Tag: Alabama
Kiva Dunes: A Gorgeous Gulfside Golf Getaway
One of Alabama’s must-play golf destinations is Kiva Dunes, which is located in Gulf Shores, Alabama, perched along the banks of the Gulf of Mexico. While the Gulf of Mexico is not visible from the golf course, golfers will feel the winds off the nearby Gulf. Those winds are at the core of the Kiva Dunes golf experience, as those winds are Kiva’s greatest form of defense, as are many of its undulating greens.
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Pursell Farms Founders Pub
Drawing inspiration from the founders’ stories and the Pursell family’s Unrivaled Southern Hospitality, The Pursell Farms Founders Pub may be the heart of the 3,200-acre Farm Links Resort located less than an hour from Birmingham.
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Gunter’s Landing Golf Club
Discover Gunter’s Landing Golf Club, a hidden gem nestled in the heart of the mountains. With breathtaking views and challenging holes, it’s a must-play for any golfer.
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Farmlinks a Course Like No Other
Alabama is a golf-rich state, with the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail dominating the lists of top courses there. There’s only one thing missing from the Trail’s 26 courses spread around 11 destination sites. All of those layouts don’t include the best one – at least according to GolfWeek, one of the best-known rating publications.
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Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a world-renowned collection of golf courses and resorts featuring 11 different courses and over 400 holes of championship-caliber golf designed by legendary golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr.
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Oxmoor Valley
Oxmoor Valley holds the distinction of being the first Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail site to open (May 1992). Featuring 54 holes of incredible golf located just minutes from downtown Birmingham. The two championship 18-hole golf courses (Ridge Course and Valley Course) and an 18-hole par-3 Short Course were built on former mining land owned by U.S. Steel. Sculpted from the peaks and valleys of the Appalachians, the courses offer scenic forests, numerous creeks, and challenging elevation changes.
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The Inn at Pursell Farms
Pursell Farms is one of nine Best Alabama Hotels by Travel + Leisure. The resort is described as an outdoors paradise that appeals for its seclusion, pastoral landscapes, and many outdoor adventures.
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Gulf Shores Alabama
Gulf Shores, Alabama – a community sandwiched between Pensacola, FL., and Mobile, AL., and not far from the Mississippi state line – offers a lot more than golf.
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Highland Park Golf Course Supporting Ovarian Cancer Research
Highland Park Golf Course is raising funds for ovarian cancer research throughout the month of September, including the Tee It Up For Teal Ovarian Cancer Awareness Golf Tournament on Thursday, September 29th. Funds raised throughout the month will benefit UAB Research for Ovarian Cancer and the Laura Crandall Brown Foundation.
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The Shoals: Alabama’s Awesome and Alluring RTJ Attraction
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals is home to two 18-hole championship courses and sits high above Wilson Lake on the Tennessee River. While each RTJ Golf Trail venue is wonderfully designed and a thrill to play, there’s something about The Shoals which puts it in a class by itself.
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Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail – Silver Lakes
Named by Golf Digest’s Places to Play as one of the nation’s Great Value courses in the public category, Silver Lakes is set on rolling terrain at the edge of Talladega National Forest between Anniston and Gadsden. Silver Lakes features three championship nines plus a nine-hole Short Course. This facility is anchored by a number of strong par-fours that play to pedestal greens perched 30 to 40 feet above fairway level.
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Pursell Farms – Bunker Renovation
FarmLinks, one of Alabama’s most well-known golf courses recently received a facelift. The 3,200-acre Pursell Farms resort in Talladega County, has completed a bunker renovation. Douglas Hustad, managing director of the resort, said golf architect Tripp Davis was commissioned to “infuse fresh visual interest, strategic components, and technical improvements.” It was a major undertaking for the course, which has been ranked the state’s No. 1 all-access golf course for 10 years by Golfweek and as the top course in the state by Golf Advisor.
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