Coastal Alabama Has More Than Great Golf With 15 beautiful golf courses in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama, located between Pensacola and the eastern shores of Mobile Bay, the area offers a lot more than just great golf. “We’ve got an island that is 32 miles long in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach,’’ said Easton Colvin, public relations coordinator for Gulf ShoresOrange Beach Tourism. “In it there’s 32 miles of pretty, white sand beaches and 20 miles of By Len Ziehm University of Alabama golf team, winning the U.S. Amateur in 1974. His pro career started with a bang, too. In 1976, his rookie season on the PGA Tour, he won both the U.S. and Canadian Opens. Six years later he won The Players Championship. Kiva Dunes hosted the PGA Tour Qualifying School three times and was named the No. 1 public course in Alabama in 2017. Located on the Fort Morgan peninsula the facility has condominiums and beach golf, if you add the yardages of the courses there together. All of our courses are public. You can schedule a tee time on your own at every one of them.’’ Kiva Dunes Kiva Dunes, a links-style layout, designed by Jerry Pate and Jim Edgemon, has earned the most accolades. Pate was a hot commodity as a player before Kiva opened in 1995. He starred for the Kiva Dunes Ohio Golf Journal
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