815 Plantation Drive,
Gulf Shores, Alabama AL 36542
Office
+1 (866) 540 7100Pro shop
+1 (251) 540 7000Website
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Mikki Bjuro (former Swedish National Champion)The Course:
18 holes. Links-style. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Coastal duneland.
Designer:
Jerry Pate
30.235086
-87.888705
60 miles SE of Mobile
From the I-10 (20 miles east of Mobile) take exit 44 onto the 59 South direction Loxley. After approx 28 miles (and 10 miles after Foley) turn right onto the 180 (W Fort Morgan Rd). After approx 12 miles Gulf Shores Plantation and Kiva Dunes entrance is on your left.
Kiva Dunes
The Kiva Dunes Golf Course: Although located on a thin peninsula of land between the Gulf of Mexico on one side and mighty Mobile Bay on the other, perhaps surprisingly you'll not see either from the course. Despite the lack of sea views, you are still in for a rare golfing treat, a round unlike any other in Alabama.
Kiva Dunes, as the name implies, is a relatively open course built on sandhills. Its character is unmistakably that of a classic seaside links layout. Small trees and occasionally larger pines, as well as wide sandy waste areas define the fairways, while deep pot bunkers guard the fast and undulating greens. Water hazards are more commonplace here than on a typical British links, particularly with a wide creek running through the back nine, flanking five holes as it does so.
Several holes at Kiva Dunes stand with the very best. The par-3 13th is an absolute gem - a cavernous bunker gawps at you from in front of the green, while a posse of back bunkers are ready to catch anything hit too long. On several occasions the greenside run-offs merge into the greens themselves, with the grass on both tighly shaved.
Kiva Dunes can hardly be described as an easy-going course for the holiday golfer. Rather, it is a top-quality championship layout that exudes the joys, frustrations and challenges of seaside links golf. There's a good chance that a key ingredient of traditional links golf may also be present. And if the wind is blowing, you'll be glad the gently rolling fairways are reasonably wide ... but you'll sometimes be craving for them to wider and yet wider.
Stay&Play: a wide variety of onsite accommodation is available at Kiva Dunes (see Where2Stay section below).
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Walking permitted.
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Kiva Dunes developer, Jim Edgemon, shares a love of links golf with his long-time friend, former U.S. Open Champion Jerry Pate. Their long lasting friendship and their passion for links golf led the two men into a partnership that became Kiva Dunes.
Alabama's 14th best course (Golf Digest, 2023/24).
815 Plantation Road, Gulf Shores, AL 36542
+1 (866) 540 7100
Visit websiteA wide variety of accommodations (The Lodge, vacation houses and rental condominiums) are available for visiting golfers, all close to the golf course and the wonderful sands of Kiva Dunes' Gulf coast beach.
Kiva Dunes
No
Peninsula; Craft Farms (Cotton Creek and Cypress Bend courses)
Hwy 180 West, Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542
+1 251 (540) 5000
Visit websiteGulf Shores Plantation, located next door to Kiva Dunes, is a destination resort located directly on the Gulf of Mexico just eight miles from Alabama's historic Fort Morgan. Condos and beach cottages offer a variety of layouts, amenities and rates designed to fit any budget and individual requirements.
Kiva Dunes
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Peninsula; Craft Farms (Cotton Creek and Cypress Bend courses)
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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