City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Description: The world’s top women golfers compete in the Chick-fil-A Championship, a fixture on the LPGA Tour. It’s played in April on the south side of metro Atlanta at Eagle’s Landing, one of the area’s newer golf courses. Like BellSouth with the men’s tour, Chick-fil-A is a local company using sports to help charity. Ticket information is to be announced.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Description: Few golfers would argue that The Masters is the country’s quintessential golf tournament. The tournament, started by golf legend and Georgia’s own Bobby Jones, is held each year in March or April at Augusta National Golf Club, 150 miles east of Atlanta in Augusta, Georgia. Past champions include legends and future legends of golf: Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods. Live TV coverage is on the USA network, with finals live coverage on CBS. If you don’t have tickets already, you can’t get them at the door. Augusta National Golf Club has very strict rules and a very long waiting list to get in and to get Masters tickets. In fact, the rights to buy tickets reportedly have been passed down in wills. But if you want to try, contact the club: (706) 667-6000.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Address: 2575 Alston Dr. SE

Description: East Lake Golf Course, an inner-city Atlanta course rescued by developers and revitalized to be the heart of a thriving community, hosts the Tour Championship in November. Established in 1904, it was the home of legendary golfer Bobby Jones and Atlanta’s oldest golf course. Ticket information is to be announced.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Address: 1500 Highways 19 and 41 South Hampton

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Telephone: (770) 926-5315

Address: 150 Dixie Dr.

Description: In Woodstock, about 40 miles northwest of Atlanta, there’s Saturday night racing weekly from early March through late November at Dixie Speedway. The regular program includes five auto events and one for trucks. Races are sometimes also held on Friday night, and there are special attractions throughout the season, such as monster trucks, demolition derby, and outlaw sprint cars. The track is a .75-mile clay oval. Admission prices vary depending on whether you choose the pit area, the tailgate section, or the alcohol-free grandstand. Tickets start at $12. Admission for kids 11 and younger is usually free; parking is also free. Tickets are sold at the gate. From Atlanta, take I-75 North to I-575; exit at GA 92 and go west to the speedway.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Address: 5300 Winder Hwy.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Address: 3097 East Shadowlawn Ave.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Telephone: (404) 969-4900

Address: 3229 Norcrest Rd. NE

Description: The Silverbacks, named for our famous type of gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, is Atlanta’s team in the United Soccer Leagues’ A-League, the nation’s highest “minor league” in soccer. The team was reorganized in 1998 from its predecessor, the Atlanta Ruckus, which debuted in 1995. The city has been home to teams in now-defunct major soccer leagues, with the Atlanta Chiefs the 1968 champion of the old North American Soccer League. The Silverbacks’ season lasts from April to August. Games are played at Silverbacks Park in Northeast Atlanta. Tickets are $15 ($10 for children under 12). For information call (404) 969-4900 or e-mail tickets@atlantasilverbacks.com. Tickets can also be ordered through www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (404) 249-6400 or (800) 326-4000.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Address: 375 Pharr Rd. NE

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Address: 1996 Centennial Olympic Pkwy.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Telephone: (770) 886-3442

Address: 6395 Polo Club Dr.

Description: The horsy set loves to gather at the Polo Golf and Country Club north of Atlanta. (Take GA 400 north to exit 12; turn left, and follow the signs.) Except for the month of August (when the action is suspended due to the heat), exciting polo matches are held every Sunday from June through October. Gates open at 1 p.m., and the action gets under way at 2 p.m.; dress is casual. Admission is per person or per vehicle; or, for a little more, your party gets a cabana to relax under (a very good idea on broiling Georgia afternoons). Bring a picnic—everyone does.

City: Atlanta, GA

Category: Spectator Sports