Gulf Shores Golf (not Kivah)

This is my Gulf Shores Golf post that I've posted and added to over the years:



Peninsula- If you are going to drive there, play Kiva Dunes. if you can’t afford Kiva, play Gulf Shores Golf Club, but if you play Peninsula, enjoy an apple from the barrel between nines. It's the third best golf course on Ft. Morgan Road. The positive is that it has 27 holes and is always in really good shape. I just don't find it to be anything to write home about.

GSCC- Great course, one of my favorites in Gulf Shores. Difficult layout, but fair. Last summer it was in the best shape I'd ever seen it. It's a park style golf course.

Craft Farms- Nice but nothing special. You will leave your round and say “wow, that was a well-kept course, but something I could have played in Baton Rouge.” That statement applies to both courses. It is a neighborhood course well off the beach.

Kiva Dunes- It is the quintessential gulf coast golf course. It’s just off the beach and is home to some of the most picturesque holes in the South. It is unbearably difficult from the tips with the wind, but from up a tee, it becomes manageable and fun. It is always in good shape and has an excellent practice facility.

Perdido Bay Golf Club- Nice, but I found it to be somewhat difficult. It is in close proximity to Lost Key. I've only played it once because it's on the other side of town from where we normally stay.

Lost Key- known as Lost Ball. That should tell you everything you need to know. Every person I know that plays this course complains about it.

GlenLakes Golf Club- you can book four people for like $17 a person. It’s a niceish course as well. Definitely the best bang for your buck, by far. No where in the same league as Kiva or GSCC, but for $17, you can't beat it. This is where I'd play if I played with people who don't golf and didn't want to spend $80-$100 a round.





Definitive Ranking of all East Alabama, West Florida Golf Courses



1- Kiva Dunes
2- Gulf Shores Golf Club
3- Craft Farms (either)
3- Glenlakes Golf Club
3- Peninsula

6- Perdido Bay Golf Club
7- Lost Ball



The tie for three is based on what you are looking for out of your golf round.




I didn't include it, butome people will extend out to include Rock Creek. Some people will travel to play it from Gulf Shores, but I'd rather play it on the way up or back. The layout is a lot of fun. It has some good elevation changes. I've really enjoyed my rounds at RC.



CAVEAT: I haven't played any of them in the last 6 months, so I have no clue how they are in terms of shape.

Played Lost Key and Kiva last week. Lost Key was a turd. The greens were good but the fairways and tee boxes looked like bunkers with the sand everywhere and lack of grass in many spots. It'll be a while before I go back and we own a townhome in LostKey but they got some work to do to get that course together.

Kiva was great as usual but windy as hell and it made it tough.

I really like the Peninsula and not sure why it doesn't get more love on here but we all have our reasons.