Publisher's Synopsis
"Shoal Creek in Alabama holds a special place for Hall Thompson, Jack Nicklaus, and Mike Thompson. It was Hall Thompson who championed the idea of building a superior golf course and he tabbed Nicklaus as the man to design it. Fast forward to the main thrust of this book: the second twenty years of Shoal Creek. Front and center has been a Nicklaus rebuild of the golf course, with Mike Thompson and the entire Shoal Creek membership coming together to approve this major step. Five Regions Traditions, a major championship on the PGA Tour Champions, saw major golf return in 2011, with the 2008 US Junior Amateur marking the return of the United States Golf Association to Shoal Creek. Other noteworthy championships have been hosted, including the 2010 Southern Amateur and 2016 Women's NCAA Regional. The pièce de résistance came May 31-June 3, 2018, when the club hosted the US Women's Open, the pinnacle of women's worldwide golf. This book det
