Great Public Golf in Alabama
The best known, or most visited, public golf courses in Alabama reside on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. It’s been 30 years since the first four sites, and 216 holes, opened for play; the final 18 was added in 2005 when Ross Bridge, all 8,191 yards of it, made it 11 sites—26 courses spanning […]
5 of the Longest Courses in the U.S.
It was expected that the 2020 U.S. Open played on the West course at Winged Foot Golf Club would reveal the flaws in the current obsession for more power shared by the many Tour players seeking faster swing speeds and bigger, longer drives—that nothing would parry those fixations on chart-topping ball speeds more effectively than […]
Shoal Creek, Alabama
Where untouched nature meets genteel living, you’ll find Shoal Creek—a tucked-away gem just a few miles southeast of Birmingham. The community began blossoming into what it is today about four decades ago when the late Hall Thompson decided to build a top-of-the-line golf course buffered by lush woods. A thriving golf club, gorgeous homes, trails, […]
Exploring the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
By Tony Dear Back in the mid-to-late 1980s, the CEO of Alabama’s state employee pension fund—Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA)—hatched an outlandish plan to build multiple golf courses simultaneously throughout the state, a state never before regarded as a golf destination. Nothing like it had ever been conceived, let alone attempted, but this man hoped […]
The Frugal Golfer: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Trail makes a statewide statement of how good value golf can be
A Simpler Game: FarmLinks at Pursell Farms
FarmLinks is not just a top-rated resort—It’s also a research-and-development golf course that has schooled thousands of superintendents
Kiva Dunes Resort
Presented with a to-die-for site on southern Alabama’s Gulf shore, Jerry Pate fashioned a masterpiece among sugar-white beaches, immense sand hills and gnarled beach oaks
Shoal Creek
Hall Thompson enlisted a young Jack Nicklaus to deliver on his vision for a timeless classic that would delight generations of club members while also testing the best players in the world
Where to Stay, Eat, and Play Golf in Alabama
What goes better with golf than food? In our latest installment of “Golf Gourmet,” we take you to five fabulous course-and-restaurant combos in L.A.–that’s Lower Alabama, y’all.
