Golf Digest once described Charles Harrison as a “Georgia golf icon, a career amateur who is in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.” The Georgia Tech legend qualified for the U.S. Amateur 16 times and played in two Masters. Mr. Harrison died this week at 94; his Atlanta sporting life mirrored the city, metro and the region.
There are so many unknown stories not of the dimension and scope of Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Bill Russell or Texas Western basketball. Here is a small story ushering in change to 1963 Atlanta.
The vision, power, and ability of Tom Cousins - now curated by Larry Gellerstedt III - is making a difference for so many Atlantans. The evidence can be seen beyond the gates of the lush fairways of East Lake Golf. It’s all around.
The Tour Championship rolls through Atlanta in late August, with a new look and an old course—-but not as old as Charlie Harrison’s 1856 home, known as Meadow Nook. Now it serves as a visual backdrop to a local life as great as the Harrison golf swing.
Bobby Jones' footprints can be found all over his native Atlanta, Druid Hills, East Lake, Emory University, Georgia Tech and Buckhead.
Stories of the co-founder of Augusta National and the Masters' remarkable life in Georgia are the stuff of legend. All of us who love our state, Atlanta, golf and history know chapters. But here is a story I'll bet you’ve never heard.
