2012 US PGA Championship Venue

Address: Atlanta Athletic Club, 1930 Bobby Jones Dr, Johns Creek, Georgia 30097

Telephone: 770-448-2166

Website: www.atlantaathleticclub.org

For all 2011 PGA Championship Inquiries, contact the 2011 PGA Championship Office directly on:

Telephone: 770-613-0004

Fax: 770-613-0022

Email: cchu@pgahq.com

The Atlanta Athletic Club was founded in 1898 and is the home club of golf legend Bobby Jones. The Atlanta Athletic Club is a private golf and country club in Johns Creek, Georgia, a suburb 23 miles north of Atlanta. All their facilities are located in one large complex that has been ranked in the top ten of country clubs in the United States for the last 3 years. Membership at the Atlanta Athletic Club is by invitation only and guests are allowed only when accompanied by members or when attending the PGA Championship.

The original home of the Atlanta Athletic Club was a 10-story building located on Carnegie Way, and in 1904 a golf course was built on Atlanta's East Lake property. In 1967 the Atlanta Athletic Club sold both properties and moved to a site in a then unincorporated area of Fulton County that would eventually become Johns Creek in 2006.

By hosting the 93rd PGA Championship, The Atlanta Athletic Club continues its tradition as the site of Major Golf Championships. The Atlanta Athletic Club is the only club in the South East to have hosted both men's and women's US Opens, as well as two previous PGA Championships. As you can guess, the club focuses on golf and has two golf courses, with both the Riverside Course and the Highlands Course recently having been redesigned by Rees Jones. The Club will host its third PGA Championship on the newly renovated Highlands course in August.

• 2002 US Junior Amateur - Champion Charlie Beljan
• 2001 PGA Championship - Champion David Toms
• 2000 Southern Amateur - Champion Ryan Hubble
• 1984 U.S. Mid-Amateur - Champion Michael Podolak
• 1982 Junior World Cup - Champion Spain (Olazabal, Gervas)
• 1981 PGA Championship - Champion Larry Nelson
• 1976 US Open - Champion Jerry Pate

The Highlands course is the site for the 93rd PGA Championship from 11th to the 14th August and this unique Par 72, 7,613 yard long course is certainly a bit different. Robert Trent Jones designed the original the back nine of the Highlands Course in 1964 and Joe Finger did the front nine, before the course was then redesigned for the upcoming 93rd PGA Championship by Rees Jones. Highlands is the only course in the world with the grassing combination of Diamond Zoysia Fairways, Champion Ultra-dwarf Bermuda greens and Tifton 10 rough. This combination should produce playing conditions that are sure to please the best players in the world for the 93rd US PGA Championship.

Driving Directions

From Georgia 400 South of Holcomb Bridge Road - Take 400 North to Exit 7A (Highway 140 East to Norcross/Holcomb Bridge Road)
- Turn right at the end of the exit onto Holcomb Bridge Road. Proceed east to Old Alabama Road
- Turn left and follow Old Alabama for approximately 8 miles or until it dead-ends at Medlock Bridge Road
- Turn right onto Medlock Bridge Road (Highway 141)
- Turn left at the first traffic light onto Bobby Jones Drive and into the Club

From Georgia 400 North of Old Milton Parkway (Highway 120)

- Take 400 South to Highway 120 (Exit 10-Old Milton Parkway) and continue straight on 120 for 2.5 miles to State Bridge Rd
- Keep straight on State Bridge Rd (120 turns off to the left at the light) another 3.6 miles to 141 South/Medlock Bridge Rd
- Turn right at the light, heading south on 141 and continue .5 mile to the third traffic light (Bobby Jones Drive) and turn left into the Club

Traveling From I-85 North

- Take I-85 North to Pleasant Hill Road
- Turn left onto Pleasant Hill Road towards Gwinnett Place Mall
- Continue on Pleasant Hill for approximately 7.5 miles, crossing over the Chattahoochee River and continuing for 2 miles
- Turn left at the light at Medlock Bridge Road (Highway 141)
- Turn left at the third stoplight onto Bobby Jones Drive and into the Club

Traveling From I-85 South

- Take I-85 South to the Pleasant Hill Road exit
- Turn right onto Pleasant Hill Road towards Gwinnett Place Mall
- Continue on Pleasant Hill for approximately 7.5 miles, crossing over the Chattahoochee River and continuing for 2 miles
- Turn left at the light at Medlock Bridge Road (Highway 141)
- Turn left at the third stoplight onto Bobby Jones Drive and into the Club

North on I-85 from the Atlanta Airport

- Go north on I-85
- After 5 miles the interstate changes to 75/85 and this will take you directly through the city of Atlanta
- Stay in the left lanes and continue north on 75/85
- After 12 miles on 75/85, the interstate splits - Stay in the left lanes and continue north on I-85 towards Greenville
- Approximately 10 miles after the split, take Exit 95 (Chattanooga) and proceed in the right lanes on I-285 West for .5 mile to GA 141 North/Peachtree Industrial Blvd
- Proceed north on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. and after 4 miles merge into the left lanes as the road splits
- Proceed to the left following 141 North (Cumming Dahlonega) signs
- Continue north on 141 another 4.6 miles (about .5 mile beyond the Chattahoochee River) to Bobby Jones Drive
- Turn right into the Club.

From 285 East or West of Peachtree Industrial Blvd.

- Take 285 to GA 141 North/Peachtree Industrial Blvd and proceed north on 141 North/Peachtree Industrial
- After 4 miles, merge into the left lanes as the road splits
- Proceed to the left following 141 North (Cumming Dahlonega) signs
- Continue north on 141 another 4.6 miles (about .5 mile beyond the Chattahoochee River to Bobby Jones Drive
- Turn right into the Club