Grand Slam Golf Academy at Bobby Jones Golf Course

Had an awesome private lesson with Rachel. I’ve a had few other lessons with other instructors across Atlanta, this one gave me the most improvement and really helped me. I’ll be coming back here for lessons in the future, highly recommend!

This place is beautiful. The parking lot is spacious. The staff is very welcoming. They are also attentive. Everyone will check on you several times throughout your visit. The golf course is kept clean and neat. The restaurant bar is also a convenient place to eat after putting a few holes. Most of all, this is a great location to play golf and have fun.

I recently took a tennis lesson here and really enjoyed my experience. Patrick was my instructor. He was great and very informative. He is very serious about the sport while still beginner friendly which I appreciate. Both the tennis and the the golf course are really well kept which creates a beautiful ambiance. I was also surprised to have a great experience at the restaurant on the property as well. The food was surprisingly good.

Bobby Jones is a has a beautiful golf course, along with an excellent staff. The course is up kept perfectly and those greens are something to be seen! Polite, professional, energetic, and eager to help new golfers. I am looking forward to coming back and playing the Azalea routing.

Tremendous staff and an epic golf experience. This place has it all. 18 holes, putting and chipping areas to sharpen your short game. Even the food is superb. Its a gift to golf fans of any level.

As an avid golfer who has lived less than 10 minutes away from Bobby Jones Golf Course since moving to Atlanta in 2000, I was always disappointed that the course closest to me: (1) was not very good; in fact, one of the worst 18-hole courses I've played and (2) didn't have a driving range. As I wrote in my review for the old course, I always told people that Bobby Jones was probably rolling around in his grave knowing this course was named after him (you can read reviews for the old course here: http://bit.ly/2KjkDUW). I can't say that anymore. What a transformation. I'm very happy with how the renovation turned out. The course's history is long and interesting. At a high level: The course originally opened as an 18-hole course in 1932, the city's first public course. In 2017-18, the course underwent a major renovation. It reopened as a completely different, modern, reversible, 9-hole course with practice facilities in November 2018. There's even a 6-hole course designed for kids and adaptive golfers. At the time of writing this review, parts of the property have yet to open or are still under construction. The big one is the new clubhouse set to open in 2020. The course is home for the Georgia PGA, the Georgia State Golf Association, and the Georgia State University golf teams. I've played on a lot of courses (http://bit.ly/2LPSCHQ), but never one with a parking deck (yep, this place has a deck). On top are tennis courts. Currently, the clubhouse is in a temporary building, but as I told one of my golf buddies, even the temporary clubhouse here is nicer than some metro Atlanta courses' permanent clubhouses (the declining popularity of golf has not been kind to many courses over recent years). The course has done a terrific job with branding and marketing. I love all the touches to the place, from the warning sign on the clubhouse deck (a nod to Bethpage Black) to the wicker basket pins a la Merion Golf Club (http://bit.ly/2ZoPfLa, used for tourneys and special events). The course's logo, an iconic image of Bobby Jones, is on everything including bag stands at the range and the bag drop. Even the bunker rakes are different: http://bit.ly/2ynePEt. They've brought their A game when it comes to social media. I especially like seeing the course's tweets about course maintenance. Check them out on Twitter at @bobbyjonesgc (http://bit.ly/2KdpjMj). The course has a very nice fleet of quiet and great-handling Club Car electric carts. The seats are among the most comfortable around. Along with club and ball cleaners, USB ports, and GPS, the carts are also outfitted with Bluetooth speakers. As you start each hole, the touchscreen will display a hole description and playing tips/strategies. On the day we played, we could pretty much drive wherever on the course we wanted, except for on/around the greens of course. Like other courses, the GPS will restrict you from driving in certain areas. The driving range is huge with 60 grass tees and mats. Grass/mat days rotate. There's a dual-dispensing Range Servant that you can pay at directly for range balls (no need to go to the clubhouse). They use Bridgestone practice balls. You can get a large basket of 70 balls for $15. Not sure what the other prices are. 20 range balls are included with each round. At the time we played, only one practice putting and chipping green was open. I don't recall seeing a practice bunker. All of the practice areas were in great shape. As for the course itself, where do I begin? First, they cut down a lot of trees, so that was sad. The design, done pro bono by the late Bob Cupp, is links-style and was inspired by the Old Course at St Andrews (http://bit.ly/2KhZ3At). There is no rough and with the lack of trees, it's hard to lose your ball. This wide-open, minimalist design can also make the course confusing for first-timers. Since several of the holes aren't tree-lined or clearly defined, it's not always obvious which direction you should be aiming. The reversibility is an extremely unique design. You can play 9 one day and play a completely different 9 the next day. The two 9s are called Azalea and Magnolia. They're reversed daily. Not only can the 9s be reversed, but there are 8 sets of tees, making this course playable for all skill levels. Azalea measures as little as 1,605 yards and as long as 3,667 yards; Magnolia plays 1,651 yards to 3,780 yards. You can think of levels 7, 6, and 5 as tips, blue tees, and white tees, respectively. Every green is a large double green with two pins. If you play 18 holes, you aim at the second set of pins on the back 9. The course was in excellent condition during our first outing recently. All that said, 9 holes on a weekend morning here is relatively expensive. We paid about $45 each for 9 holes. Compare that to Charlie Yates at East Lake where 9 on a weekend morning will only set you back about $26. You can play 18 holes on some courses in the Atlanta area for the same price as 9 holes here.

We used to play at Bobby Jones throughout the work week. And when there was time, spent most weekends there. It has become evident that the majority of staff-ers on the weekends there are simply 'volunteers' and provide little to no help. There are a couple specific men volunteers who boast that they volunteer simply to play for free outside of the designated hours. It is clear the bare minimum is being done to provide quality service as a result.

My husband and I come here every week or two to practice on the driving range. We are novice golfers, but have really enjoyed using the facilities at Bobby Jones to improve our game. The Cupp links are a great place to practice a bit on a "mini" course, and now we feel ready to book a tee time! The course and surrounding area are truly beautiful and well-maintained. There are also well-kept tennis courts right beside the parking deck that we've wanted to use for a while. It's great that this is a public golf course and I know we will be coming back soon for our first tee time!

Cute golf shop great customer service Novice friendly very easy for a non golfer to navigate

I recently played here two times during a visit to Atlanta, and had a really great time. Although it's only 9 holes, it's immaculately maintained, the greens are fast, and the scenery is very pretty. A big plus for me was the grass is cut to fairway length everywhere - there's no rough. So if you slice it like me, you always have a good lie. It made for a very leisurely, enjoyable game. They also have a fun 9 hole putting "course" for free, with drink holders for your cocktail at every "tee". Very fun! The only reason this isn't 5 stars is they have very limited water stations out on the course, and zero cups! So if you don't have a cup with you - like we did - you basically have to drink water with your hands or wait til you get back to the clubhouse. Finally, the clubhouse and bar are excellent - very classy and upscale and comfortable. We didn't eat, but the drinks we had were excellent.

$19 for a bucket of 70 balls for their range before 2pm. Their website says they're $13 but this follows the theme of this course. Overpriced Edit: that's nonsense that you haven't charged that since November. See attached. It seems to go up on nice days

Great fun course for all levels of golf. Good times and open fairways. Bunkers were beautiful and greens were in great shape.

Beautiful golf course and it's well maintained. I was traveling to Atlanta for the Fedex cup and I decided to play at the Bobby jones golf course. Let me tell you it was very fun I'll definitely be coming back next time I visit

Great course! Each hole has a variety of tee options, so you can challenge yourself accordingly. The nine hole course includes water features and large difficult greens. It takes about 2 hours to play. The staff was very friendly, the greens were not as friendly! I'll definitely come visit this course again.

Innovative reversible course. Brand new layout, pro shop, restaurant, driving range and training facility. By far the best public course inside the perimeter now that renovations are complete. Tee boxes, fairway and greens in A1 condition. Staff is great as well.

The course is in good condition and the greens are fast and true. The bunkers are true and well maintained. However, it is impossible to stick tee into ground with hands and you have to use a mallet because the clay is so hard. In addition the course is only 9 holes essentially with two flags on every green. So on the second 9, you aim towards a different flag. Which is fine, but ultimately you pay $65 per round to play the same 9 holes twice. It is a good course but $35 for 9 holes and $65 for "18" holes is simply not a good value for what it is. The range balls are over priced at $15 for 70 balls, with no "medium" bucket option either. There is only one water station on the entire course. Maybe they do this so you spend money with the beverage-cart service.

I love golfing , i love finding new places to golf and i'm not from Atlanta so i was happy to see i lived close to this course. I would go atleast 3 times a week , as well as go to the range and buy a bucket of balls. BUT 20$ for a bucket of balls is outrageous, im used to paying 10$ where i'm from for a bucket that's twice the size. so one day i get there late right when the driving range closes, if you've been here you know a lot of people are still hitting balls for the next ~45min . i figured i could just go grab a few balls on the side of the range and hit them before it got dark. but one of the workers who was teaching a kid, A KID, came up to me and was extremely rude. I understand he was doing his job but he could have been more professional about it. but i guess being very rude to strangers is a good example to set for kids. he ended with his statement with "whatever , don't be a dumbass , your bothering everyone at the range, go hit your balls and leave" ..... I was outside the driving range where there are balls that have been hit over/under the net. I was nice the whole time and said it wouldn't happen again. as i'm walking back to the range another teacher approach's me in front of a few kids , probably all under 10 years old. Just as rude as the other teacher, i told him the other guy said i could hit the balls and he said "ya right , stupid to think that" and takes the bucket. i completely understand doing your job is important, but i wasn't bothering anybody and i was respectful. and they could have been a lot more professional in front of kids. POS workers that teach kids. i still love the range and course but the workers that teach kids need a foot in their a**.

Came into GA from out of state for the Tour Championship. We played this course while we were in town an not only was it one of the nicest courses we played while in GA but the staff was awesome. Daniel and Kate thank you for your hospitality.

Overpriced Gimmicky golf. Way too many numbers on the course. Pulled up to 1st tee -There are no tee boxes on this course,so you have to search for an 8inch number sticking out of the ground at every hole, ridiculous. The starter was sitting in cart by #5, so after checking in, had to drive back to #7 to tee off, w/ the starter still by #5. Annoying Golf carts that turn off if you get to close to green etc. Cart kept turning off while we're in the fairway, so we just decided to keep cart in reverse & drive backwards for a few holes w/ the buzzing reverse horn on. Course was in perfect shape, but 7 different numbers and no tee boxes is terrible. You tee up anywhere, which means you are teeing up in basically the fairway w/ long grass, another goofy/gimmicky concept. Makes it hard to judge how high ball is actually teed up. Was so annoyed w/ the pace of play and the amount of metal number signs on the course, we just drove elsewhere on course and started playing other holes, I believe they were white or red, can't recall. Course was pretty empty too, I can't even imagine what a nightmare this course is when it's busy. Guys teeing off 7,5, 4 & 3on same hole haha. If you are up for over paying for 9 average holes, counting/looking at numbers like you are on Sesame Street and teeing up in fairways, this is the course for you.

The golf course and staff are pleasant. My Son practices there many times during the week. The prices are high and normally I don't really criticise that however they need to use these funds also for better security. My car in the drop off area was broken into and my backpack was stolen in 1 minute as I was dropping off my son. This place is being scouted by thieves knowing there is very little security. SECURITY needs to be better. A gate would be be very helpful to prevent the black Mercedes with tinted windows for coming in scouting all of the cars and stealing items from them. One last point. The greenskeepers some of them are extremely rude to the customers. Just be on the lookout. My opinion is that BJGC needs to do a reset of its security policies as well as the customer service of its peripheral staff.

Bobby Jones?? More like Bobby blows... This is the most overpriced 9-hole course I've ever played. Who even makes 9-hole courses anymore? No water or bathrooms on the entire course. The cart lady didn't even make her rounds. I spent more time driving around trying to find where the tee boxes were than actually hitting the ball. Not to mention the ground is so fucking hard I broke 4 tees just trying to tee my ball up. I will never return here and I suggest no one to come. The grass is pretty nice though. Still shot 40 too.

This was by far the most disappointing golf experience I've had in 30 years. I paid $35 for 9 holes at 5pm on a Monday. The amount of money charged for the quality of golf experience is criminal. If the tee boxes and fairways were any harder they could lease the place to land small planes on them. Each of the other first-timers either took more than 1 minute or broke a tee trying to put a ball on a tee. There weren't any signs indicating hole direction or tee box location. A small metal plaque states the tee level. It took us additional time on each hole to walk around to find the correct tee box. The fairways were not only rock hard, there were excessive amounts of holes and bare spots. It seems that the amount of money charged could relatively easily pay for signage and irrigation. The smell on one hole was unbearable. There was what appeared to be a pumping station in the middle of a hole. The list of disappointments far exceed the time and space I have to list them.