Located in Greenville, Alabama, Cambrian Ridge is a 36 hole facility with 3 regulation 9-hole courses and a short par-3 course.
The Loblolly nine, with its gently rolling fairways, cathedral-like pines, and water-fronted greens, exudes a stately, Augusta-like quality.
The Canyon nine, carved from former hunting grounds where deer blinds remain nailed to the hardwood, is a thrilling stretch of target-style golf beginning with the first hole, a 501 yard par four that drops 200 feet from tee to fairway.
The Sherling nine may be the best nine on the entire trail. Drama takes center stage at Sherling's ninth hole which marches straight uphill past a deep ravine strewn with ochre boulders to a lolling tongue of a double green shared with the ninth on the Canyon nine.
The Short Course is a marvelous collection of par three holes laid out beautifully between the ridge and Sherling lake.
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is the largest golf course construction project ever attempted. The New York Times calls it "...some of the best public golf on Earth."
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