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Shoal Creek Club Shoal Creek Club is an invitation-only private golf club in the southeastern United States, located in Shelby County, Alabama, southeast of Birmingham. Opened 41Â years ago in 1977, the course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and is rated as the top golf course in the state.[3] Shoal Creek is consistently listed as one of America's top courses, most recently being ranked #50 in Golf Digest and #70 in Golf Week.[4][5]
United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017 A special election for the United States Senate in Alabama took place on December 12, 2017 to fill a vacancy in the Senate through the end of the term ending on January 3, 2021, arising from the resignation on February 8, 2017 of Jeff Sessions to serve as U.S. Attorney General. Democratic candidate Doug Jones defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore by a margin of 20,715 votes (1.5%). Jones is the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in the state since 1992.