And if you find yourself at Bobby Jones’s home course, take the time to check out the memorabilia in the clubhouse. No. 15 at East Lake Golf Club. PEACHTREE GOLF CLUB, Atlanta, Ga.

The dispute puts the government at odds with the city’s largest property owner: Peachtree Golf Club is an Atlanta institution formed more than six decades before Brookhaven was incorporated.

Some of the finer golf courses in Atlanta (East Lake Golf Club, Peachtree Golf Club) are exclusive and require the largesse of a friend who happens to be a member. And many courses that formerly ...