Kiva Dunes is the baby of Alabama's own Jerry Pate and Jim "Scrappy" Edgemon. One of the best-designed and conditioned golf courses on the Gulf Coast, Kiva Dunes is a must-play. The course, which opened in 1990, has enjoyed the top spot in the state on many publications' rankings and in the past couple of years, it's only gotten better, Mike Bailey writes.
April is a transition month for courses in the northern climates, but those in warmer climates are in prime shape. That fact is reflected in Golf Advisor's Power Rankings.
Go to the Gulf for golf. It's as simple as that. Alabama's Gulf Shores along the Gulf of Mexico is one of America's best bargain golf destinations. This solid collection of courses stretches from Mobile to Pensacola, Fla., just across the state line. There's a top 100-caliber course at Kiva Dunes to anchor the trip, along with several other high quality resort-style layouts. Here are the five best places to play right in Gulf Shores.
Alabama's best golf courses, from the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail to the Gulf Shores region, stack up among the best in the southeast. See the top 15 according to your ratings and reviews.
Come to Gulf Shores, Ala. to play golf, and you'll find one of the best bargains in the country. The area offers quality resort golf for less than half the price of some other parts of the country. What's more, the courses were designed by some of the biggest names in the business. It's hard to go wrong with any of them, but we've chosen six that you shouldn't pass up if you're in the Mobile/Gulf Shores, Ala., area.
The popular Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail dominates the golf landscape in Alabama. It has created a windfall of tourism development and synergy that never existed in Alabama before its creation in the 1990s. But did you know there's plenty of great golf off the trail as well? Here are the five best Alabama courses not on the well traveled RTJ Trail.
We looked at your ratings and reviews in the state of Alabama in 2017 to determine which courses received the best ratings. Here is the annual top 15 determined by golfers like you.
One area of the U.S. where you can find some great values is the Gulf Coast, all the way from Tampa, Fla., to South Padre Island, Texas. Here are some examples of winter golf that will save you 50 percent or more off the more publicized destinations.
Jason Scott Deegan explores how 10 of America's top modern golf destinations have evolved over time. Every top destination had a key course that served as a catalyst, spurring further development.
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