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RTJ Golf Trail at Hampton Cove

Owens Cross Roads, AL · Public · 18 holes · Est. 1992

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About RTJ Golf Trail at Hampton Cove

The Hampton Cove site on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail offers three distinct layouts. An old mule barn standing beside the fifth hole is among the Trail's better-known landmarks, and the closing stretch of the Highlands course ranks with the Trail's more scenic and demanding finishes.

The River course occupies former soybean fields in the flood plain of the Flint River. Water comes into play on 16 of its 18 holes, placing a premium on shot-making.

The Short Course is open and links-like in character, with water affecting 11 holes. Alternating tees give it range for golfers of differing abilities and call for shots with every club in the bag.

At a glance

Access: Public
Holes: 18
Par: 72
Length: 7,668 yards
Tees: 14 tee boxes
Course rating: 76.2 / 143 slope
Opened: 1992
Difficulty: Harder than most

Scorecard

Highlands

Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Out	In	Total	Par	Rating
Par	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	5	4	36	36	72
Handicap	5	15	17	9	7	1	3	13	11	4	14	16	12	2	18	10	6	8
Purple	399	394	551	211	409	436	452	233	510	458	201	423	413	416	546	258	614	430	3595	3759	7,354	72	76.2/143
Orange	386	366	523	185	377	409	424	189	483	431	179	349	387	386	516	210	573	390	3342	3421	6,763	72	73.4/138
White	365	332	505	160	335	386	389	160	443	369	156	328	337	344	488	150	533	360	3075	3065	6,140	72	70.9/130
Gold	344	293	460	136	291	358	345	132	413	336	131	308	322	313	441	127	471	340	2772	2789	5,561	72	67.8/126
Teal	304	270	380	90	279	339	315	85	359	253	104	271	316	309	404	99	460	295	2421	2511	4,932	72	65.0/120

River

Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Out	In	Total	Par	Rating
Par	5	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	36	36	72
Handicap	3	17	9	13	1	15	7	5	11	18	8	2	16	6	12	14	4	10
Purple	556	207	467	447	476	214	433	627	438	572	437	454	421	208	600	187	451	473	3865	3803	7,668	72	77.5/140
Orange	505	186	404	375	388	196	393	566	394	535	398	418	382	186	519	176	378	365	3407	3357	6,764	72	73.1/136
White	463	165	347	342	350	158	360	540	348	486	353	379	314	165	494	163	350	334	3073	3038	6,111	72	70.2/130
Gold	463	150	292	320	330	145	310	499	325	440	315	345	300	120	465	140	319	324	2834	2768	5,602	72	67.9/119
Teal	431	135	267	299	285	135	305	421	318	428	293	340	276	112	426	132	314	283	2596	2604	5,200	72	66.2/110

Short Course

Tee	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Out	In	Total	Par	Rating
Par	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	27	27	54
Purple	192	184	222	149	201	257	190	215	199	177	193	184	222	205	247	159	232	207	1809	1826	3,635	54	59.3/96
Orange	161	167	189	110	182	184	175	173	153	161	152	174	185	170	184	143	168	176	1494	1513	3,007	54	57.1/91
White	124	152	154	95	149	145	144	145	128	115	131	144	156	143	137	115	151	152	1236	1244	2,480	54	55.4/87
Teal	83	109	72	78	83	109	114	126	111	98	83	124	105	115	95	85	128	143	885	976	1,861	54	53.3/83

Tee and scorecard data retrieved from the USGA GHIN course database

Course handicap at RTJ Golf Trail at Hampton Cove

How many strokes you get from each tee, by handicap index.

Tee	Rating	Slope	0	5	10	15	20	25	30	36
Highlands · Purple	76.2	143	4	11	17	23	30	36	42	50
Highlands · Orange	73.4	138	1	8	14	20	26	32	38	45
Highlands · White	70.9	130	-1	5	10	16	22	28	33	40
Highlands · Gold	67.8	126	-4	1	7	13	18	24	29	36
Highlands · Teal	65.0	120	-7	-2	4	9	14	20	25	31
River · Purple	77.5	140	6	12	18	24	30	36	43	50
River · Orange	73.1	136	1	7	13	19	25	31	37	44
River · White	70.2	130	-2	4	10	15	21	27	33	40
River · Gold	67.9	119	-4	1	6	12	17	22	27	34
River · Teal	66.2	110	-6	-1	4	9	14	19	23	29
Short Course · Purple	59.3	96	5	10	14	18	22	27	31	36
Short Course · Orange	57.1	91	3	7	11	15	19	23	27	32
Short Course · White	55.4	87	1	5	9	13	17	21	24	29
Short Course · Teal	53.3	83	-1	3	7	10	14	18	21	26

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