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Set on rolling terrain at the edge of Talladega National Forest between Anniston and Gadsden is Silver Lakes, home to some of the most scenic golf you can find. The Heartbreaker nine is dubbed by many as the most challenging nine on the Trail from the championship tees. Consider the eighth hole, a par 3 that plays over 200 yards across water and uphill to the green, or the 450 yard par 4 ninth with water rippling down the entire left side of the hole. The beauty of Silver Lakes is the multiple tee selections (up to 12 on some holes). | | | _ | | _ | | | Short Course at Silver Lakes
The Short Course at Silver Lakes is arguably the most demanding collection of one-shotters on the Trail. There is a forced carry over water on seven of the nine holes, including a 12-foot cascade in front of the sixth green. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Grand National - Lakes Course
Grand National, by all reports, was the single greatest site for a golf complex Robert Trent Jones, Sr. had ever seen. Built on Lake Saugahatchee, 32 of the 54 holes drape along its filigreed shores. With 12 holes hugging the shore, Grand National's Lake Course is every bit as scenic as the Links. Not only is the quartet of par threes as good as any in the nation, the 230-yard, island green 15th may be the single prettiest hole on the Trail. | | | _ | | _ | | | Grand National, by all reports, was the single greatest site for a golf complex Robert Trent Jones, Sr. had ever seen. Built on Lake Saugahatchee, 32 of the 54 holes drape along its filigreed shores. The cornerstone of the complex is the Links Course, which is without a single weakness. The par-four 18th might be the strongest finishing hole on the Trail. The drive must carry a corner of the lake, while the approach is played to a shallow pedestal green shored up by boulders. | | | _ | | _ | | | Grand National Short Course
The Short Course, while overshadowed by the two main tracts, is a thing of beauty, with more than half the holes touching the lake. This 18-hole course of one-shotters might be the finest anywhere in the country. | | | _ | | _ | | | Oxmoor Valley Short Course
The Short Course at Oxmoor Valley is a delightful collection of 18 pure one-shotters which offer sever elevation changes and almost every hole playing downhill. The Short Course is listed by Golf Digest's Places to Play as one of the nation's Great Value courses. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Oxmoor Valley - Ridge Course
Sculpted from the peaks and valleys of the Appalachians, Oxmoor Valley offers scenic forests, numerous creeks and challenging elevation changes. The Ridge Course, with its rolling fairways, heavy tree cover and precipitous 150-foot elevation changes, is incredibly photogenic. As a reminder of the site's former use as mining land, the green at the par 5 twelfth is buttressed by a shelf of exposed shale rock. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Oxmoor Valley - Valley Course
Sculpted from the peaks and valleys of the Appalachians, Oxmoor Valley offers scenic forests, numerous creeks and challenging elevation changes. The Valley Course is dotted with picturesque lakes and stretches two miles downrange along a slender valley. The 18th hole, a 441 yard par 4, nicknamed "The Assassin," rises to a dramatic finish at the signature clubhouse just behind the green. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Golf Trail at Ross Bridge
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Ross Bridge is just two miles from the existing 54-hole complex at Oxmoor Valley in Birmingham, but it is light years away from the expected or ordinary. A big, muscle-bound course, its 18 holes sprawling over 330 acres and stretching almost 8,200 yards from the back tees, Ross Bridge is big and brawny, yet inviting to golfers of all skill levels. Ross Bridge plays host to the annual Regions Charity Classic presented by Bruno's Supermarkets. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Highland Oaks Golf Course
Located in the southeast corner of Alabama, Highland Oaks features some of the longest and most classically designed holes on the Trail. Highlands 9, the core nine, is relatively open, with several lakes in play. The peninsula green at the par 3 sixth has an elusive, beckoning quality.
Marshwood 9 has been made famous (or notorious) by its behemoth par 5 sixth, which stretches to 701 yards from the tips. The 422 yard par 4 ninth, a left to right dogleg, is arguably the best hole at the site and has a tilted green elevated above a swathe of wetlands.
The Magnolia 9 is well named: specimen magnolia trees dot the higher ground, which is reached via a 1,000 foot long wooden bridge spanning a marsh filled with lichen-dappled trees. The feature hole is the ninth, a 451 yard par 4 that brings you back to the clubhouse and is guarded by a large pond.
The nine-hole Short Course, has demanding bunker placements, three water holes and possibly the best putting Bermuda greens in the South.Highland Oaks has played host to notable events such as the 1999 NIKE Tour Championship, 2000 Buy.com Tour Championship, and the 2001 Golf Channel Drive, Chip & Putt Regional Finals. | | | _ | | _ | | | Short Course at Cambrian Ridge
The Nine Hole Short Course is a marvelous collection of par three holes laid out beautifully between the ridge and Sherling Lake. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Cambrian Ridge
Cambrian Ridge has 3 excellent 9 hole championship courses, The Loblolly, The Canyon and the Sherling. The Sherling nine may be the best nine on the entire trail. Drama takes center stage at Sherling's ninth hole which marches straight uphill past a deep ravine strewn with ochre boulders to a lolling tongue of a double green shared with the ninth on the Canyon nine. Above this green is a clubhouse set atop the highest point in Butler county, its verandah serving up expansive 30-mile views of Southern forest land. | | | _ | | _ | | | At the northern terminus of the Trail in Huntsville is Hampton Cove, a 54-hole facility with terrain that drastically changes from one side of the property to the other. The Highlands Course, which emulates a Scottish Links, is one of the gems of the Trail. Thousands of Japanese black pines, oaks, dogwoods, and crepe myrtles have been planted to enhance such features as an old mule barn beside the fifth hole. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Hampton Cove - River Course
At the northern terminus of the Trail in Huntsville is Hampton Cove, a 54-hole facility with terrain that drastically changes from one side of the property to the other. The only Robert Trent Jones layout without a single bunker, the River Course is laid out on former soybean fields in the flood plain of the Flint River. The River is a throwback to the way courses were built long ago - the dirt was merely pushed up to create the greens and tees, leaving all else, including massive oak trees, as is. The enormous black oak behind the 18th green is reputed to be the third oldest in the state at 250 years. | | | _ | | _ | | | Hampton Cove Short Course
The Short Course at Hampton Cove is very open and links-like, with water in play on 11 holes and a large double green accommodating the 10th and 17th greens. | | | _ | | _ | | | Magnolia Grove Short Course
Most of the holes on the Short Course, recently named the best par 3 course in America, call for forced carries over marsh to liberally sloped, bulkheaded greens and are equal to any of the one-shotters on the full-length courses. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Magnolia Grove - Crossings Course
The property at Magnolia Grove in Mobile includes creeks, marshland, and lakes, with each of the 54 holes carved from a thick forest of hardwood and pine. Magnolia Grove was recently voted into Golf World Magazine's Reader Choice Top 50 Public Courses. The Falls and Crossings courses were also named by Golf Digest's Places to Play as two of the nation's Great Value courses, and both courses were listed in America's Top 50 Affordable Courses. The Crossings course plays host to the Bell Micro LPGA Classic held each May.
The Crossings course, which doubles across railroad tracks, is a shotmaker's layout. The course was renovated in 2009 with newly designed green complexes and extensive tree removal. Several holes were entirely redesigned with new water features, including the par-3 fourteenth hole.
Mobile, a top ten golf area according to Golf Digest, offers year-round golfing weather, delicious seafood, and trademarked southern hospitality.
For the 2010 Maintenance Schedule for the Crossings Course click "more info"and then scroll down to view. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Magnolia Grove - Falls Course
Please note: The Falls Course at Magnolia Grove will be closed January 2010 through Early Fall for Renovations.
The property at Magnolia Grove includes creeks, marshland, and lakes, with each of the 54 holes carded from a thick forest of hardwood and pine. The main tract is The Falls, which is characterized by large, liberally contoured greens and massive, cloverleaf bunkers. On the 10th, a 570 yard par 5 and possibly the best strategic hole on the course, a waterfall cascades across stair steps just beneath a contoured green that falls eight feet from front to back. | | | _ | | _ | | | Tallapoosa Lakes Golf Course, Montgomery, AL
Tallapoosa Lakes Golf Course boasts 36 holes of the area's finest maintained public golf. Both eighteen hole courses provide a different opportunity to enjoy your next round of golf.
The West course is the original eighteen and plays to a par 72 at 6,594 yards. This player friendly layout provides area golfers forgiving well contoured fairways and receptive greens.
The East course also plays to a par 72 at 6,527 yards. This course has a variety of holes, from tight tree lined holes with doglegs to more open forgiving holes. The East's greens are well bunkered with slightly more slope than the West's greens.
These two challenging courses are open to the public 7 days a week. Tallapoosa Lakes Golf Course can handle all of your corporate outings and charity events. We are confident that by choosing us, you can relax in knowing that you've chosen an excellent golf facility. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Shoals - Fighting Joe Course
The east championship course at The Shoals is named after General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler. Fighting Joe was the first Trail course to break 8,000 yards, measuring 8,092 yards from the Black tees. It's long, really long, and this links style course is simply good straight-forward golf. Some say the spectacular 17th hole is the signature hole on the course, but the 18th green overlooking Wilson Lake on the Tennessee River will distract you with its beauty, if not its treachery. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ The Shoals - Schoolmaster Course
The Schoolmaster (named for President Woodrow Wilson who was responsible for getting Wilson Dam built on the Tennessee River and who was known as "The Schoolmaster of Politics"), may be tougher than Fighting Joe. This tree lined course is traditional golf with every hole keeping with the natural topography along the Tennessee River. It's wooded, rolling, and spectacular. | | | _ | | _ | | | Grand Hotel Marriott's Dogwood Course
This Course is open to Grand Hotel Marriott Resort Members and HotelGuests ONLY!
The eighteen championship holes of the Dogwood Course wind in andaround marshes and features a spectacular collection of par-3 holes. The greenon the seventeenth hole is surrounded by water on three sides so the tee shotmust find the green. The course features 7,063 yards of golf from thelongest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 72.6 and it has a sloperating of 124 on Bermuda grass. Designed by Perry Maxwell, ASGCA/Joseph L.Lee, the Dogwood golf course reopened in 2004 after a completerenovation.
First built in 1947, the Grand Hotel Marriott's Golf Courses showcase fairwayslined with 200-year-old oaks and a dramatic signature hole, the 14th on theAzalea course. Recently restored, the new designs lend themselves to superbconditioning year round. With the addition or expansion of ten water featuresover the span of the 36 championship holes as well as other interestingarchitectural features, golfers are faced with decisions at every corner.Funded by the Retirement Systems of Alabama, the renovation of both coursesbrings them on par with many of the great resort golf courses in the country.The Grand Hotel Mariott and the Lakewood Golf course have several times beennamed to Golf Magazine's Best Golf Resorts in America. | | | _ | | _ | | | Grand Hotel Marriott's Lakewood Azalea Course, Point Clear, Alabama
This Course is open to Grand Hotel Marriott Resort Members and HotelGuests ONLY!
The Azalea Course gets its name from the azalea bushes that line manyof the course's fairways. The signature 14th hole has an island greensurrounded by a four-acre lake which makes your approach shot to this par-5very demanding. The course features 6,770 yards of golf from the longesttees for a par of 72. The course rating is 72.5 and it has a slope rating of128 on Bermuda grass. Designed by Perry Maxwell, ASGCA/Ron Garl/(R)BobbyVaughan, the Azalea golf course opened in 2006 after a completerenovation.
First built in 1947, the Marriott's Lakewood golf courses showcase fairwayslined with 200-year-old oaks and a dramatic signature hole, the 14th on theAzalea Course. Recently restored, the new designs lend themselves to superbconditioning year round. With the addition or expansion of ten waterfeatures over the span of the 36 championship holes as well as otherinteresting architectural features, golfers are faced with decisions at everycorner. Funded by the Retirement Systems of Alabama, the renovation of bothcourses brings them on par with many of the great resort golf courses in thecountry. The Grand Hotel Mariott and the Lakewood Golf Couses have severaltimes been named to Golf Magazine's Best Golf Resorts in America. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ - Capitol Hill Course - Judge Course
The Judge Course plays olongside the 200 acre glistening backwaters of the Alabama River. The first tee lies 200 feet above the fairway overlooking the Alabama River and the skyline of Montgomery. With 14 holes adjoining the water and a stunning bulkhead island green, the Judge is described as simply magnificent and provides some of the most spectacular scenery and golf holes in the world. | | | _ | | _ | | | RTJ Capitol Hill - Legislator Course
The Legislator Course is a more traditional course, plays in and out of pine trees along a bluff. The view riding down the "Sky Bridge" for six holes laid out in a native cypress swamp will impress as you are led back up the bluff to finish the course at the spectacular clubhouse. | | | _ | | _ | | | Capitol Hill Senator Course
The Senator Course is a traditional Scottish-style layout. Over 150 pot-hole bunkers are situated through out the 18 holes, and mounds 20 to 40 feet in height engulf the landscape, cleverly hiding the cart path or ony other hole from the fairway. The Senator's bent-grass greens provide exceptional conditions every month of the year.
The Navistar LPGA Classic, will be held during October each year and features a full field of players. The tournament will be played on the Senator Course at the Capitol Hill. | | | _ | | _ | | | Emerald Mountan Golf Club - Wetumpka, AL
Visitors to Emerald Mountain Golf Club can expect to enjoy a truly expansive golf experience. The 18-hole championship course at Emerald Mountain utilizes the best of golf course design from the Southeast United States. The front 9 might best be described as a mountain course with dramatic elevation changes akin to Northern Georgia as well as heavily wooded landscapes similar to Carolina golf. Our back 9 features a flat layout and many water hazards reminiscent of the best of Florida golf.
The golf course at Emerald Mountain offers a challenging yet rewarding golf experience for scratch golfers and average golfers alike. Our excellent conditions are one aspect of the course that is immediately apparent. Ultimately Emerald Mountain Golf Club will deliver a beautiful, satisfying round of golf well worth your time and money. | | | | | | |