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He has led the retirement
fund into several high-
profile investments, such as,
inner-city real estate, office
buildings, newspapers and a
string of golf courses.
All have made the Retirement
System of Alabama one of the
strongest investment funds in
America and helped create
jobs, increase tax revenue and
gain the admiration of other
states around the country.
In the early 1990s, the idea
was initiated that a good way
to bring growth to the state
was to build a golf course.
Bronner always looked for the
biggest bang for his buck and
quickly realized Alabama is a
big state and could use more
than just one golf facility.
He began to shop for
someone that wanted to
design 18 championship golf
courses at eight locations
around the state.
As you can imagine this was
a monumental task and most
leading golf designers of the
time, felt it impossible. Robert
Trent Jones was semi-retired,
but saw the potential and
accepted the challenge.
The original seven locations
opened in 1992 and 1993
with 324 holes of world-
class golf. Three additional
locations have been added
plus the two courses at
Lakewood Golf Club in Point
Clear were renovated.
These brought the total to 11
locations, with 26 golf courses
totaling 468 holes.