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Soldiers Creek Golf Club
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About
The course at Soldiers Creek Golf Club was designed by Scott Clark, a former Golf Course Superintendent at The Grand Hotel in Point Clear Alabama and the current Superintendent at The Peninsula Golf Club in Gulf Shores Alabama. While this is Scott's first attempt in playing the role of a course architect, it also reveals his depth of experience in the golf course industry. The design goals of building a course that would be enjoyable for high handicappers as well as low handicappers was met in this design.
The course features wide player-friendly fairways. Also, water comes into play on only two holes which makes navigating this course easier for high handicappers. A large natural turf driving range and 10,000 square foot practice green is available as a warm-up or practice area.
Soldiers Creek Golf Club is owned by the Norman Woerner family. Norman is a member of the Woerner Turf family of sod producers. Woerner Turf is a world-wide leader in turf production. The company provides turf for many golf courses ranging from Augusta National to new courses in Hong Kong. They also supply the turf for the NFL Super Bowl and the NFL Pro Bowl in Hawaii.
Southern Turf Nurseries provided the Tif Eagle for Soldiers Creek Golf Club. This turf grass is considered by many to be the best-of-the-best turf for southern golf course greens. The fairways and roughs are Tif 419, a dense-growing emerald-colored grass that's perfect for plush fairways.The greens feature Tif Eagle, the newest and best-of-the-best southern turf grass for golf course greens. An increasingly popular choice for new golf courses and redesigns, this turf permits a closer cut, thus allowing for smoother, faster greens.
Located only several miles from Alabama's sun-kissed Gulf Coast, this new 18 hole championship course is part of the Woerner Preserve Resort. Our friendly staff welcomes you to play the newest course on the Gulf Coast. Yes, we are now open. Come spend some time with family or friends. Relax and enjoy a round of golf in this natural setting.
DIRECTIONS: From I-10, take exit 44 (Gulf Shores Pkwy/Hwy 59 South). Travel south on Hwy 59 for approx. 18 miles. Turn left onto Hwy 98 (at light in Foley). Travel approx. 10 miles to Co. Rd 95. Turn right and go 1 ½ mile. Course is on the left.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1/Black | 72 | 7001 yards | 72.8 | 119 |
| #2/Blue | 72 | 6372 yards | 69.8 | 117 |
| #3/White | 72 | 5855 yards | 67.5 | 110 |
| #4/Red | 72 | 5130 yards | 68.3 | 112 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.8/119 | 451 | 355 | 190 | 511 | 354 | 411 | 391 | 215 | 534 | 3412 | 412 | 453 | 421 | 428 | 211 | 557 | 394 | 218 | 495 | 3589 | 7001 |
| Blue M: 69.8/117 | 390 | 336 | 170 | 453 | 300 | 373 | 356 | 189 | 494 | 3061 | 381 | 430 | 397 | 405 | 166 | 538 | 356 | 176 | 462 | 3311 | 6372 |
| White M: 67.5/110 | 376 | 301 | 150 | 411 | 261 | 320 | 329 | 147 | 476 | 2771 | 351 | 421 | 369 | 375 | 150 | 509 | 348 | 135 | 426 | 3084 | 5855 |
| Red W: 68.3/112 | 341 | 267 | 129 | 372 | 225 | 288 | 302 | 107 | 438 | 2469 | 324 | 384 | 342 | 338 | 101 | 387 | 319 | 93 | 373 | 2661 | 5130 |
| Handicap | 3 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Photo submitted by Aerobat1950 on 04/25/2025
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Dead grass Photo submitted by Steeler16 on 09/16/2023
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Photo submitted by AndySirotta on 06/07/2022
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Photo submitted by u314162355447 on 01/07/2022
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Tee shot on 14. Photo submitted by DavidIngraham1 on 11/15/2020
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Photo submitted by DavidIngraham1 on 11/15/2020
Course Conditions
The greens are covered in weeds and the knots are horrendous. It’s bad enough to make you want to quit golfing. I wouldn’t recommend the course. It’s like playing in a field in places with all of the lines of cut grass. The tee markers are all lying beside the cart path.
Just go somewhere else
This course was recommended by the condo where we are staying in Perdido Key, so I booked an early tee time at Soldier Creek.
First the pro shop opens minutes before the first tee time, so if you want to use the range book a later time.
There isn’t a starter, so you just go when it’s your time to go. I had to wait on the group ahead of me for about 10 minutes to start, because they were rushed from checking in (they had the first tee time). I eventually skipped a hole ahead of them, because I was alone and they were not playing quickly.
The pro shop was sad, no decent golf balls for sale, I only saw a couple boxes of reloaded balls. A bunch of what I guess is rental clubs were scattered around. Just unorganized and dirty.
The course had lots of clumps of grass where it had been cut and not picked up. The maintenance staff was continually cutting the grass around me (I get it, I had an early tee time) but these guys didn’t stop cutting, I waited on them to finish cutting.
There were no tee markers in place. So I guessed where the boxes were.
The fairway had a bunch of random holes in it. I lost 2 balls in the fairway, because of these drain holes without covers on them. (Of course they were on good drives too… these drains are just in the middle of the fairway without a cover)
The greens were mostly sand and crabgrass. Same for the tee boxes.
With much better options in the area, I’d say if you care about playing an enjoyable round, go somewhere else.
Excellent Course
Loved it. Some of the greens could use a little work but overall one of the best courses I've ever played at. Will definitely be revisiting.
Great beginner course
Only been playing 4-5 months. Great place to play with most fairways open. Good layout, friendly staff and not crowded in the afternoons.
Owner should be embarrassed
Horrible, horrible, horrible. 50% dirt, 25% weeds 25% grass.
Shouldn’t even be called a golf course.
I’ve played a lot of golf, and I understand nature influences the conditions and maybe they aren’t always as good as desired. But the condition of this course was crazy. I’ve never seen a course in such distress. Unplayable.
A waste of time, never mind the cost.
Condition is pretty poor
The course is in pretty rough shape. Greens are not smooth. Lots of bare spots. Fairways aren't much different than the rough. We did however meet two very nice locals to play with.
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