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Winter Chaser
Looking for a way to beat the winter doldrums? We've got just the answer. Enjoy the Trail's Winter Unlimited Special! Play three consecutive days of unlimited golf for $129 (only $43 per day). Call 1.800.949.4444 or make your reservation online to book your winter escape. Ask about our
Winter Unlimited Special.


LPGA's Best Coming to Mobile
The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions presented by Kathy Ireland Worldwide will be held at the RTJ Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Alabama next week. Lorena Ochoa will return as defending champion. Ranking high on the LPGA money list, Ochoa was an audience favorite at the Navistar LPGA Classic on the RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill in September and was named Sportswoman of the Year for 2007 by the Women's Sports Foundation. Star-studded players also scheduled to compete include Annika Sorenstam, Natalie Gulbis, Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel.

The tournament will be televised live on The Golf Channel November 8-11. For ticket and general information on The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions, call 251.432.9340 or visit MitchellCompanyLPGAChampions.com.


Ah, Spring!
There's nothing more exciting than that first round of golf in the spring. Shake off the winter blues and enjoy all the world-class golf you can handle with our Spring Free Tuesdays on the Trail. Play three consecutive days of golf and receive Tuesday FREE! Experience your choice of the Trail's 26 courses at 11 different sites. Call 1.800.949.4444 or book your Spring Free Tuesdays online.


RTJ Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove
Third Annual Golf Digest/RTJ Couples by the Bay Challenge
The third annual Golf Digest/RTJ Couples by the Bay Challengee will be held April 25-27, 2008, at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Alabama. Entrants will enjoy an exquisite weekend of golf at Magnolia Grove Golf Course, ranked 4 1/2 stars by Golf Digest's Places to Play and stay at the Riverview Plaza Hotel in downtown Mobile. Price for the event is $950 per couple and includes two nights hotel, two tournament rounds, practice round Friday, lunch each tournament day, welcome reception Friday night, tournament dinner Saturday night, prizes and gifts.

Click here for more information.


Mobile's Battle House Hotel Wins Best New Renaissance Hotel
The Resort Collection on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is beginning to receive as many accolades as the famed golf trail. Often cited as the “World’s Best Public Golf,” the golfing experience on Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has been taken to a higher level with the addition of eight luxury hotels and resorts. All owned by the Retirement Systems of Alabama, the Alabama hotels have taken Marriott International by storm.

At the recent Marriott International Awards in Miami Beach, the RTJ Golf Trail Resort Collection received the Food and Beverage Excellence Award. The RTJ Resort Collection also won Service Excellence Awards for both the Marriott and Renaissance brands. The hotels were competing with the 345 Marriott hotels in North America and 71 Renaissance hotels globally.

Crystal Ballroom at Battle HouseThe Battle House Hotel in Mobile, Alabama, won Best New Hotel and Opening of the Year for Renaissance Hotels. Originally built in 1852, The Battle House reopened in May 2007 after a massive renovation. Battle House also recently won the Mobile Press-Register’s 2007 Readers Choice Award. The Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa and Riverview Plaza, both RTJ Resort Collection properties, were finalists for the Mobile Press-Register honor.

Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa in Birmingham won Best New Renaissance Hotel and Opening of the Year in 2005, as Battle House did in 2007. Ross Bridge recently was named best hotel in 2007 by The Birmingham News readers.

The RTJ Resort Collection consistently ranked among the best for meetings and guest satisfaction in both the Marriott and Renaissance brands. Ross Bridge and Battle House are currently in the top 10 for guest satisfaction out of the 71 Renaissance hotels. Of the 345 full service Marriott Hotels in North America, the Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa in Florence is ranked 8th for guest satisfaction. The Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa; Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel & Conference Center at Capitol Hill and Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel and Conference Center at Grand National are all ranked in the top 20% for both event and guest satisfaction.

Riverview Plaza Hotel in Mobile will convert to a Renaissance on Nov. 6, 2007, after a $50 million renovation. The eighth hotel, Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center, will open in February 2008.


Alabama Spas Ranked Among the Best in the Country
Alabama ranked fourth in the nation for the number of spas honored by BestSpas USA. Spas at the Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa, the Marriott Shoals Hotel and Spa and The Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club and Spa were all in the ranking. Also, all three hotels earned the coveted AAA Four-Diamond rating. Click here for more information on the Resort Collection on the RTJ Golf Trail.


RTJJuniorGolf.comThese Kids Are Good!!
Signup is now open for the 2008 Junior Golf Association season. Association members receive year-round $10 green fees and discounted range balls at all Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail facilities, excluding Ross Bridge.

For additional information, call the Junior Golf Association at 1.800.949.4444 or visit
www.rtjjuniorgolf.com.



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