Atlanta Country Club

Atlanta Country Club sits in the East Cobb area of Marietta and dates to the mid-1960s. Its design credit was long disputed, with both Willard Byrd of Atlanta and Joseph Finger of Houston claiming the work, but the matter was settled during a 2022 renovation when architect Beau Welling uncovered Byrd's original plans for the course. The par-72 layout, playing to roughly 7,100 yards, gained national fame as host of the PGA Tour's Atlanta stop for nearly three decades, from 1967 through 1996. Over the years the event carried several names, including the Atlanta Golf Classic, the BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic and, finally, the BellSouth Classic. That long tournament pedigree made the club one of Georgia's best-known competitive venues outside Augusta.