Alabama
Gulf Shores & Pensacola Golf Courses & Tee Times
This market runs from Mobile around the bay to Gulf Shores and across the state line to Pensacola, and it is mostly resort and daily-fee golf. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has two sites here: 54 holes at Magnolia Grove in Mobile and the 36 at Lakewood Club in Point Clear, where Perry Maxwell built the first 18 in 1947. Pensacola has the older roots. The city's Osceola course opened in 1926 to a Bill Mehlhorn design, and players in the Pensacola Open, a PGA Tour event, used it from 1929.
Can't get a tee time in Gulf Shores & Pensacola? Yoink watches 15 public courses, from Gulf Shores, Mobile, Spanish Fort, Fairhope and Daphne. Pick your courses, set the day and time you want, and get a notification when a tee time opens, cancellations included.
The longest layout here is Timbercreek Golf Club at 7,225 yards.
Who runs public golf in Gulf Shores & Pensacola
Two cities run golf here. The City of Mobile owns and operates Azalea City in Langan Park, an 18-hole Robert Bruce Harris design from 1957. The City of Pensacola runs Osceola, a Florida Historic Golf Trail partner course renovated in 2011. There is no state-park golf on this stretch of coast: Gulf State Park closed its 18-hole course in 2018, and Alabama's three state-park courses are all farther north. The RTJ Trail Card is sold to Alabama residents and to anyone living within 100 miles of a Trail site, which takes in the Pensacola side too.
Public courses worth knowing in Gulf Shores & Pensacola
- Magnolia Grove (RTJ Golf Trail): 54 holes in Mobile. The Crossings has hosted the LPGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, and the Falls reopened in 2010 as the Trail's only par 71.
- Lakewood Club (RTJ Golf Trail): Perry Maxwell's 1947 course at the Grand Hotel, now 36 holes on Mobile Bay. The Dogwood hosted the 59th U.S. Women's Senior Amateur.
- Azalea City Golf Course: Mobile's city course since 1957. It hosted the first Mobile Sertoma Open, and Arnold Palmer won the second.
- Osceola Golf Course, FL: Pensacola's 1926 municipal course, designed by Bill Mehlhorn and used by Pensacola Open players from 1929.
- Kiva Dunes Golf Club: Links-style course on the Fort Morgan peninsula laid out with Jerry Pate. Golf Advisor ranked it Alabama's top public course in 2017.
- Perdido Bay Golf Club: Public course in Pensacola that hosted the Pensacola Open for 10 years.
- Lost Key Golf Club: Arnold Palmer Design Group redesign from 2006 near Perdido Key, and the first Florida course certified as an Audubon Silver Signature Sanctuary.
Booking tee times in Gulf Shores & Pensacola: the local rules
On the RTJ Trail, public golfers can book 7 days out and Trail Card holders 11, and since June 1, 2026 tee times are online only. At Osceola, the city's page says to call the pro shop at 850-453-7599 for a tee time.
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Book on release day, then let Yoink watch the rest
Booking windows decide who gets first pick. After that, times come back one at a time as plans change. Yoink watches all 15 courses in Gulf Shores & Pensacola and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
15 courses in Gulf Shores & Pensacola
Fairhope
Gulf Shores
Mobile
Spanish Fort
Other
Craft Farms - Cotton Creek
Par 72 and 7,028 yards from the back tees: Craft Farms - Cotton Creek is a championship-length 18 near Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Craft Farms - Cypress Bend
Craft Farms - Cypress Bend is an 18-hole regulation course near Gulf Shores, Alabama, playing to par 72 across 6,848 yards.
GlenLakes Golf Club
GlenLakes Golf Club, an 18-hole regulation course in Alabama. A creek or river runs through the property and comes into play on 6 holes.
Heron Lakes Country Club
The long par three plays 206 yards, and nine of the eighteen bend.
Kiva Dunes Golf Club
Jerry Pate laid it out in 1995 among dunes, waste bunkers and wetland grasses, and the Gulf wind, more than the length, decides your score.
Lake Forest Golf Club
Lake Forest Golf Club is an 18-hole regulation course near Daphne, Alabama, playing to par 72 across 6,352 yards.
Soldier's Creek Golf Club
Soldier's Creek Golf Club is a championship-length 18 in Alabama, playing to par 72 across 7,001 yards.
Why tee times in Gulf Shores & Pensacola are hard to get
In Gulf Shores & Pensacola, the busiest months are spring and fall. In summer, everyone wants to finish before the heat, so early tee times go first.
Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.
When tee time cancellations happen
A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.
How to get a tee time in Gulf Shores & Pensacola
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Every course in Gulf Shores & Pensacola on one watchlist: all 15 of them
Yoink checks all 15 courses in Gulf Shores & Pensacola every few minutes, so every open time is in one place and you're the first to know when one that fits your day, window and group appears, cancellations included.
Doing it by hand? Here's what works.
- Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
- Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
- Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
- Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
- Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Gulf Shores has 3 courses on Yoink and Mobile has 2.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Gulf Shores & Pensacola: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Gulf Shores & Pensacola?
Set a watch in Yoink for the courses you want, the days you can play, a time window and the number of players. Yoink checks those tee sheets every few minutes and sends a notification as soon as a matching time appears, cancellations included. You book it directly with the course.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the weather forecast changes. They appear without notice and tend to be rebooked quickly.
How far in advance can you book a tee time in Gulf Shores & Pensacola?
It depends on the course. Many public courses open bookings 7 to 14 days ahead, and town or county courses often give residents an earlier window. Each course's own booking page has its policy.
When is golf busiest in Gulf Shores & Pensacola?
Demand is highest in spring and fall, and early in the morning in summer. Weekend mornings are always the hardest tee times to get.
Does Yoink book the tee time for me?
No. Yoink tells you when a time opens; you book it with the course on its own booking page, at the course's price, with no extra fee.
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Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- rtjgolf.com · official
- rtjgolf.com · official
- rtjgolf.com · official
- rtjgolf.com · official
- azaleacitygolf.com · official
- cityofpensacola.com · official
- cityofpensacola.com · official
- kivadunes.com · official
- kivadunes.com · official
- perdidobaygolf.com · official
- lostkeygolf.com · official
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- sasaki.com · other
- alapark.com · official
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