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The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a visually stunning collection of masterpiece courses, carved out of the hills, valleys, and marshes of Alabama. The eleven Trail locations throughout Alabama provide an unforgettable experience to golfers looking for something really special on their next golf vacation.

Over 100 miles of golf were built to stand the test of time. The courses were designed by Mr. Jones with two major objectives in mind: to challenge the world’s best golfers for years to come and to provide an enjoyable round for the casual or beginning player. And the Trail’s efforts to encourage economic growth and boost tourism in the state have been a huge success. In fact, the renowned golf travel expert, Joe Passov (formerly of golf.com) named the RTJ Golf Trail among his three favorite golf destinations for a fall buddies trip. 

When the first course along Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail opened in 1992, the golf vacation experience was changed forever. Traveling all around Alabama, golf groups try to play as many courses in a trip as possible, and they come back year after year to fit in a few more of the eleven sites and eight hotels sprinkled around the state.

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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 to attract golf tourists and stimulate economic activity. Absurd, right?

A graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato where he earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and later taught business and finance courses, Dr. David Bronner also attended the University of Alabama where he received a law degree in 1971, and a Ph.D. the following year. He then taught more business, finance, and education courses at various graduate schools before becoming Assistant Dean of the Law School at UA. In 1973, at the age of 28, he was given the top job at RSA.

With that level of education, and those qualifications and academic/real life experience, perhaps Bronner could be trusted, and his somewhat wild and unconventional proposal for a golf trail might not be so crazy after all.

Now, a quarter of a century later, with a total of eleven sites and 468 holes  and eight major resorts, half a million rounds a year are played on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, and RSA’s assets have grown from about $8 billion to over $35 billion—credit for which doesn’t go to the Trail entirely, but it remains by far the most conspicuous and ambitious of Bronner’s investments.

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How to Tackle the Trail

There probably are people—mad golf addicts—that have played all 26 courses in one trip. Such a voyage would mean roughly 85 miles of golf, and over 700 miles of driving, however, so it’s probably best to do it in chunks.

I’ve visited six Trail sites on three separate trips—Ross Bridge in Hoover in 2010 when I played the back tees from 8,191 yards and had no fun at all (Director of Golf Chip Purser told me no one had been “stupid enough” to play all 18 from the tips); Magnolia Grove and Lakewood outside Mobile in 2014; and Hampton Cove, The Shoals, and Silver Lakes in the northern third of the state just a few weeks ago.

Jones has never been my architectural cup of tea, but I have to say I’ve enjoyed every Trail course I’ve visited, even Ross Bridge which is no doubt a beautiful place and probably good fun when played from a more suitable set of tees. With the mighty Tennessee River to the right and the plantation-style clubhouse high above the green, the par-three 18 th on the Fighting Joe Course at The Shoals is probably the prettiest hole I’ve ever seen. And, despite the ominous names, the Heartbreaker and Mindbreaker nines at Silver Lakes probably possess my favorite Trail holes. At first light on a sunny day, the place is really rather delightful.

The most you’ll pay for a round on the Trail is the $142 (including cart) it costs to play Ross Bridge—considered the Trail’s flagship facility—before 10:30 am during Fall and Winter. But the typical price for 18 holes with cart on the majority of Trail courses is less than $90. Annual memberships are available and start at $1,500, and Trail Card ($40) members get discounts of up to 50% on green fees—the only problem being you have to be an Alabama resident, or live within 100 miles of a Trail course, to qualify.

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History of the RTJ Trail

Bronner hired Robert Vaughn, a former Director of Golf at Tanglewood Golf Club in Clemmons, N.C. to expand the idea and put together a design team. Vaughn also set up Sunbelt Golf Corporation to manage the courses, and worked hard on selling the idea to municipalities, corporations, and private developers in order to secure donations of prime land within easy driving distance of the state’s major highway system.

To design the holes, Bronner and Vaughn chose Robert Trent Jones who had worked on 500+ courses during a 50-year career. Then well into his 80s, Jones had more or less retired, and what little work he was doing was mostly overseas.

But Bronner knew the value of Jones’s name. This was five years before Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw built Sand Hills; a decade before David Kidd’s Bandon Dunes opened and American golfers got to experience the beauty of links golf at home; long before Tom Doak’s minimalist movement started trending; and 20 years before firm/fast/natural/strategic/Golden Age-inspired openings almost became routine. During the 1960s and 70s, Jones had been the most prominent figure in the industry, and though Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio, and his own two sons‚ Robert and Rees, had supplanted him by the end of the 1980s, Bronner still considered him the ideal man for his trail, and somehow managed to coax him back to work.

During design and construction of the courses, Jones relied heavily on his young associate Roger Rulewich, who graduated from Yale in 1958 with a degree in civil engineering. Rulewich learned everything he knew about golf from Jones, and the holes he built were clearly inspired by his mentor. Classic Jones course characteristics such as big, contoured greens, a large front bunker, plenty of water, and at least one “signature hole” were evident throughout the Trail whose first four sites—Hampton Cove in the north of the state, Magnolia Grove in the southwest, Oxmoor Valley in the middle, and Grand National in the east—opened in 1992.

Alabama’s RTJ Golf Trail has been acclaimed since it opened 25 years ago, and deservedly so. There are better courses in the Yellowhammer State, but few would deny the Trail was an inspired (if slightly wacky) idea, has made a considerable contribution to the wealth and identity of the state, and really is a magnificent achievement.

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Built on 600-acre Lake Saugahatchee, it was the first course opened on The RTJ Trail in 1992.

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  • Course Type: Parkland
  • Region: Southeast
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  • Course Info – RTJ Golf Trail at Grand National . Three eighteen hole championship courses – Lake and Links.  One eighteen hole short course – The Short Course.
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  • Yardage : Lake:  Purple 7289 yards (73.9/132), Orange: 6488 yards (70.6/122).
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Grand National, a Robert Trent Jones (RTJ) Trail course, near Auburn/Opelika offers three 18-hole layouts, the Lake, Links and Short Courses.  I played the Lake course.  It was the home of the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship from 2015 to 2017, an event held opposite the British Open. Grand National, by all reports, was the single greatest site for a golf complex Robert Trent Jones, Sr. had ever seen. It was the first course opened on The Trail in 1992.

Built on 600-acre Lake Saugahatchee, 32 of the 54 holes drape along its filigreed shores. Both the Links course and the Lake course were in the top 10 of Golf Digest’s list of “America’s Top 50 Affordable Courses”. They list all three courses at Grand National among the nation’s 40 Super Value courses by Golf Digest’s  “Places to Play”.

With 12 holes hugging the shore, Grand National’s Lake Course has a quartet of par threes as good as you’ll find anywhere.  The Links course has no weaknesses. The eighteenth is the strongest finishing holes in the RTJ Trail.   The Short Course has half its holes hugging Lake Saugahatchee and is one of the best in the nation.

Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is an assortment of 486 holes of championship golf  over 27 courses on 11 sites across Alabama.  Eight Resort Collection hotels on the Trail are Marriott or Renaissance properties.  The New York Times called the Trail “Some of the Best Public Golf on Earth”.  Dr. David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, had a dream. Invest pension funds and build 26 world class golf courses that would challenge people enough that “they would want to come back and try again”.  He lured the legendary Robert Trent Jones, Sr. out of retirement and the rest is history.  The development of The Trail moved more dirt than the Panama Canal.

It astonished me to learn he opened eighteen courses in two years (1992-1993).  They added three more courses in 1999.  The final six courses opened between 2004-2005.  Bronner thought the courses would attract tourism to Alabama.  He was correct.  I ventured to Alabama to play quality public golf because of The RTJ Trail reputation.

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The Lake Course

Part of this course is open with gentle mounds, many water areas and tall grassy areas.  There is a reason they call this the Lake Course. On seven holes Lake Saugahatchee comes into play.  Other parts of the course are tree lined with fairways that look smaller than reality. Grass is Bermuda. They place fairway bunkers to be a nuisance on most holes.  Bunkers and penalty areas are occasionally not visible from the teeing area. Bunkers often narrow the landing areas.   Check yard landing area yardages.  This is not a course that demands or rewards driver on every tee.  That’s a good reason to get a yardage book from the pro shop. Some greens jut into the water provide pleasant scenery while providing exciting approach shot opportunities.  Greens are large, gently rolling and usually multi-tiered. I also noticed a profusion of multicolored Fox squirrels darting in and out from the trees.

Hole Highlights

Hole 1 – Par4 364 yards.  The first hole is memorable and an unusual dogleg left.  Players start with a tee shot of only 170-200 yards to a landing area preceding a large bunker that bisects the fairway. A double tiered green guarded by water challenges the approach.

Hole 12 – Par5 493 yards.  For big hitters who can cut off a larger part of the water on the tee shot and clear the fairway bunker, this hole is reachable in two.  A tree impedes that goal if the player does not clear the water by enough margin.

Hole 15 – Par3. Back Tees 230 yards, Orange Tees 182 yards.  Playing to an island green, it’s all carry over water.  This may be the most scenic hole in the entire RTJ Trail.

Playing the Grand National Lake Course is a great depiction of the RTJ Trail.  It’s no shock that the PGA Tour played here for three years. And, it’s a remarkable value.

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BIRMINGHAM – If you thought golf courses across the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail seemed a little more crowded, and prime tee times were a little harder to get in 2022, that assumption would be 100 percent correct.

For a second consecutive year, the RTJ Golf Trail set records for rounds played and earnings, according to Mike Beverly , president of SunBelt Golf which operates the popular courses.

In a December interview, Beverly said the records were “phenomenal” given the renovation work of two of the Trail’s short courses and also an unanticpated shutdown of Ross Bridge.

“It’s pretty amazing to produce record numbers with renovation work going on,” he said. “We’re proud of what we have been able to accomplish.”

Beverly said slightly more than 610,000 rounds were played on RTJ Golf Trail courses in the 2022 fiscal year. Of those, 575,000 were played on original Trail course sites. More than 25,000 rounds were played at Lakewood , a property that wasn’t originally part of the Trail conglomerate.

Beverly said the Trail is easily outperforming the national and regional industry average during these post-Covid times.

“That is a lot of people coming to the state of Alabama and a lot of support inside the state,” Beverly said.

Both local, out-of-state play up at RTJ Trail

Two factors were at work to produce those record numbers. The Trail remains a popular golf destination for visitors from outside Alabama, while an approximate 50 percent increase in Trail card sales enhanced local play at the nine properties.

Beverly said prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Trail card sales held steady between 19,000-20,000 per year. In 2021, 32,000 Trail cards were sold. In 2022, the number was 30,000.

Trail cards are available to Alabama residents or anyone living within 100 miles of a Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail site. They provide reduced greens fees and discounts for food and beverage and pro shop merchandise.

Beverly cited an uptick in weekday play as one reason Trail rounds reached record levels.

“Weekends are busy, particularly in the mornings,” he said. “You can’t squeeze many more (rounds) out before noon because you are already fairly booked. Weekdays, if you go from 50 to 70 rounds, that’s still not a busy day compared to a Saturday. But you start adding 20-30 rounds a day every day, it makes a huge difference on the economic impact and the success of those facilities.”

Beverly said not only are the sales of Trail cards up, but so are the number of rounds those Trail card holders are playing.

“Our goal as an industry and the Trail is how do we keep these people engaged and keep them playing golf now that some of them are going back to work and golf is not the only safe space anymore,” he said. “We are proud of the success we continue to have since things have slowly gotten back to normal.”

He also credits Dr. David Bronner , the CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama and the brainchild behind the creation of the Trail, for his ongoing support of what at the time was an idea ahead of its time.

“He has consistently reinvested into the properties,” Beverly said, noting that there has been a renovation project at a Trail site every year since 2005.

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“We have consistently worked on improving the golf courses – re-grassing greens, redoing bunkers, fixing cart paths and bridges, things like that,” Beverly said. “A lot of golf courses have deferred maintenance and those things tend to creep up on you. When you consistently reinvest in the properties, I think that shows when the customers come to the properties each year and see that they are in good shape and our commitment to providing a good product.”

Other states have tried to copy the RTJ Golf Trail concept, which stretches from north Alabama sites at Hampton Cove (Huntsville) and The Shoals to the Mobile’s Magnolia Grove (Mobile) to the south, but have not been able to duplicate what was at the time the most massive public golf project in history. The difference, according to Beverly, is that while the RTJ Golf Trail is a single entity, other trails have tried to incorporate different courses with different ownerships into a cohesive grouping.

“What they end up with is a marketing co-op effort to become a trail,” he said. “A lot of them have different owners and you have different levels of commitment to the properties, the staffing, the training, the product itself.”

The original RTJ Golf Trail featured seven sites that opened between 1992-1993. Ross Bridge in Hoover and the Shoals were added in 2004. All featured original designs. Lakewood was added later under the trail umbrella.

Being under one ownership/management group ensures the consistency of the product, Beverly said.

“From our aspect, it is set up for success from the beginning,” he said.

An adept marketing strategy also keeps the RTJ Golf Trail in front of its target audience. Beverly said the Trail has gotten “more modern” in its approach from a digital aspect because of its consumer data collection.

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“Knowing who our customers are,” he said. “We know our golfers who have played the Trail or match a customer profile. We are much more efficient in what we do.”

A partnership with Gray Media , a company with a vast array of television stations across the country, helps spread the word about the RTJ Golf Trail. Trail officials also have fostered relationships with tourism bureaus and are regular attendees at golf shows across the country.

Beverly notes that again in 2022 the Trail got play from all 50 states and 24 countries.

The Trail isn’t resting on its laurels. Beverly is aware that the surge of golf’s popularity could slow at any time. He said the Trail plans to continue its marketing strategy to ensure future success. Also, the Trail should get a boost when Ross Bridge is expected to re-open sometime in mid-September or early October after undergoing renovations after greens were damaged by an incorrect chemical application. While re-doing the greens, other improvements will also be made.

Beverly said the greens mishap at the 18-year-old Ross Bridge expedited renovations that were originally planned for 2024 or 2025.

“As opposed to closing a few years later for a second time, we are going to go ahead and renovate the bunkers,” Beverly said. “We’ll reshape some bunkers, work on approaches – new collars, new greens. Move a few cart paths, some of cart paths pretty far away from the fairway.”

The goal, he said, is to make Ross Bridge a little more player-friendly on some holes that feature long or severely uphill walks.

“By the time we reopen, it’s going to be better than it ever has been,” he said. “Then it will be set for another 20 years of great golf at Ross Bridge.”

He’s also excited about the Trail’s recent re-do of the Short Course at Oxmoor Valley. The formerly massive 147-acre 18-hole par-3 course was downsized into a fun, 9-hole short course with no hole longer than 132 yards. Appropriately named “The Back Yard,” it is modeled after Pinehurst’s “Cradle” and Pebble Beach’s “The Hay.”

“It’s nothing like anyone from a public perspective has in the state of Alabama,” Beverly said. It’s a different product than anything we have ever had on the Trail.”

Gregg Dewalt is the editor of Alabama Golf News

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  7. Exploring the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

    Now, a quarter of a century later, with a total of eleven sites and 468 holes and eight major resorts, half a million rounds a year are played on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, and RSA's assets have grown from about $8 billion to over $35 billion—credit for which doesn't go to the Trail entirely, but it remains by far the most conspicuous and ambitious of Bronner's investments.

  8. Exploring the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Map

    The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is located in the beautiful state of Alabama. This collection of stunning golf courses is spread across the state, offering golfers a diverse and visually captivating experience. The courses are strategically designed and skillfully crafted, showcasing the natural beauty of Alabama's hills, valleys, and marshes.

  9. Grand National Lake Course RTJ Trail

    Grand National, a Robert Trent Jones (RTJ) Trail course, near Auburn/Opelika offers three 18-hole layouts, the Lake, Links and Short Courses. I played the Lake course. It was the home of the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship from 2015 to 2017, an event held opposite the British Open.

  10. RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill

    Directions. Tour. Capitol Hill - Legislator. Prattville, AL. Tee: Orange (6,366 - Par 72) Located in Prattville, approximately 13 miles north of Alabama's state capital, Capitol Hill features three 18-hole championship courses. With more than 1,500 acres of golf and nature, the pure magnitude of this facility is amazing and allows each course ...

  11. RTJ Golf Trail

    RTJ Home RTJ Home; TOURNAMENTS. 2024 Father Son Tournament Cambrian Ridge. Register. 2024 HBCU Classis Golf Scramble Capitol Hill. Register. 2024 Birdies and Brews Tournament ... Trail Card Members Magnolia Grove. Register. 2024 Summer Junior Clinic Session 1 Ross Bridge. Register. Ross Bridge 2024 Summer Junior Clinic Session 2 Ross Bridge.

  12. RTJ Golf Trail at Cambrian Ridge

    Register ($119-$169) BGA. BGA Junior Event 7. Trussville CC. Trussville, AL. Jun 6. #Jr. Register () View key info about Course Database including Course description, Tee yardages, par and handicaps, scorecard, contact info, Course Tours, directions and more.

  13. Run The Jewels

    3 massive jewel runner cheers to killer mike, who just won 3 well-deserved grammys for his solo album michael.he literally ran the jewels in the rap category, and we couldn't be prouder to see it. and shout outs as well to el-p, who bagged a grammy of his own for the contributions he made to mike's album, along with rtj fam torbitt "little shalimar" schwartz and cuz lightyear.

  14. RTJ Golf Trail registers record numbers

    In 2022, the number was 30,000. Trail cards are available to Alabama residents or anyone living within 100 miles of a Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail site. They provide reduced greens fees and discounts for food and beverage and pro shop merchandise. Beverly cited an uptick in weekday play as one reason Trail rounds reached record levels.

  15. PDF TRAIL GUIDE

    LPGA, WEB.com Tour, and Symetra Tour have each held tournaments to test their professionals' skills on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. While in Alabama, I encourage you to also enjoy the history and hospitality that we offer. From the USS Alabama Battleship in Mobile to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, our state provides you

  16. Senator Course / Guardian Championship

    The Senator course is a Scottish-Links style course with beautifully manicured Champion greens. The course holds over 160 pot-hole bunkers and has mounds 20 to 40 feet in height to create a secluded setting for each hole. Official site of the Epson Tour's Guardian Championship held September 15-17, 2023 at the RTJ Golf Trail in Prattville, Alabama.

  17. Ross Bridge Golf Course

    Jun 5. #Jr. Register ($119-$169) View key info about Course Database including Course description, Tee yardages, par and handicaps, scorecard, contact info, Course Tours, directions and more.

  18. Did you get your membership money's worth?

    I bought the RTJ trail card this year for roughly $60. it allows me deep discounts and access to all the RTJ courses with advanced tee time scheduling. I have played several courses on the trail this year and after the 3rd round it has paid for itself. average price per round per course is 108-150$ without it. with the card is average of $60 ...

  19. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail • Junior Golf

    July 11-12. SJGT Match Play (Grand National) July 18-22. Cambrian Ridge Junior Classic. September 10-11. Lakewood Junior Classic. September 24-25. The Robert Trent Jones Junior Golf Association is dedicated to young men and women who aspire to further their growth and development on and off the golf course.