Best public golf in Alabama.

AL · Gulf Shores · Resort · Par 72

A Jerry Pate links along the dunes of the Fort Morgan peninsula, long rated the best course in Alabama you can play. True coastal golf on the Gulf.

AL · Point Clear · Resort · Par 72

A Perry Maxwell design winding past live oaks, magnolias, and marsh at the historic Grand Hotel on Mobile Bay. Genteel Southern resort golf with a century of patina.

AL · Prattville · Public · Par 72

The crown jewel of the RTJ Trail opens with a tee shot that plummets eighty feet to the fairway below. Long, dramatic, and built to test anyone who walks up.

AL · Prattville · Public · Par 72

An open, windswept links with bunkers tall enough to swallow you whole, and home each September to a pro tour event. Different world from The Judge next door.

AL · Opelika · Public · Par 72

Wrapped around 600-acre Lake Saugahatchee, with twelve holes touching water and an island-green par-3 that's pure heart-in-throat. Voted the best public golf value in America for a reason.

AL · Opelika · Public · Par 72

The Lake Course gets the postcards, but the Links has hosted PGA and LPGA fields and plays every bit as tough at 7,400 yards. Water and elevation around every corner.

AL · Hoover · Resort · Par 72

Stretching past 9,000 yards from the tips, this resort showpiece tumbles down to an 80-foot waterfall between the 9th and 18th greens. The most luxurious stop on the Trail.

AL · Gulf Shores · Resort · Par 72

An Arnold Palmer course among pines and lagoons near the Gulf Shores beaches, a longtime golf-trip favorite. Relaxed coastal-Alabama resort golf.

AL · Sylacauga · Resort · Par 72

A scenic resort course at a working farm and golf retreat in the central-Alabama foothills, once an industry showcase for turf and design. A unique getaway round.

AL · Greenville · Resort · Par 72

A dramatic ridge-and-valley RTJ Trail course in central Alabama with some of the Trail's most severe elevation. Quiet, scenic, and demanding.

AL · Prattville · Resort · Par 72

The most traditional of the three Capitol Hill courses on the Robert Trent Jones Trail near Montgomery, parkland and water in play. A strong RTJ Trail stop.

AL · Owens Cross Roads · Public · Par 72

An open links emulation with no trees lining the fairways, just outside Huntsville. The facility's River Course nearby is famously the only RTJ design without a single bunker.

AL · Owens Cross Roads · Resort · Par 72

The only RTJ Trail course without a single bunker, set on the Flint River floodplain near Huntsville. Wide, walkable, and distinctive.

AL · Dothan · Resort · Par 72

The southernmost RTJ Trail site near Dothan, a long, rolling layout among oaks and water in the Wiregrass region. A friendly Trail stop.

AL · Mobile · Public · Par 72

The Trail's southernmost stop, a classic parkland layout that's hosted LPGA and Korn Ferry championships near the Gulf Coast. Great golf without the premium sting.

AL · Mobile · Resort · Par 72

A rolling RTJ Trail course near Mobile with waterfalls and elevation rare for the Gulf Coast, a former LPGA host. A scenic southern Trail stop.

AL · Birmingham · Public · Par 72

Built on former US Steel ground with 150-foot elevation swings and fairways that pitch and roll through heavy timber, all minutes from downtown Birmingham. Photogenic and a little dizzying.

AL · Birmingham · Resort · Par 72

A dramatic RTJ Trail course carved into former mining ridges in Birmingham, with severe elevation and wooded valleys. A muscular city test.

AL · Glencoe · Resort · Par 72

A scenic, hilly RTJ Trail site in the Appalachian foothills near Anniston, with 36 holes plus a short course and big elevation. A northeastern Trail gem.

AL · Muscle Shoals · Public · Par 72

An open Scottish-style giant stretched along the Tennessee River between two dams, the first RTJ Trail course to break the 8,000-yard mark. Big sky, big swings.

AL · Muscle Shoals · Resort · Par 72

The bold companion to Fighting Joe at The Shoals, high above the Tennessee River in northwest Alabama. Big, scenic RTJ Trail golf.

AL · Gulf Shores · Public · Par 72

A 27-hole layout along the Bon Secour wildlife refuge on the Fort Morgan peninsula, with marsh and wildlife. A scenic, affordable coastal round.

AL · Fairhope · Public · Par 72

A wooded Earl Stone course in the Eastern Shore town of Fairhope near Mobile Bay, mature and walkable. A friendly, well-priced Baldwin County round.

AL · Opelika · Resort · Par 54

A celebrated par-3 course on the RTJ Trail's Grand National site, with holes over Lake Saugahatchee, often rated the best short course in the country. Pure fun.