Four nights, three courses, and a green-fee total under $275 that redefines what a golf trip can cost.
4 Days
Best Value Trip
$800–$1400/person
1
Easy
This itinerary proves the RTJ Trail's central claim: championship golf at prices that defy the market. Three courses across four nights, anchored by Capitol Hill Judge and bookended by Oxmoor Valley Ridge and Cambrian Ridge, deliver architectural quality that competes with $200-per-round destinations at a combined green-fee total under $275. The accommodation strategy uses clean, practical hotels that keep the per-night cost between $90 and $180.
Fly into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) and pick up a rental car. The drive to Oxmoor Valley takes approximately 15 minutes south on Interstate 65.
Morning round at Capitol Hill Judge. The course that GOLF Magazine declared "worthy of hosting a U.
Dedicate the morning and early afternoon to Montgomery's Civil Rights Trail. Begin at the Rosa Parks Museum ($7.
Drive approximately one hour south on Interstate 65 to Cambrian Ridge in Greenville. Morning round on the Canyon/Sherling routing.
Free hot breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport (90 minutes north) or Montgomery Regional Airport (15 minutes from Embassy Suites) for departure.
Rental car is essential. Average rates at BHM run $50 to $70 per day. Total driving across the itinerary is approximately 350 miles, with the longest segment being the 90-minute drive between Birmingham and Prattville on Day 1.
Purchase the 2026 Trail Card ($49.95) through rtjgolf.com before the trip. The discounts apply at all three courses on this itinerary.
Total green fees for three rounds: $165 to $275. Total lodging for four nights: $360 to $660. Total trip cost including rental car, fuel, meals, and activities: $800 to $1,400 per person. These numbers speak for themselves.
The best months are March through May and September through November. Summer drops the costs further but adds heat. Winter is playable and the cheapest window of all, with the understanding that morning rounds may start in the 40s before warming to the 50s and 60s by midday.
$800–$1400
per person
4 Days
3 nights
1
courses included