Bobby Jones Links plans to attract a younger generation of golfers by adopting advanced technology, new dress codes, modernized clubhouses, refreshed golf courses and facilities, an emphasis on wellness, and amenities and activities that serve the entire family.
Bobby Jones GC Reopening Set for November 5
After a year-long, $23 million renovation, the historic 86-year-old Atlanta property will feature a reversible design created by architect Bob Cupp as his last course project before his death in August. A new driving range, state-of-the-art indoor instructional building, short-game practice area, and a 6-hole “Cupp Links” short course will also be unveiled. The Bobby…
Bobby Jones GC Foundation and Environmental Group Reach Compromise
The Foundation has reworked its plans to remove 18 large trees, rather than 47, as it redesigns the Atlanta course. As part of the compromise, the Foundation will also plant 70 replacement trees within the buffer area along two creeks that border the property. The revised plan will also include more ground cover of native…
Bobby Jones GC to Move Forward with Redevelopment, Despite Pending Lawsuit
The Foundation that is working with the state of Georgia to reconfigure the historic 86-year-old course in Atlanta’s Buckhead section will continue to pursue plans to create a new nine-hole, reversible layout, despite the plaintiffs’ claims that the project should be subject to city ordinances, especially where tree removal and environmental impacts are concerned. Though…
City Subleases Bobby Jones GC Clubhouse
The Haynes Manor Recital Hall Foundation will sublease the building at the Atlanta, Ga., property from the city for $10 per year through 2037 with plans to convert it into a concert hall and music education center. The golf course is currently closed for a $23 million renovation. Atlanta City Council has approved the sublease of…
Environmental Organization Opposes Bobby Jones GC Plan
The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is strongly opposing a plan by the Bobby Jones Golf Foundation to encroach within the stream buffers of Tanyard Creek and Peachtree Creek as part of the redevelopment of Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta. The foundation is “carefully reviewing and considering Riverkeeper’s comments.” The environmental destruction surrounding the redevelopment of the…
Friday Filmfest: Footage of Bobby Jones GC Transformation
The Atlanta, Ga., property has been undergoing a $23 million reconstruction project that includes transforming its 18 tees, greens, and fairways into a nine-hole reversible course. Developers put together two videos to document the layout’s changes. As C&RB has reported, since last November, Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta, Ga., has been undergoing a $23…
Bobby Jones GC Undergoes $23M Project
The Atlanta, Ga., property closed on October 31 with a reopening scheduled for fall 2018. The project, funded by the Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation, will create a reversible nine-hole course designed by the late Bob Cupp, driving range, indoor instruction building, short game practice area, and a new maintenance facility. The Bobby Jones Golf…
Kentucky, Florida Clubs Develop Master Plans
Audubon Country Club in Louisville, Ky., is working with focus groups within the club to help gain different opinions on the course and property’s direction. The municipal Bobby Jones Golf Course complex in Sarasota, Fla., is also working on a master plan over the next 12 weeks, which will include short-, mid- and long-term projects and goals for the course.
Bobby Jones GC, Smoke Rise CC to be Managed by Mosaic Clubs & Resorts
The Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation is planning millions of dollars in improvements to the Atlanta golf facility in the next few years, including a new Bob Cupp-designed golf course. Smoke Rise CC in Stone Mountain, Ga., recently invested more than $5 million in its aquatic, tennis and fitness center amenities.
Atlanta Takes Over Four Municipal Golf Courses
The city has taken over management of the golf courses with a “skeleton crew” after twice rejecting a $15 million bid from the nonprofit Atlanta Public Golf Conservancy. The management change, which the city has not fully explained, was triggered by the controversial shift of the Bobby Jones Golf Course in October to state ownership, severing the city’s relationship with American Golf Corporation, which managed the golf courses for 30 years.
American Golf’s Lease for Atlanta Course Management Expires
After three decades, the Los Angeles-based company will no longer manage five of the city of Atlanta’s six courses, which will now be operated by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department while the possibility of finding a new management firm is kept open.
City Amends Bobby Jones GC Agreement
In June, the Atlanta city council approved a property swap in which it would transfer golf course ownership to the state in exchange for property near the Underground Atlanta shopping and entertainment district. The city will now lease the golf course’s clubhouse from the state for $1 a year for 30 years, and the Bitsy Grant Tennis Center for $1 a year for 50 years.
City Considers Bobby Jones GC Land Swap
The proposed deal would send ownership of the Atlanta golf course to the state, which would invest up to $50 million and keep it open to the public, in exchange for a parking deck. The golf course would also be converted from 18 holes to nine to make room for a driving range.
Sarasota (Fla.) Commissioners Give Go-Ahead to $14.5M Upgrade for Bobby Jones GC
A master planning firm will now be hired to begin the process of undertaking $3.5 million renovations of each of the club’s 18-hole golf courses, the first of which was designed by Donald Ross in 1925 and then dedicated by Jones. The property, described as “the largest land asset that the city owns,” will also get a new $3.5 million clubhouse and $1.5 million player development center if the plan is fully implemented.