NorthRiver Yacht Club
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NorthRiver Yacht Club is a private golf
club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
which officially opened in 1978. The course was originally designed by professional golfer
Gary Player
but was redesigned in 1997 by noted architect
Bob Cupp. The course features bent grass and is set up to both challenge expert players while being forgiving to beginners still new to the game.
The signature hole at NorthRiver is the 17th, which is a par 3 hole featuring a green on a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water.
The facility is considered one of the finest in Alabama. Besides golf, NorthRiver offers tennis, aquatics, dining and The Warner Lodge, an upscale hotel with space for conference rooms.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama . Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010...
which officially opened in 1978. The course was originally designed by professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
but was redesigned in 1997 by noted architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Bob Cupp. The course features bent grass and is set up to both challenge expert players while being forgiving to beginners still new to the game.
The signature hole at NorthRiver is the 17th, which is a par 3 hole featuring a green on a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water.
The facility is considered one of the finest in Alabama. Besides golf, NorthRiver offers tennis, aquatics, dining and The Warner Lodge, an upscale hotel with space for conference rooms.