By Joe Earle
More than 100 Buckhead residents and golfers packed the Bobby Jones Golf Course clubhouse April 27 to discuss plans to renovate the landmark golf course as part of a proposed remake of Atlanta Memorial Park..
Opinions varied widely on what city officials should do with course named for the Atlanta golfing legend.
“When you look at the history of this course, it’s a storied history,” said Herb McKoy of the Friends of Bobby Jones Inc., an organization that supports the 82-year-old course.
The Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy has proposed a park improvement plan that calls for $10 million to $15 million in improvements to the golf course, the Bitsy Grant Tennis Center, and other parts of the Buckhead park.
City officials said they called the meeting to start a public discussion over what to do with the park. More meetings will be held to narrow down and plan future park improvements, they said. The next meeting will be held about June 1, they said.
City parks officials told the overflow crowd that they decided not to give a formal presentation, but instead to ask residents to write their comments on Post-It Notes and stick them to comment boards. That would allow more people to comment, they said. The notes said everything from “Keep as is” to “Pool. Connectivity. Fix flooding.”
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How about we convert it into a real public park that can be utilized by the public any time. Golf is a sport for the affluent only.
How about we convert it into a real public park that can be utilized by the public any time. Golf is a sport for the affluent only.
Hey Golfsux,
The reason for public courses is so that people who can’t afford the expensive country clubs can play golf. What if your approach was taken with all public sporting facilities? No more public tennis courts, No more public ball fields, No more public swimming pools.
Last time I checked, Atlanta has plenty of public parks that everyone can use.
If you don’t want to use the public golf facility, that’s fine, but don’t push to close it to golf because you don’t use it. It’s not all about you!
Hey Golfsux,
The reason for public courses is so that people who can’t afford the expensive country clubs can play golf. What if your approach was taken with all public sporting facilities? No more public tennis courts, No more public ball fields, No more public swimming pools.
Last time I checked, Atlanta has plenty of public parks that everyone can use.
If you don’t want to use the public golf facility, that’s fine, but don’t push to close it to golf because you don’t use it. It’s not all about you!