Jones Foundation breaks ground on $23M project

Renovation has begun on the historic Bobby Jones Golf Course. Built in 1932 as a tribute to Atlanta’s most famous athlete, Bobby Jones, the course has closed and will undergo a total renovation, opening in the fall of 2018 as an entirely new golf experience and expanded facility.

The non-profit Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation will invest approximately $23 million in the re-development of the new golf course and clubhouse facilities. The first phase of the project includes a unique reversible 9-hole (one of only two in the United States), championship course designed by the late Atlanta architect Bob Cupp, driving range, indoor instruction building and short game practice area as well as a new maintenance facility.

The foundation is also coordinating with Bitsy Grant Tennis Center to construct a new parking deck to service both golf and tennis activities. A number of the existing tennis courts in the flood plain will be relocated on top of and adjacent to the new parking deck, adding two hard courts to the tennis complex.

In the second phase, the Foundation will partner with the Georgia State Golf Association and the Georgia Section of the PGA of America in the second phase of the project to create the “Georgia Golf House” to be the center of golf in Georgia.

The foundation is also partnering with the Shepherd Center to create a state-of-the-art program for adaptive golfers. The course renovations will include a 9-hole “wee links” of 50-70 yards, named the “Cupp Links” in honor of Mr. Cupp, designed specifically for adaptive golf and junior golfers.

The course will also become the new home of the Georgia State University women’s and men’s golf teams.