Old Overton Club - Renowned Alabama Golf Venue

Scott G. Sink brings more than three decades of experience in the insurance industry to his role as senior executive vice president at McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama. When not busy leading the insurance brokerage firm’s 60-person Energy and Marine Division, Scott G. Sink is an avid golfer who has played all over the world, and at local venues such as Old Overton Club.

Old Overton Club sits southeast of Birmingham in the heavily wooded hills of Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Built on the site of a former strip mine, the picturesque course is the product of a collaboration between Jerry Pate and Tom Fazio, who together incorporated several aspects of the local topography in their design. A rock wall comes into play on the 426-yard fourth hole, while Lake Overton presents a challenge to golfers on several of the back nine holes.

Since opening in 1993, Old Overton has garnered acclaim from publications like Golf Digest, which recognized the club as having the eighth-best course in Alabama for 2017-18. Outside of golf, Old Overton offers activities such as swimming, tennis, and dining.

An Overview of Alabama’s Shoal Creek Golf Course

An insurance industry executive with more than three decades of experience, Scott G. Sink serves as senior executive vice president of McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama. In his free time, Scott G. Sink enjoys playing golf. His favorite courses include Alabama’s Shoal Creek.

Designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, Shoal Creek is an 18-hole golf course that opened in 1977. Since then, the property has hosted several major golfing events, including US Amateur and Junior Amateur Tournaments and two PGA Championships. The course also will host the 73rd US Women’s Open Championship in 2018.

The 7,154-yard Shoal Creek course sits on 1,550 acres in the southern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Highlights of the course include a series of challenging par-5 holes with well-protected greens. With background views of the Double Oak Mountain, the 190-yard, par-3 fifth hole is also memorable.

Over the last three decades, Shoal Creek has received praise from golfers and golf publications. Golf Digest recently ranked Shoal Creek at the top of its 2017-18 list of Best Golf Courses in Alabama.