The World-Class Alabama Golf Course Where Greenskeepers Go to Sample New Products

[DGUtley]

The World-Class Alabama Golf Course Where Greenskeepers Go to Sample New Products

The Experience at Farmlinks is a destination course like no other.

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Alabama has a long golf tradition, boasting 11 courses created by famed architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. across the state. But there’s one course in particular, near the rural town of Sylacauga, that should be added to any golfer’s wish list.
Set on a 3,200-acre family farm, Pursell Farms isn’t somewhere you might happen upon. It’s more of a destination unto itself, located one hour from Birmingham, Alabama, and two and a half from Atlanta, Georgia. The closest town is the former railroad crossroads of Sylacauga where, in 1904, DeWitt Alexander Parker founded a fertilizer company.

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“I had an idea to create what I called the ‘Epcot of golf.’ We focused on golf because golf was a huge growing market back in the late 90s and early 2000s,” he told me. “I need[ed] to create something that golf superintendents from not just around the country or North America but from all over the world would want to come to visit.”
In 2002, Pursell opened The Experience at FarmLinks, a unique golf course designed to showcase and test out their products. Pursell flew in these superintendents from all over the world for a few days of golf, good food, and Southern hospitality.
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The World-Class Alabama Golf Course Where Greenskeepers Go to Sample New Products

The Experience at Farmlinks is a destination course like no other.

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Alabama has a long golf tradition, boasting 11 courses created by famed architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. across the state. But there’s one course in particular, near the rural town of Sylacauga, that should be added to any golfer’s wish list.
Set on a 3,200-acre family farm, Pursell Farms isn’t somewhere you might happen upon. It’s more of a destination unto itself, located one hour from Birmingham, Alabama, and two and a half from Atlanta, Georgia. The closest town is the former railroad crossroads of Sylacauga where, in 1904, DeWitt Alexander Parker founded a fertilizer company.

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“I had an idea to create what I called the ‘Epcot of golf.’ We focused on golf because golf was a huge growing market back in the late 90s and early 2000s,” he told me. “I need[ed] to create something that golf superintendents from not just around the country or North America but from all over the world would want to come to visit.”
In 2002, Pursell opened The Experience at FarmLinks, a unique golf course designed to showcase and test out their products. Pursell flew in these superintendents from all over the world for a few days of golf, good food, and Southern hospitality.
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https://www.insidehook.com/article/t...-lawn-products

Looks awesome.

[ripmeister]

Looks awesome.

Have you played it Dave?

[DGUtley]

Have you played it Dave?

No.

[Cotton1]

i read a book about Trent Jones the golf course developer. it was very interesting. im not a golfer but loved the book