The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a collection of championship caliber golf courses, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., distributed across the state of Alabama, as part of investments by the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The Trail started with 378 holes at eight sites throughout the state, but has grown to 468 holes at eleven sites.
The concept was created and executed by Dr. David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The mission was to effectively diversify the assets of the state's pension fund and economically help the state of Alabama, the philosophy being that "the stronger the Retirement Systems of Alabama can make Alabama, the stronger the Retirement Systems will be."
LPGA Tour
Two of the courses currently host events on the LPGA Tour: The Senator course at Capitol Hill near Montgomery, which hosts the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, and The Crossings course at Magnolia Grove near Mobile, home to the Airbus LPGA Classic.
PGA Tour
The Grand National course in Opelika hosted the first PGA Tour event in Alabama since the 1990 PGA Championship, the 2015 Barbasol Championship.
Courses and locations
- Cambrian Ridge (Greenville)
- Canyon (9 holes)
- Sherling (9 holes)
- Loblolly (9 holes)
- Short Course (9 holes)
- Played as Canyon/Loblolly, Loblolly/Sherling, or Sherling/Canyon.
- Capitol Hill (Prattville/Montgomery)
- Judge
- Legislator
- Senator
- Grand National (Auburn/Opelika)
- Lake
- Links
- Short Course
- Hampton Cove (Huntsville)
- Highlands
- River
- Short Course
- Highland Oaks (Dothan)
- Highlands (9 holes)
- Marshwood (9 holes)
- Magnolia (9 holes)
- Short Course (9 holes)
- Played as Highlands/Marshwood, Magnolia/Highlands, or Marshwood/Magnolia.
- Lakewood Golf Club (Point Clear)
- Azalea
- Dogwood
- Magnolia Grove (Mobile)
- Crossings
- Falls
- Short Course
- Oxmoor Valley (Birmingham)
- Ridge
- Valley
- Short Course
- Ross Bridge (Hoover/Birmingham)
- Silver Lakes (Gadsden/Anniston)
- Backbreaker (9 holes)
- Heartbreaker (9 holes)
- Mindbreaker (9 holes)
- Short Course (9 holes)
- Played as Backbreaker/Mindbreaker, Heartbreaker/Backbreaker, or Mindbreaker/Heartbreaker.
- The Shoals (Muscle Shoals/Florence)
- Fighting Joe
- Schoolmaster
Scorecards
Scorecards for courses played on the PGA and LPGA Tours.
References
External links
- Official site
- Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail article in the Encyclopedia of Alabama
