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    Dunwoody Country Club

    Atlanta, GA Private

    Overview

    Dunwoody is an example of the benefits of smart renovation. The club was established in the 1960s in the countryside north of Atlanta as the suburbs were quickly expanding that direction. It was a nice neighborhood country club with a perfectly fine course designed by Willard Byrd, who was one of the top regional architects working in the southeast in the 1960s and 70s. Over time, like all courses, the trees thickened and the golf features dulled, making the golf ordinary. Enter Atlanta-based architect Bill Bergin, who remodeled the course in 2013 by thinning excessive trees, expanding putting surfaces, creating more room in the fairways and giving the bunkering a more distinctive look with vertical grass faces and strong horizontal top lines. Though he couldn't cure the awkwardness of the unfortunate fifth hole, a 6-iron/8-iron par 4 that bends 90-degrees right, his work breathed new life into the wonderful, rolling piece of land with a kind of centralized core routing that later became increasingly rare in the Atlanta market. Once sleepy, Dunwoody Country Club is now a sleeper and well worth seeking out when in the region.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7071
    Slope 142
    Facility Type Private
    Designer Willard C. Byrd, ASGCA/Bill Bergin

    Awards

    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    Best in State: Not previously ranked.

    Current ranking: 29th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    3.1

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    6.7233
    Character
    6.8169
    Challenge
    6.5956
    Layout Variety
    6.5999
    Fun
    6.8365
    Aesthetics
    6.812
    Conditioning
    7.0028

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