Ol' Colony Golf Complex is a

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public

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

course in

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population o ...

. The 18-hole course opened in December 2000 on 597 acres that was once a farm plantation for a

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named Cain's Colony. Ol' Colony was designed by professional golfer

Jerry Pate Jerome Kendrick Pate (born September 16, 1953) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. As a 22-year-old rookie, he won the U.S. Open in 1976. Early years Born in Macon, Georgia, Pate grew up in the ...

, who played golf for The University of Alabama.

The University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the public ...

made Ol’ Colony its home course and constructed a training facility, The Jerry Pate Center, on the grounds in 2005. In 2008, Golf Digest ranked Ol’ Colony as one of the Top 100 "Best Places You Can Play" and recently a "Top 10 in Alabama Course." Ol’ Colony also operates the Tuscaloosa chapter of

The First Tee First Tee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that teaches children life skills, self-confidence, and resilience through golf lessons. First Tee reaches more than 3.6 million youth annually through programs delivered at chapter program locations, ...

program, a youth golf program designed to promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf.The First Tee of Tuscaloosa
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Ol' Colony Home PageTuscaloosa County Park & Recreation Authority
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ol' Colony Golf Complex Landmarks in Alabama Golf clubs and courses in Alabama Sports venues in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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