A Magical Morning at East Lake Golf Club
A Very Special PlaceI appreciate and enjoy all my client golf clubs. But East Lake is something very special. It has a long and storied history and now it's home to the PGA Tour's Tour Championship. What a resumé!
Established in 1904, it’s the oldest golf course in Atlanta, and it was the home course of Bobby Jones. The original course designer was Tom Bendelow, but his course was redone in 1913 by Donald Ross. There were many years of glory, most of which had to do with Bobby Jones and his successes, and then years of decline as the area around the club deteriorated. In 1994, after East Lake was purchased by a charitable foundation with the intent of restoring the entire community, Rees Jones was engaged to restore the Donald Ross design. And what a masterful job he did. In case you haven’t noticed, I was fully on board for this project. The project began very nicely, with a good dawn shoot the first day, followed by a decent afternoon session. But on the second morning, a front blew in from the West and the light turned completely magical. The resulting images are some of my best. And overall, I believe the collection is the best I’ve done to date. But you be the judge. You can see a collection of my favorites HERE. I want to offer a special thanks to Chad Parker and Caroline McGill, at Eastlake, for making me feel so welcome. Golf Course Superintendent, Ralph Kepple, deserves a big thanks for making my job so easy by keeping the course in spectacular condition. To Tom Bigelow, of Bigelow Advertising... I sincerely appreciate your recommending me to the club. And finally, a big thanks to Cody Rogers, Bigelow Advertising’s Art Director, who found me on the internet and brought me to Tom’s attention.
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