The tournament's name changed three times during its tenure at the Atlanta Country Club.

It hosted the inaugural Tournament Players Championship in 1974,[2] won by Jack Nicklaus on Labor Day.

[3][4] Originally a rotating event, it relocated in 1982 to its present home TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

The Atlanta Country Club has also hosted two amateur tournaments conducted by the United States Golf Association.

It hosted the 14th United States Senior Men's Amateur Golf Championship in 1968, won by Curtis Person, Sr., and the 71st United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship in 1971, won by Laura Baugh.