Every golf course around Gulf Shores & Orange Beach
22 courses from Fort Morgan to Perdido Key, Foley and the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay, with tees, ratings, slope, green fees and booking windows. Sorted by slope, hardest first.
On the beach map: Fort Morgan to Perdido Key and Foley
Perdido KeyLost KeyPar 71 · Slope 143 · From $55 · 33 minThe best-conditioned course in this group, with paspalum from tee to green, about 20 minutes east of Orange Beach. It is tight, wet and sandy, so play a tee forward.Gulf ShoresKiva DunesPar 72 · Slope 142 · From $107 · 24 minThe area's top-ranked public course and its priciest, around $130-$175 depending on season. Expect a windy links-style round with real penalties for missing on the wrong side. Twilight saves $30-$40.Point ClearLakewood DogwoodPar 72 · Slope 141 · From $215 · 51 minThe tougher Grand Hotel course, and the one the USGA used for the 2021 Senior Women's Amateur. Three water par 3s and a 141 slope from the back. Worth it if you're staying at the Grand or buying an RTJ package.PensacolaPerdido BayPar 72 · Slope 138 · From $50 · 35 minA long, watery former PGA Tour course about 20 minutes from Orange Beach, at fair prices. Afternoon rates are good value, but expect slow greens, and brown fairways in winter.DaphneTimberCreekPar 72 · Slope 137 · From $39 · 57 minTwenty-seven hilly Earl Stone holes with a real 7,200-yard test from the back. Conditions have been uneven, but prices are fair and you can book six months out. Ask for Pines/Magnolia if the Magnolia nine is open.FairhopeRock CreekPar 72 · Slope 136 · From $26 · 57 minA well-kept, hilly Earl Stone course and probably the best daily-fee value on the Eastern Shore. The 70-foot drop on #2 is the hole you'll remember. Book after 2 pm and the price roughly halves.Gulf ShoresPeninsulaPar 72 · Slope 135 · From $89 · 14 minA 27-hole lowcountry layout among oaks, marsh and lakes next to a wildlife refuge, with new TifEagle greens. It makes a strong winter pick because the club claims its turf stays green and dry. Book direct and early for the lowest dynamic rate.Gulf ShoresCraft Farms Cypress BendPar 72 · Slope 135 · From $70 · 12 minThe shorter Craft Farms 18, with wide fairways but water on almost every hole, and the higher USGA slope of the two. GolfPass reviewers rate it highest. Play it with Cotton Creek from the same clubhouse on one Six-Pack card.Point ClearLakewood AzaleaPar 72 · Slope 131 · From $215 · 51 minThe friendlier of the two Grand Hotel courses, with a peninsula-green par 5 at 14 and bay breezes. Expect resort prices and no walking. The cheapest way on is an RTJ package that pairs it with Magnolia Grove.Gulf ShoresCraft Farms Cotton CreekPar 72 · Slope 129 · From $70 · 12 minThe longer, tree-lined of Alabama's only two Palmer designs, five miles inland from the beach. Its winter Six-Pack works out to about $70 a round across both Craft Farms courses.Gulf ShoresGulf ShoresPar 71 · Slope 127 · From $49 · 7 minThe original Gulf Shores course, five minutes from the beach. A solid, watery par 71 that is easy to fit into a beach day. Fall and winter twilight rates ($79-$99) are the smart play.FoleyGlenLakesPar 72 · Slope 125 · From $37 · 22 minA Devlin-von Hagge links-style 18 in Foley that costs half what the beach courses do, with afternoon rates under $50. Worth the 20-minute drive for value hunters and snowbirds.DaphneLake ForestPar 72 · Slope 123 · From $55 · 63 minA short, inexpensive neighborhood course in Daphne. It's open to the public at $55 with cart. Not worth an hour's drive from the beach unless you're already up the Eastern Shore.FairhopeQuail Creek MunicipalPar 72 · Slope 120 · 46 minFairhope's city course: flat, cheap and handy for a short day trip from the beach. Conditions are muni-level. The greens are partway through a TifEagle conversion, so call ahead.ElbertaSoldiers CreekPar 72 · Slope 119 · From $35 · 37 minA cheap, wide and easy inland course near Elberta, about 35 minutes from the beach. Recent reports on conditions are poor, so play it for the price, not the quality.FoleyGulf Links Golf CenterPar 64 · Slope 99 · 15 minA low-key par-64 executive course in Foley with a range. Cheap and quick for a warm-up round; call for a tee time.Gulf Shores · 9 holesONE CLUB GolfPar 35 · From $44 · 12 minA short, narrow executive nine near Craft Farms. Useful for beginners or a quick loop, but not a trip anchor.Orange Beach · 9 holesOrange Beach Golf CenterPar 27 · From $15 · 14 minA cheap city par-3 nine with a lighted range in Orange Beach. Good for kids, beginners or evening range sessions.