Previously, everything we recruited was out of this country, and now you have companies within the United States looking at Alabama in a different light than they would have 20-25 years ago. You not only allow them to be financially secure, but it trickles down to the next generation of kids who will now be able to go to college. “More impressive is how something like that can fundamentally change a family. Those dollars flow into those communities. What that has done is affect the north to the central to the south of the state with tourism. “Now it’s an annual $13 billion industry. “When we started out, this program was a $1.8 billion industry a year,” Bronner said. Robert Trent Jones designed and rebuilt many golf courses around the world, so it is no wonder people enjoy playing his courses. ![]() That’s just what Bronner like to hear, especially since 25 years or so ago many were questioning his vision. So, golf and the RTJ Trail, were likely key players in those economic development coups.īack to Nordsom, the golf-loving engineer and his impressions of the trail. And not one to sit on their laurels, the courses have seen significant upgrades. Each year more than 500,000 golfers take to the links, representing all 50 states, and on average 20 foreign countries. In 25 years, nearly 12 million rounds have been played on the trail. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a visually stunning collection of masterpiece courses, carved out of the hills, valleys, and marshes of Alabama. Separate from the hotel is the Presidential Cottage, which couples alpine cabin inspired digs with a helipad in the front yard.Īlong with staying in Prattville, Nordsom and his buddies had a couple of fine steak dinners in town, bought T-shirts and visors at the Capitol Hill clubhouse, and visited Bass Pro Shops twice. Crossings Course at Magnolia Grove (Mobile): The site of many LPGA events over the years. Capitol Hill is a short tee shot from the Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel and Conference Center. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Ross Bridge: Located in Hoover in the beautiful Shannon Valley and surrounded by large mountain ridges, the setting of this. Most RTJ locations have premier hotels and lodging on or close to the courses, also operated by RSA. It’s great because we don’t have to go to a new hotel every other night.” Alabama is home to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the largest golf project in the world, encompassing 432 spectacular holes of golf at 10 locations. They also rated the Links and Lake course in the top 10. ![]() “We stay in Prattville four or five days, play two or three other trail courses besides Capitol Hill in the area. Golf Digest rated the Links Course as 2nd and the Lake Course as 4th Best New Public Course in 1993. “It’s our big annual outing, we play the trail,” he said.
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