanta area. The main perk about Cannongate is the variety of golf at your disposal, being a member allows you to play at any of their courses. For example I have 4 courses to choose from within a 15 minute drive; Of course my opinion is biased being that I am a Cannongate employee.

[thejuice]

The only problem I have with Canongate is that they are mostly on the Southside of town and the ones on the Northside are more expensive. It just doesn't make sense to me that is cost more to be a member of the same club if you live on the Northside than if you lived on the Southside.

[UGABMC398]

Yeah, if you are in town, Cannongate is a waste of money unless you like driving 90 minutes total to and from the golf course.

Wolf Creek and Heritage are decent options. They too both get crowded. I wouldn't bother with Bobby Jones to be honest, unless you like playing golf while getting balls hit at you. None intentional of course, but its where all the once a year golfers go to get a round in.

North Fulton IS the best of the Intown publics, but even then is suspect at best. Check out the Stone Mountain courses....each is solid and pace of play is usually not an issue there. Mystery Valley is a good budget track (~$40) but pace of play is suspect and ive gotten stuck behind groups of 5 or more golfers out there before. River Pines is a good little track up in Alpharetta thats about $50-$60 usually and always in good shape and they keep play moving there.

[schwaz19]

For practice I would suggest Charlie Yates, good range and fun executive course. My favorite reasonably priced public courses are Riverpines and Lakemont at Stone Mountain.