The beauty is derived from the efforts to follow the existing lay of the land and keeping the natural elements undisturbed. Retirees provide income and assets for economic development and as a group pay more in taxes than they require in government services. Alabama launched in 1988 the first state government sponsored effort to attract retirees. There are 94 communities in Alabama that are actively recruiting retirees as new citizens. This unprecedented growth in public golf is greatly enhancing Alabama's efforts to attract active older adults for their retirement, especially those who enjoy great golf at reasonable prices without expensive up-front membership fees.
Tourists can play a different course each day for two weeks and never play the same hole twice.
Each complex is within 15 minutes of an interstate highway and is within two hours of another complex. Reasonable annual fees can be purchased which allow unlimited play at all the complexes. Stretching from the Appalachian Mountains and lakes of north Alabama to the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico, each course is uniquely different. Some are hilly, some are flatter, some have plenty of water obstacles, and some have no water to play around. Golfers can play these courses for half the cost and half the time.