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Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

Rice strikes symbolic tee shot at Shoal Creek

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- There weren't a lot of folks around the first tee at Shoal Creek early Thursday morning, but there was plenty of symbolism. It was a moment. Not that Condoleezza Rice hit...
Thursday, 5/5/2011 at 11:59AM
Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

The Tradition has major feel at Shoal Creek

When the Tradition was first held in 1989, the Senior PGA Tour was hitting its stride. Arnold Palmer and Gary Player were among the legends already out there, and Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus...
Wednesday, 5/4/2011 at 10:46AM
Golf Tours & News / Week in Review

John Strege: Monday Qualifier: November 1

Shoal Creek founder Hall Thompson leaves mixed legacy.
November 01, 2010
Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

Report: Shoal Creek founder dead at age 87

Hall Thompson, the founder of Shoal Creek Country in Birmingham, Ala., and a controversial figure in golf, died Wednesday morning, according to the Birmingham News. Prior to the PGA Championship at Shoal Creek in 1990,...
Wednesday, 10/27/2010 at 2:56PM
Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

The resurrection of Shoal Creek

It was probably past due, professional tournament golf returning to Shoal Creek, but then how can you know when an appropriate penance has been paid in full on a racial injustice? Twenty years have passed...
Monday, 8/23/2010 at 11:16AM
Golf Tours & News

Diaz: Policy Shift

Once synonymous with exclusionary membership policies, Shoal Creek now lists one of the nation's most prominent black women as a member
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