Can You Play East Lake on GOLF+ VR? Here's How

Yes, East Lake Golf Club is available on GOLF+ VR. Home of the PGA TOUR Championship and recently restored by architect Andrew Green, this Atlanta layout features redesigned topography, new green complexes, and restored bunkering. You can access it as individual DLC for about $10, or through the GOLF+ Pass subscription ($9.99/month).

East Lake is an interesting addition to the GOLF+ catalog because it benefits from a recent high-profile restoration and the TOUR Championship exposure. The Andrew Green renovation stripped away decades of tree overgrowth and restored the rolling terrain that made Donald Ross’s original design famous. In VR, this matters.

Course Quality Assessment

The GOLF+ team built East Lake after the Andrew Green renovation, which means you are playing the current TOUR Championship layout, not some outdated version. The restored topography — more visible undulation, open sightlines, and exposed bunker faces — works well in VR.

The key advantage of VR on East Lake is the green reading. The new putting surfaces at East Lake are some of the most complex on the TOUR rotation. Donald Ross greens with modern restoration make for subtle, multi-tiered reads. In VR, you can walk the greens from every angle and actually see the breaks. On a 2D sim, you are guessing. In VR, you are reading.

The fairway corridors at East Lake are tighter than Kapalua or Pebble Beach. The tree canopy is still present even after the Green restoration. This makes the course harder in VR because the controller swing is less precise than a real swing. You will find yourself in the rough more often than you would on a launch monitor sim.

The 18th hole — the uphill par-3 that often decides the TOUR Championship — plays beautifully in VR. The water hazard, the bunkering, the depth perception on the uphill carry all work together. It is one of the best finishing-hole experiences in GOLF+.

The downside is that East Lake is a private club course in a residential neighborhood. The views are of Atlanta homes and trees, not ocean cliffs or mountain vistas. It is a course you play because you respect the history and the tournament drama, not because it is visually stunning.

How to Access

Individual DLC ($10-12): Buy East Lake as a standalone course on the Meta Quest Store or in-game.

GOLF+ Pass ($9.99/month or $99.99/year): Subscribe for access to all courses including East Lake.

Is It Worth It?

For TOUR Championship fans and students of course architecture, East Lake is worth the $10. The Andrew Green restoration makes this a different course than it was five years ago, and the VR version captures those changes accurately.

For casual players looking for visual thrills, East Lake is a pass. It is a solid, workmanlike course that rewards course knowledge. The fun is in learning the green complexes and dialing in the approach distances, not in jaw-dropping scenery.

If you play the GOLF+ TOUR weekly tournaments, East Lake appears regularly in the rotation. Owning it means you can practice for tournament week.

For the full list of top courses on the platform, see the best courses on GOLF+ VR guide. For the platform breakdown, read the GOLF+ VR review.