Old Overton
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Old Overton Golf Club, located in Vestavia Hills, Alabama
, USA, is an invitation-only private golf
club which opened in 1993. The course was designed by professional golfer Jerry Pate
and Tom Fazio
. Golf Digest
rated Old Overton as one of the Best New Private Courses in 1994, and they currently list the club as the third best golf course in the state.http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/state/index.ssf?/courses/state/2005alabama.html Old Overton has played host to a number of tournaments, including the annual Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Tournament. Old Overton is home to the 2003 PGA Golf Professional of the Year recipient, Jim Brotherton Jr. http://www.pgamediaguide.com/awards_detail.cfm?awardid=7
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
Vestavia Hills is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a suburb of the city of Birmingham.-History:Vestavia Hills is named for the estate of former Birmingham mayor George B. Ward. It was situated on the crest of Shades Mountain in what is now the northern...
, USA, is an invitation-only private golf
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 which opened in 1993. The course was designed by professional golfer Jerry Pate
Jerry Pate
Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate is an American golfer.Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Alabama, where he played on the golf team. Pate had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1974, and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S....
and Tom Fazio
Tom Fazio
Thomas Fazio, ASGCA is a golf course architect.Fazio graduated in 1962 from Lansdale Catholic High School and was inducted into its "Hall of Fame" in 2007. He began his career in golf course design with his family's firm in suburban Philadelphia, which he left in the 1960s; he established his own...
. Golf Digest
Golf Digest
Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. Condé Nast Publications also publishes the more specialized , and Golf World Business. The...
rated Old Overton as one of the Best New Private Courses in 1994, and they currently list the club as the third best golf course in the state.http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/state/index.ssf?/courses/state/2005alabama.html Old Overton has played host to a number of tournaments, including the annual Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Tournament. Old Overton is home to the 2003 PGA Golf Professional of the Year recipient, Jim Brotherton Jr. http://www.pgamediaguide.com/awards_detail.cfm?awardid=7