East Lake — Where Bobby Learned to Play
A book by Linton Hopkins
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FROM THE FOREWORD
In East Lake — Where Bobby Learned to Play, Linton Hopkins offers readers a rare and compelling gift, the opportunity to walk alongside a 20-year-old Bobby Jones as he records the finest round of his life. It was a remarkable 63, nine under par, played right here at East Lake in 1922. This story, long hidden in an old O.B. Keeler article in the newspaper’s archives, is both a testament to Linton’s meticulous research and a celebration of the rich history that still courses through East Lake’s fairways.
That’s what makes this book so important. With care and insight, he traces the story of East Lake — not just as a golf course, but as a place that shaped legends, endured transformation, and became a model of purposeful community development. His work honors the past while helping us understand the present, revealing the many layers, sporting, social, and civic, that make East Lake such a compelling and historic place.
Chad Parker
President, East Lake Golf Club
What others have said about Where Bobby Learned To Play
Well written, with beautiful golf-course photography — I highly recommend this book.
Tom Cousins
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What Tom Cousins has done at East Lake has become one of the most transformational projects in the country. Tom’s ideas are changing other cities and have become a model of community revitalization. This book is a beautiful presentation of the story of how East Lake — the home course of my boyhood hero Bob Jones — was saved. Now the East Lake Foundation is making sure that this project and its outcome will serve as a role model to influence future generations.
Jack Nicklaus
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A wonderful journey through the history of venerable East Lake. It made me imagine I was sitting around a fire with Bobby and Alexa, listening to their stories.
Stewart Cink
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Linton Hopkins brings the Miracle of East Lake to life, culminating with the story of an impossible promise made and kept to its children by a man who grew up there.
Comer Yates, Executive Director,
Atlanta Speech School
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