Ansley Golf Club was founded in 1912, by developer Edwin P. Ansley. Originally planned to be a semi-private Club, but soon became a Member owned private club. The first full service Clubhouse was built in 1928. The clubhouse was enlarged many times over the years as the membership grew. More recently, Ansley Golf Club has had two exciting changes that improved the Club. In February 1999, Ansley Golf Club acquired Settindown Creek Golf Club, providing Ansley Members with both an in-town 9-hole golf course and an 18-hole championship golf course located just north of Atlanta in Roswell. Additionally, on November 12, 1999 Ansley Golf Club celebrated the opening of a $10,000,000 Midtown Clubhouse. These two changes were the catalyst that helped grow the Club’s membership to the level it is today. At the beginning of 2018, Ansley Golf Club serves 1560 members plus their families, with a peak season staff of more than 320 employees, and has annual revenues including initiation fees and dues of approximately $20 million with Food & Beverage contributing $4.3 million.
Ansley prides itself on being the foremost family centered club in the Atlanta area offering members two golf courses, eight clay tennis courts, two pools, fitness center, youth programs, and casual family, upscale adult and banquet event dining. The Clubhouses of 60,000 and 20,000 square feet are distinctly different. The Midtown clubhouse is lively year-round hosting fantastic Club events, private functions and dining. The Settindown Creek clubhouse serves as a compliment to the golf facility with limited food and beverage service and hosts small meetings, seasonal functions, and special golf outings.
Since 2012, when the Club celebrated its Centennial, many renovation and expansion projects have been completed and paid for totaling more than $16 million at Ansley’s Midtown and Settindown facilities. During the same period the Club has eliminated all debt and remains debt free today, which has put the Club in a very strong financial position. The Club also currently has a wait list for membership.
Over the years, the Club has been actively involved in the community and has hosted or sponsored activities, which reflect a true commitment to the values contained in the Mission Statement. The Club is a family-centric Club that has very active youth programs in golf, tennis, and especially swimming. The Ansley Swim Team, the Sharks, has won many league championships. The Club also has a very active social program that includes a variety of small and large dining events. Due to the Club’s excellent location in the heart of Midtown, the Club enjoys a busy banquet operation that serves reception and dinner functions from 20 up to 400 people. There are four restaurants at the Midtown facility, which include the Ansley Room, 1912 Grille, and Men’s Grill and Pool Pavilion (Summer Season only). The Settindown clubhouse offers mainly lunch service, in addition to monthly special member dining events. The Club also has very active golf and tennis programs that include a full tournament schedule, which include outstanding food and beverage social events.
In addition, next July Ansley’s Settindown Course will host the Georgia State Amateur Golf Championship for the third time in the last 12 years.