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University of Alabama Golf Course

Started by BamaGolfer13 , Dec 10 2010 08:33 AM

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#1 BamaGolfer13

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 08:33 AM

Where is the University of Alabama golf course and what is it called? How is it?

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 12:15 PM

It's in Tuscaloosa, but I believe it's closed.
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Posted 22 March 2011 - 11:21 PM

Capstone in Brookwood AL
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Posted 06 August 2011 - 08:22 PM

The old university course has been closed for several years, but the team now plays at a new Jerry Pate design course in Tuscaloosa called Ol' Colony.  They have a great practice facility for the team.

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Posted 07 August 2011 - 12:13 AM

Even when Harry Pritchett Golf Course was open, the UA golf team played/practiced at Indian Hills and North River, a pair of country clubs. The Pritchett course may have been the single worst golf course ever designed.

Example A: It had a double-dogleg PAR FOUR of about 360. I am not kidding. It was about 180 off the tee, then left about 70 yards, then right about 90. There were also 3-4 parallel holes on the front nine that were identical -- tee off downhill, hit back uphill to the green. On one of those holes (No. 7, I think), The incline was so severe that if you landed the ball in the fairway during a dry spell, the ball would roll back to you.

Since then, I've heard they play at two different places: Ol' Colony in Northport or Capstone Club in Brookwood. I have never played Capstone Club. Ol' Colony is a very good deal for the money but I don't think it's quite the course that some others do. But it is a good test of golf with a sane layout, unlike the old Pritchett course.

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