Atlanta Golf Guide

For highly ranked private golf, start with Peachtree Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta Athletic Club’s Highlands Course, and Atlanta Country Club. Golf Digest’s 2025–26 Georgia ranking places them at Nos. 2, 4, 6, and 7 respectively. A course ranking is not a ranking of membership affordability or family amenities.

Public tee-time options in this guide include Chastain Park, Candler Park, Bobby Jones, Cobblestone in Acworth, and semi-private Echelon in Alpharetta. Check the operator’s website for opening times, rates, and available tee times.

The City of Atlanta publishes regular green fees of $9–$13 for nine-hole Candler Park and $23.50–$32 for Chastain Park, depending on residency and day. Chastain’s riding cart costs extra. These are examples, not a fixed metropolitan average, and they may change.

Among the published standard rates used in this guide, Candler Park offers a $9 regular resident green fee Monday through Thursday for nine holes. Residency rules and the latest rates should be confirmed before booking.

There is no reliable metro-wide green-fee average established in this guide. Nine-hole city courses and premium daily-fee courses are not directly comparable; rates also depend on weekday, resident status, cart inclusion, and demand.

Many private clubs do not publish full-golf initiation fees and monthly dues. Ask each club for written current membership categories, initiation fees, dues, food minimums, assessments, cart fees, guest privileges, and availability. This guide does not treat internet estimates as confirmed prices.

Usually only with a club-approved arrangement, such as an invitation from an eligible member or a qualifying outing. Private clubs should not be treated as open public tee-time facilities. Contact the club before making plans.

The Golf Club of Georgia is in Alpharetta; Atlanta Athletic Club and Country Club of the South are in Johns Creek; and White Columns Country Club is in Milton. Membership terms, access rights, and locations should be evaluated separately.

No. Candler Park is a nine-hole course, and Bobby Jones Golf Course uses a reversible nine-hole design. Several other listed courses are traditional 18-hole layouts, while some private clubs have more than one course. Compare the length and format when reviewing prices.

Not necessarily. Homeownership, an HOA membership, and membership in a private golf club are often separate arrangements. Before buying, review HOA documents and obtain golf membership privileges and charges directly from the club in writing.

Golf-centered home searches often start in Windward and other Alpharetta neighborhoods, Country Club of the South in Johns Creek, White Columns in Milton, and East Cobb near Atlanta Country Club. Proximity to a course does not necessarily mean a home is golf-front or membership-eligible.

Confirm the property’s actual course frontage, recorded easements, golf-ball exposure, cart-path traffic, privacy, drainage, HOA dues, club charges, and club access rights. A course view and guaranteed ability to play are not the same thing.

Use the searchable Golf Course Finder higher on this page. It has 12 profiles, location and access filters, a map for each listed course, and links to directions. For booking or joining, verify with the individual course operator.

Yes. The Blumenfeld Group can help compare neighborhoods, available homes, HOAs, and location tradeoffs in North Atlanta. Golf access and membership availability must still be confirmed directly with the relevant club.