The Arnold Palmer that started Alabama Gulf Shores golf, Craft Farms still shows its love for golfers
Arnold Palmer single-handedly made the Alabama Gulf Shores a golf destination by designing two excellent courses at Craft Farms. You don't go on a golf vacation for a history lesson, though. Craft Farms succeeds today because it recognizes its history while concerning itself with the product golfers are experiencing now. It's a well-run operation that's never lost its passion for golf and the people who play the game for fun.
... full article »Banking on golf fun: Rock Creek G.C. an Alabama Gulf Shores blast
If you play golf to enjoy yourself, you'll want to work Rock Creek Golf Club into an Alabama Gulf Shores trip. You make golf trips to have the kind of days you have at Rock Creek. This is the type of course that leaves a golf group with plenty of stories to tell - probably for years to come, Chris Baldwin writes.
... full article »Beyond your old, tired golf vacation: Alabama Gulf Shores brings design thrills, beach parties
You'd find distinctive white sugar sand beaches in the Alabama Gulf Shores along with everything else you need in a golf destination. That's the thing about the Alabama Gulf Shores: it's not one of those haphazardly clobbered together want-to-be poser golf destinations, Chris Baldwin writes.
... full article »- Kiva Dunes Golf Course is a seaside course you'll never forget in Gulf Shores, Alabama
- Kiva Dunes Golf Course in Gulf Shores, Alabama
- Lakewood Golf Club In Point Clear, Ala.: Tee off among the Civil War ghosts
- TimberCreek Golf Club in Mobile, Ala.: a course to soothe your nightmares
- Go mano a mano with Robert Trent Jones at Magnolia Grove in Mobile
- Golf Podcast: There's life after Hurricane Katrina in Mobile, Ala.
- There's life after Katrina for golfers in Mobile, Alabama
- Elevate your game (and lower your score) at Alabama's hilly Rock Creek
- In bloom: Mobile's Azalea City a terrific parkland muni
- Rock Creek Golf Club in Mobile, Alabama
Mississippi's "Golf Coast" courses spared by Gustav, open for play
All area golf courses in the Mississippi "Golf Coast" were spared Tropical Storm Gustav's brutality and escaped with only heavy water and some clean up. Most golf courses are open today. Casino resorts have reopened their hotels and dining and entertainment venues. "Our thoughts go to our western neighbors, and we offer them our thoughts and support for a quick recovery," says Kevin Drum, MS Gulf Coast Golf Association executive director.
... full article »Golf's shark hunters: On Mississippi Gulf Coast, shark fishing's an off-course thrill
On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, you can get your shark stalking on in-between going for birdies. This area has more than a dozen golf courses and over 300 holes from designers like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Davis Love III and Tom Fazio. But it's hardly just your ordinary golf destination.
... full article »- The Bridges Golf Club: Palmer's Mississippi marshland mauler is worthy of a King
- Shell Landing Golf Club shows that Davis Love III is a can't-miss Mississippi course designer
- Relax in nature at Jack Nicklaus' Grand Bear Golf Course in Mississippi
- Luxury for less the Gulf Coast way: High-end hotels, golf courses with mid-range rates
- Don't gamble on your golf: Do both on a three-day Biloxi golf weekend
- Mississippi's best golf resorts mix high stakes gambling with superb courses
- Creole, Thai, French, down-home and soul: Biloxi restaurants offer golfers diverse menus
- Grand Bear Golf Club near Biloxi, Miss.
