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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><CENTER><H2>Come One Come All!</h3>Trail Card holders play the Links Course for $49.00 and the short course for $1.00 a hole (Sunday - Thursday after 1:00 pm) Call (334)749-9042 for tee times.</CENTER>
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<td>Golf Digest calls the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail "the best thing
ever done for public golf," and Grand National's 54 holes are the crown
jewels of the Trail. <br>
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The Links Course was named by Golf Digest as the 2nd best new public course
in America in 1993. The Lake Course was named by Golf Digest as the 4th
best new public course in America in 1993. The entire complex at Grand
National was listed by Golf Digest's Places To Play as three of the nation's
40 Super Valuecourses. Grand National, by all reports, was the single
greatest site for a golf complex Robert Trent Jones, Sr. had ever seen.
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Built on 600-acre Lake Saughahatchee, 32 of the 54 holes drape along its
filigreed shores. The cornerstone of the complex is the Links Course,
which is without a single weakness. The par-four 18th is, without a doubt,
the strongest finishing hole on the Trail. The drive must carry a corner
of the Lake, while the approach is played to a shallow pedestal green
shored up by boulders. <br>
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With 12 holes hugging the shore, Grand National's Lake Course is every
bit as scenic as the Links. Not only is the quartes of par threes on the
Lake Course as good as any in the nation, the 230-yard, island green 15th
may be the single prettiest hold on the Trail. The Short Course at Grand
National is a thing of beauty, with more than half the holes touching
the lake. This 18-hole course of one-shoters might be the finest anywhere
on the planet, according to some golf writers. <br>
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The LPGA Tournament of Champions was played at Grand National on October
5th-11th. The $750,000 purse event brought the champions of the tour like
Nancy Lopez, Laura Davies, Annika Sorenstam and Karrie Webb to the Opelika-Auburn
area. The tournament benefitted Breast Cancer Research through donations
to the Susan G. Komen Funds. <br>
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Register in our On-Line Guestbook for a chance to win a free round of
golf at Grand National <br>
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For more information on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, visit their
website at: http://www.rtjgolf.com. </td>
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