Alabama's Gulf Coast Sports Commission

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Golf at the Gulf

With numerous options to choose from, Alabama’s Gulf Coast is just the place to bring your next golf tournament or event.

Cotton Creek at Craft Farms
Cotton Creek offers a unique setting combining the mystique of golf legend Arnold Palmer with Southern hospitality and charm.

Designer: Arnold Palmer
Practice Facilities: Yes
Complete locker room, clubhouse, restaurant and bar facilities.

Cypress Bend at Craft Farms
This spectacular 18-hole layout designed by Arnold Palmer was recently rated the “#1 most playable new course in the U.S.” by Golf Digest magazine.

Designer: Arnold Palmer
Practice Facilities: Yes
Complete locker room, clubhouse, restaurant and bar facilities.

The Golf Club of the Wharf
Featuring beautiful fairways, enhanced bunkers and numerous water features, The Golf Club of The Wharf offers a challenging, yet rewarding golfing experience.

Designer: Jay Morrish
Practice Facilities: Yes
Locker room, clubhouse, restaurant and bar facilities to be completed in 2008.

Kiva Dunes Golf Club
Masterfully designed by former U.S. Open Champion Jerry Pate, Kiva Dunes has become known as “the most glamorous course anywhere on the Gulf Coast” and is consistently ranked among America’s Top 100 courses

Designer: Jerry Pate
Practice Facilities: Yes
Complete locker room, clubhouse, restaurant and bar facilities.

Peninsula Golf and Racquet Club
This 27-hole masterful course, set on beautiful Mobile Bay, winds through live oaks, cypress and natural vegetation, and features more than 30 lakes and some of the area’s largest white-sand bunkers and waste areas.

Designer: Earl Stone
Practice Facilities: Yes
Complete locker room, clubhouse, restaurant and bar facilities.

ORANGE BEACH GOLF CENTER
Pleasure Island's only Par 3 course.. It is an excellent course for the novice golfer, yet challenging enough for the seasoned golfer to improve short game skills.

Designer: City of Orange Beach
Practice Facilities: Yes – Lighted
Clubhouse, Concession, Club Rentals, Memberships, "Wi Fi" HotSpot

COURSE YARDAGE Slope Rating
PAR GOLD BLUE WHITE RED GOLD BLUE WHITE RED
Cotton Creek at Craft Farms 72 7028 6581 6032 5175 136/74.1 130/72.1 123/69.2 22/70.9
Cypress Bend at Craft Farms 72 6848 6424 5954 5045 127/72.4 122/70.4 112/67.9 121/70.5
Cypress to Marsh 72 7179 6703 5858 5080 133/74.7 129/72.3 117/68.0 120/70.1
Golf Club of the Wharf 71 6812 6365 5950 5362 121/72.4 119/70.3 116/68.1 111/65.6
Kiva Dunes Golf Club 72 7092 6464 5849 5006 132/73.9 129/70.8 119/67.8 115/68.5
Lakes to Cypress 72 7055 6525 5677 4978 131/74.0 125/71.1 113/66.9 121/96.6
Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club
Marsh to Lakes 		72 7026 6494 5799 5072 130/73.8 124/70.9 114/67.5 115/68.7
Orange Beach Golf Center 54 N/A 1010 859 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A


Find out more about golf at the Gulf.

Contact Michelle Russ, Sports & Events Sales Manager, at 1-800-982-8562 for further information.