Peachtree Golf Club

Bobby Jones's Atlanta club, built with Robert Trent Jones Sr., known for huge greens, rolling Piedmont terrain and the 1989 Walker Cup.

Peachtree grew out of Bobby Jones's wish for a private course in his home city after Augusta National. He brought in Robert Trent Jones Sr., then early in his career, and the two worked on it from 1945. Nine holes were ready in 1947 and the full course opened in 1948. Jones's illness, syringomyelia, meant he barely got to play the finished layout.

The design borrows Augusta's approach: wide corridors through tall pines, few forced carries off the tee and large, heavily defended greens. Several were among the biggest in the country when built, so pin position dictates where the approach has to land. The routing doubles back to show earlier holes from new angles. Peachtree has changed little over eight decades. The club hosted the 1989 Walker Cup at about 7,043 yards and otherwise stays out of the spotlight, which suits a membership that values privacy.

Holes to know

2

Par 5

Runs out along a ridge, drops over a creek to a split fairway and finishes at a green guarded by a pond. An early statement of how demanding the course is.

10

Built with one of the largest greens in the country at the time, so the approach is only half the job.

Championships

• Walker Cup 1989

Design history

• Recent program: fairways converted to zoysia and trees pruned to reopen original views