Atlanta Country Club is a private golf club in the southeastern United States , located in the Chattahoochee Plantation section of East Cobb, Georgia , a suburb northwest of Atlanta . The club was founded 60 years ago in 1964 and opened two years later.
5-680: The Atlanta Country Club has had the distinction of hosting many golf tournaments over the years and most notably the Atlanta Classic on the PGA Tour for 29 years ( 1967 – 1996 ). The tournament's name changed three times during its tenure at the Atlanta Country Club. The Atlanta Classic was held at the Atlanta Country club from Atlanta Classic (1967–1981) but not in 1974 or 1976 , due to other events. It hosted
10-619: The BellSouth Classic (1992–1996). The Bell South Classic moved to TPC at Sugarloaf in 1997 . The Atlanta Country Club has also hosted two amateur tournaments conducted by the United States Golf Association . It hosted the 14th United States Senior Men's Amateur Golf Championship in 1968, won by Curtis Person, Sr., and the 71st United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship in 1971, won by Laura Baugh . Atlanta Classic The Atlanta Classic
15-634: The inaugural Tournament Players Championship in 1974 , won by Jack Nicklaus on Labor Day . Originally a rotating event, it relocated in 1982 to its present home TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida . The Atlanta Classic was not played in 1976 because the U.S. Open was at Atlanta Athletic Club . The Atlanta Golf Classic was later named the Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic (1982–1988), BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic (1989–1991), and finally
20-587: Was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour , a regular stop in suburban Atlanta for over four decades. It was founded in 1967 , although previous events dating to 1934 are included in the PGA Tour's past winners list. AT&T was the last title sponsor of the tournament. From 1967 to 1996 , it was played at the Atlanta Country Club in Marietta , northwest of Atlanta. From 1997 to 2008 , it
25-745: Was played over the Stables and Meadows nines at TPC at Sugarloaf in Duluth , northeast of Atlanta. For most of its years, the Atlanta tournament was usually held in May. From 1999 to 2006 , it was moved to early April, the week before the Masters . Its final two editions were in mid-May, a week after the Players Championship (which was moved from late March). The tournament was cancelled after
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