Taking a chance
A LOCAL DEVELOPER BRINGS RTJ GOLF COURSE TO DOTHAN
Hugh Wheelless will never forget the moment when renowned golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. visited his farmhouse in 1990 to discuss his property and the possible construction of a course in Dothan. The result was a moment that 6 JANUARY 2019
helped create not only a golf course but also a foundation for growth. “I asked him if we could have a golf course around here,” Wheelless says of Jones, who was 92 during the 1990 meeting. “He said, ‘God builds golf courses, and
I find them.’ I asked him what he thought of my land, and he said, ‘You’ve got a golf course here.’” And Jones was correct. Highland Oaks golf course was the result, which also led to the construction of Highlands Park, with www.alabamaliving.coop
