Grand National

Auburn-Opelika Golf Guide

Auburn-Opelika Play Courses

By Brian Weis

Must Play Courses in Auburn-Opelika

1) Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National
Built on 600 acres by Lake Saughatchee, Grand National offers a scenic and challenging setting for all golfers. Grand National was ranked as the top public golf course in 2009 by the Golf World Reader's Choice Awards and the three courses Links, Lake and the short course show why - beautiful topography, challenging but invigorating holes, with the Robert Trent Jones seal to boot. The three courses are also listed as some of the nation's top 40 super value courses by Golf Digest's Places to Play.

2) The Auburn University Club
Who says you can't relive your college days? Home to the Auburn University Golf Team, the Auburn University club boasts an 180hole, 7,326 yard 18-hole championship golf course on some of the prettiest 225 acres you'll find in the country.

3) Moore's Mill Golf Course
Nestled in Southeastern Alabama's countryside, this course is one of the South's most picturesque golf courses. Designed by Day-Blalock, the golf course is carved throughout the rolling terrain, mature hardwoods and towering southern pines native to Eastern Alabama. Adding to the serenity and beauty of the course is the Moore's Mill Creek, which twists and turns throughout 15 of the 18 holes.

4) Auburn Links at Mill Creek
We can almost feel the TifDwarf Bermuda grass under our feet. Auburn Links is a fun and beautiful course that caters to many levels of golfer. Features an 18-hole championship course.

5) Indian Pines Golf Course
6,213 yards of a golfer's dream. A Par 71 course, Indian Pine's course rating Is 68.8 and a slope rating of 119.

Best Kept Secrets
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Course is the best golf value in the U.S., but to avoid the crowds and peak-season rates of spring, make your reservation in the fall! We have mild temperatures year-round, and the lower rates of the fall make Auburn-Opelika the absolute golfing deal you'll find in the state

Planning Your Trip
This is the easiest part. Just visit www.aotourism.com! You'll find all you could ever need to know about golfing, dining and sleeping in Auburn-Opelika. And if you have any questions, call the Auburn-Opelika Tourism Bureau at (334) 887-4747.

Revised: 04/05/2014 - Article Viewed 33,207 Times - View Course Profile

About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.