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Play Pasture Golf in Georgia at Candler Park Golf Course
in Atlanta. This 9-hole course is a classic, beloved by the locals, and
affordable to play—definitely in the league with other pasture golf
courses! We welcome submissions
of pasture golf courses to this pasture golfers' directory.
| Name of Course: |
Candler Park Golf Course |
| Address: |
585 Candler Park Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30307 |
| Phone: |
(404) 371-1260 |
| Fees: |
$7-$13 / Annual $400, $325 Sr & Student (Children
8 and under play free with an adult) |
| Contact: |
Whoever Answers |
| Number of Holes: |
9 |
| Yardage: |
2064 |
| Par: |
31 |
| Season: |
Most All Seasons Open 7 days a week from 7 AM to
8 PM |
| Course Type: |
Executive - 5 par 3's/4 par 4's |
| Course Designer: |
Helen Smith |
| Year Built: |
1928 |
| Facilities & Amenities: |
I wanted to provide an update on the Candler Park golf course.
First some corrections. I believe that the course opened in 1928,
and Candler died in 1929. He had suffered a stroke three years earlier,
and had already given the land to the city. I find no evidence that
it was his private course. More recently, we have had beavers in
the middle of the course for the last 3 years, so the water hazards
are growing. The city is currently doing a "visioning"
process concerning the future of the course. There is much concern
that the city wants to shut it down. Any help you could lend would
be appreciated. - B.B., 11/28/11
Earlier we were informed: I believe it to be true, that Candler
Park Golf Course was the private golf course of Coca-Cola founder,
Asa Candler. He lived nearby, & this intown-neighborhood of Atlanta
currently bears his name. He entertained clients there in the early
days of our world-renowned beverage. Years passed, & somewhere down
the line, it was donated to the City of Atlanta, who capably owns,
manages & maintains it now. The grounds crew will wave to you with
the same friendliness as the great folks in the clubhouse. The coolest
feature is the small, solid brick clubhouse with a Tudor slate roof,
set under a sprawling Oak tree. A patio, at the back of the Clubhouse,
with a couple European-style umbrellaed tables overlooks the opening
T-box where a 4-foot angled steel tube, on saw-horse sized legs,
stacks up with balls for the next group "up"...a very democratic
& very cool piece of equipment! - H.J.B. & K.M., 5/20/04
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| Events: |
Annual Neighborhood Benefit/Labor Day - "Little
5 Points Association"; Summer Junior Golf Camp Starts June 21 |
| Advice: |
The Course: A wooded forest of Georgia Pines & ancient
Oaks almost bisects the North-South axis, & serves as the vortex of
all the other old trees through-out the course. The first hole goes
South to the courses highest point, then turns inward at hole # 5
to a creek that bounds the Northern boundary. A "path" goes
by here for walkers, bikers & skaters for a mile or two West to downtown
Atlanta, & East to Stone Mountain Park some 20 odd miles out. One
drives their ball towards the creek, back inward, then back to the
creek for # 8, to the highly elevated par 3 # 9, where, if you're
not careful to your right, you'll smash a minivan of a Mom/Dad taking
or picking up their chilld at the elementary school across the street
from the clubhouse. The "back 9", as we call it, gets real
hilly from the creek inward on # 7, par 4, then down to # 8, & suddnely
back up to the finishing hole, where, afterwards, you'll never have
to endure any golf elites in the classic clubhouse! I assure you.
It's a great course, with no Pepsi machine, & good new & used clubs
& such for sale. I play with an odd assortment of friends usually
early Wednesday mornings at first light. We generally finish by 8:00,
& slip $7.00 (Atlanta resident) in provided envelopes through the
door. One poignant note, is that Ken & I played early morning of September
11, 2001. We both remarked what a remarkably beautiful sunrise & day
it was, & how lucky we were. We were playing golf, and in our minds,
it could've been anywhere. As we shortly found out afterwards, we
realized we were fortunate to have played golf at a course like Candler,
a golf course that welcomes the world & all it's foibles. - H.J.B.
& K.M., 5/20/04 |
| Reason for submitting course: |
It's a classic that we feel is in the league of "Pasture
Golf"! |
Course Map courtesy of Ken Medernach - Click for larger view.
Link
to Candler Park Golf Course Review
'Our
Cow Pasture' by Patrick Jones
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