Founded in 2004, the Alotian Club is consistently ranked as the best golf course in Arkansas and is also the hardest tee time to get in the state. The course sits west of Little Rock in the hills around Lake Maumelle.
Warren Stephens, the President and CEO of Stephens Inc., built The Alotian Club and modeled the club after Augusta National, where he is a member. Warren’s father, Jack Stephens, was the Chairman of Augusta National from 1991-98.
Alotian Club Ranking
The Alotian Club has been ranked in Golf Digest’s Top 100 courses in the USA since 2011. The course was ranked as high as 14 at that time and ranked number 35 in the 2021-22 rankings.
Golf Digest Top 100 Alotian Article
Alotian Club Designer and Design
Tom Fazio designed the exclusive, private Alotian Club and was clearly inspired by the famous home of the Masters. The course has dramatic elevation change from the first tee shot through the eighteenth green. The course also has wide landing areas and short grass around the green similar to August National.
Another similarity is how the course only has three sets of tees, the championship, member, and forward tees, just like Augusta National. The tees play 7480, 6780, and 5385 yards respectively. One interesting aspect of the course is the lack of penalty areas on the course. There are creeks that come into play on holes 14 and 16 and a pond to the right of 15 that is not really in play.
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Tournaments held at The Alotian Club
The Alotian has held several prestigious amateur events. In 2013 it became the first golf course outside of the midwest to host the Western Amateur. In 2019 the club held the Arnold Palmer Club, which is a President’s Cup style competition for men and women college players. In 2021 Warren Stephens started a collegiate event in honor of his father, the Jack Stephens Cup.
Photos from the 2013 Western Amateur
Results of the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup
Results of the 2021 Jack Stephens Cup
Where the name “The Alotian Club” comes from
The name for the course comes from golf trips Warren Stephens would take with his friends. These trips were called the “America’s Lights Out Tour.” The acronym ALOT caused the participants on these trips to be called the “Alotians,” and this was the inspiration for the name.
