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Bessemer sits just southwest of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama's industrial heartland — a city shaped by steel mills and railroad history, set among the rolling, wooded terrain of the southern Appalachian foothills. The area's climate is mild enough to support year-round play, and the landscape of red clay, hardwoods, and pine is characteristic of central Alabama golf.
The name Graveyard/Windmill hints at a course built around distinctive local landmarks — the kind of naming convention common to layouts that grew organically from their surroundings rather than from a master-planned resort vision. A par 71 suggests the design likely leans on a mix of shorter holes and strategic variety rather than sheer length to present its challenge, rewarding placement and course management over power.
This reads as everyday, accessible golf for the greater Birmingham market — the sort of club that serves a community of regulars who know every bounce and break. Bessemer and its surrounding communities have a quiet, unpretentious golf culture, and a course like this tends to carry real local loyalty built over years of weekend rounds.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I · men | 7,007 | 73.1 | 127 | 71 |
| II · men | 6,429 | 70.4 | 122 | 71 |
| III · men | 5,753 | 67.2 | 115 | 71 |
| III · women | 5,753 | 72.3 | 126 | 71 |
| IV · men | 5,003 | 63.8 | 108 | 71 |
| IV · women | 5,003 | 68.2 | 117 | 71 |
| V · men | 4,145 | 60.9 | 103 | 71 |
| V · women | 4,145 | 63.4 | 107 | 71 |
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