200 Terrace Drive, Pelham, Alabama 35124, US
(205) 620-2520
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About Oak Mountain State Park

Oak Mountain State Park has grown to 9,940 acres, making it Alabama's largest state park. All this nature provides a playground of outdoor activities, including mountain biking, hiking, nature programs, boat rentals, a beach and swimming area, fishing lakes, boat rentals at a marina, horseback riding and of course, golf on a 6,842-yard course by Earl Stone built in the 1970s. There is food service at the clubhouse but only campsites for those who wish to stay.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★
Acres9940
Year Opened1927
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

RestaurantsCasual
Practice FacilityYes
MarinaYes
Beach AccessYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Oak Mountain State Park

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course - Poor Management

Course was in fine shape despite a good bit of rain in the days leading up to play. Fun track with great variety of difficulty. Very playable for a once to twice a month golfer. Greens are decent. Some had roller tracks and there was no water coolers around.

Be SURE to PRINT OUT your GolfNow Confirmation upon booking. The Pro Shop was reluctant to let us play and gave us a good scolding despite it being our first time there because we didn't have a printed out confirmation. It really set a negative tone for our round.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Average

To be fair, this course could be awesome. I would much rather play a course that winds thru a State Park over a neighborhood course. The scenery is great and the layout is fun. However, the rest is just average. The fairways aren't impressive at all and the greens are fairly slow. They have shacks for water coolers, but for whatever reason, there wasn't water set out. I don't understand how that can happen.Will definitely play again for a good GolfNow price, but I would't show up and pay a weekend rate.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value

Nice course layout. Great price for an afternoon round. Not too crowded or slow. Very affordable and a good course for the price compared to other courses in the area.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Golf Now Tee Time Confirmation

Front Desk in clubhouse insisted on having printed tee time confirmation. In past accepted visual confirmation from phone. Finally relented and allowed to play with visual confirmation.

Not handled in a people friendly manner. When I told him I was from out of town and no printer available he accepted the visual. He could have relented earlier and saved some frustration.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

An enjoyable golf course!

Early spring conditions. Dormant grass and muddy spots to plug your ball, but what a layout! This

state course is much less daunting than the state

course in Guntersville. Oak Mountain does not have a lot of ups and downs but winds through beautiful forest. Greens need help.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

satisfied customer

Enjoyable round of golf. Greens are not as smooth as could be. Check in person was preoccupied and not very friendly.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

WORSE GOLFING EXP. IVE EVER HAD

Never been treated so poorly on a golf course before.

Customer service was terrible, mainly by the manager Bennie Smallwood.

Refused to let us off before starting three parties of 4 and a party of 5 as well, even though no one was scheduled to tee off for 45 minutes.

Round ended up taking 5.5 hours and the fairways were still soaked, even though it rained almost a week earlier.

Will never play here again and would not refer this course to anyone.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/21/2016

Couldn't agree more. Worst staff of any business I have ever encountered.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Winter Neglect

In my experience, the staff is not friendly or helpful at all. The biggest issue is they don't keep up with tee times. There was a 5some walking up to the 1st tee box at our tee time and a 4some that started 5 minutes prior. There's no starter or marshal watching the course and there's not even one single water cooler on the course. That's pretty bad when the original price to pay for 18 holes is $50. The conditions might change for the summer time, but they definitely neglect winter golfers.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Oak Mountain

Great track. I don't hit the ball very far anymore so it plays a little long even from the Mens Grey Ts (6200). Most of the par 4s were unreachable for me in 2. My wife struggled as well as the Red/Gold Ts played 5800

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

nice round

Course in good shape, greens were better than I thought, enjoyed the round, Course needs water coolers tho,

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great venue

Course was fun and beautiful and I would recommend to anyone

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Potential to be very good.

This course is a great value for price and if they only understood that the most important person there is the customer standing in front of them they would be great. It seems every time I go there checking in is a problem. Very slow if there's more than two people. If the phone rings they answer it in the middle of your transaction and make you wait while they're helping someone on the phone rather than asking them to hold and take money from paying customers standing in line to pay. That doesn't seem correct to me at all. The rest of the staff is very friendly but when you show up give yourself a little extra time just in case the phone rings, other than that it's a very good value.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very nice layout.

Very nice state park that the course is located within. The greens and fairways are in excellent shape. Some of the tee boxes have been neglected. The sand traps were maintained but are in need of more sand.
Overall it is a nice course but it has more potential. I plan on playing it again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun course to play - nestled in the park

First time playing this course and it was very enjoyable. Great opportunity to work the ball with many dog legs. Some nice par 3's that will challenge and a few holes that allow you to release the driver.
Course was in great shape - tee boxes were a little hard and dry but the rest of the course (especially the greens) was very nice.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

This is a very good course

The is a very good course and without GolfNow I would not have not know about it. The staff was very nice and polite. I was single, however, the ranger allowed me tee off without being paired with someone (thanks). The fairway and green were good. The greens were somewhat slow but it did rain very hard the day prior. I will be playing it again when I'm in the Magic City.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

With golfnow app, great price.

Greens are in much better shape than a lot of local courses in area. With the golfnow app, it makes this course really affordable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Refreshing scenic views.

Great course. Greens are true and difficult. Course is very playable and beautiful. Can't believe this is a state facility. Go play!!!!! You won't be disappointed. Nice workers also.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent for the price!

The track is nice. The greens are coming along but still a little slow. The Hot Deal lets you ride 18 for less than the 9 hole walking rate.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Staff isn't friendly and will no do anything to help the customer.

Unfriendly staff. They make the customer feel as if they are bothering them when they ask the staff questions. The staff acted as if we were bothering them because we were using the golf now coupon.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great public course in a beautiful setting

The course is inside of Oak Mountain State Park so it makes for some nice scenery on most holes. Course conditions were great when I played. They have a driving range and putting/chipping greens right behind the club house.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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