Golf in Birmingham

Birmingham is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and the state's economic capital, a city whose dramatic rise in the late nineteenth century as an iron and steel production center—so rapid that it earned the nickname 'The Magic City'—was followed by the equally dramatic trauma of the Civil Rights era and the painful deindustrialization of the late twentieth century. The city has undergone a remarkable economic transformation in recent decades, becoming a center for medical research, financial services, and technology while maintaining the cultural depth that comes from a complex and consequential history. Birmingham's golf landscape reflects this complexity—from the working-class tradition of municipal courses to the exclusive private clubs of the over-the-mountain suburbs, from the Robert Trent Jones Trail facilities to the historic country clubs that have served the city's business community for generations.