Best Gulf Shores Courses For 10+ Handicappers

By Steve Silverman

Best Gulf Shores Courses For 10+ Handicappers

Getting away for a vacation in the Gulf Shores, Alabama, area is a great destination for any golfer. There are a wide array of beautiful courses in the area that feature the great natural settings of the Alabama coast area. Some of the courses are quite demanding, but there are others that are fair for golfers of all levels.

Cotton Creek Coastal Resorts

Cotton Creek Coastal Resorts is a 7,051-yard course that features inviting fairways and undulating greens. The course is quite manageable if you play conservatively, but there are a lot of risk-reward holes for golfers who like to play an aggressive style.

Cotton Creek Coastal Resorts
104 Cotton Creek Drive
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542
Telephone: (800) 327-2657

Cypress Bend

Cypress Bend is an Arnold Palmer-designed course that has been labeled as the No. 1 most playable new course by Golf Digest magazine. While the course has some of the deepest bunkers in the area that can lead to frustration, the putting surfaces are lush and well-kept.

Cypress Bend
104 Cotton Creek Drive
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542
Telephone: (800) 327-2657

Peninsula Golf Club

The Peninsula Golf Club is a spectacular course that is surrounded by all of the Gulf Shores area's natural beauty. The 7,026-yard course is bordered on two sides by the Bon Secour Wildlife Preserve, and it has lush fairways and very fair greens.

Peninsula Golf Club
20 Peninsula Blvd.
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542
Telephone: (800) 391-8009

Resources

Gulf Shores Golf Association

About The Author

Steve Silverman is an award-winning writer, covering sports since 1980. Silverman authored The Minnesota Vikings: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Who's Better, Who's Best in Football -- The Top 60 Players of All-Time, among others, and placed in the Pro Football Writers of America awards three times. Silverman holds a Master of Science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism.

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