Peachtree Golf Club

Peachtree Golf Club opened in 1948 in north Atlanta, built on a 240-acre former nursery tract and named for the peach trees on the property. The club was conceived by Atlanta's own Bobby Jones with associates including Coca-Cola chairman Robert Woodruff, reportedly born of frustration with crowded play at East Lake. Jones chose the then up-and-coming architect Robert Trent Jones to design it, aiming to build a course in the spirit of Augusta National and better it if possible. The collaboration became a landmark in American golf architecture and helped launch Trent Jones's celebrated career, featuring large, boldly contoured greens and a layout that stretched to roughly 7,400 yards, unusually long for its era. Peachtree has remained a strictly private, golf-only club, with no tennis courts or pool. It hosted the 1989 Walker Cup Match and has long ranked among the finest courses in the United States.