Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club prepares for TOUR Championship takeover

East Lake Golf Club prepares for TOUR Championship

The TOUR Championship is bringing the best golf players in the world to Atlanta, and the city is getting everything ready for August's big match.

ATLANTA - Just as it’s a tradition for the TOUR Championship to take over Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club every summer, it’s also a tradition for Good Day Atlanta to stop by about a month early to check out the preparations.

This year’s TOUR Championship will take over East Lake Golf Club from Aug. 20 through 24, marking the end of the PGA TOUR season and featuring the top 30 players in the standings competing in hopes of taking home the coveted FedExCup. Last year, Scottie Scheffler won the tournament by 4 strokes and took home his first FedExCup title; the win was Scheffler’s 13th PGA TOUR title and seventh of 2024, making him the first player since Tiger Woods (in 2007) with seven TOUR wins in a season. Last year’s TOUR Championship was particularly memorable, as it marked the reopening of East Lake Golf Club after a major course renovation project. 

TOUR Championship winners also take home a replica of "Calamity Jane," the famed putter used by legendary golfer Bobby Jones; it’s a nod to the golf club’s place in history as Jones’s home course. East Lake’s story stretches back to July 4, 1908, which marked the grand opening of the 18-hole course and Clubhouse. And fun fact: Bobby Jones was in attendance as a 6-year-old with his father at that grand opening!

Stopping by a month before the TOUR Championship gives us a chance to go behind-the-scenes as the course is prepared, menus are planned, and temporary venues are constructed. For information on the event and for ticket information, click here. And click the video player in this article to check out our morning getting in the "swing" of summer at East Lake Golf Club!