In 1964, the last of the Russell Farms cattle farms, locally known as "the Wedges Farms," (having once been a farm where workers were hired for "wages") was chosen as the location of the Willow Point Golf and Country Club. Russell Ballard, the caretaker at the time, had saved this area from the development of rental lake homes, as he always seemed to find a "better" location for the new doctor or professor who he was to help find a suitable location on Lake Martin for his "cabin." This beautiful championship 18-hole golf course meanders about on a peninsula totally surrounded by Lake Martin.Paragraph: Designed by Thomas Nichol, the par 72 course was constructed as a private club to replace the original course, which was given by the family to the State of Alabama for the site of the Alexander City Junior College (now Central Alabama Community College). Eugene C. Gwaltney, who took over the management of Russell Mills from his father-in-law, Tom Russell, was instrumental in building the golf course. The senior management of Russell Mills wanted a golf club for the benefit of the "Mill" and Russell Lands was called upon to donate the land and some of the resources. Russell Mills furnished much of the labor and machinery.