The best-value golf courses in Alabama
The public and guest-friendly golf courses in Alabama that Course Vaults golfers say are most worth the green fee. Each course needs value ratings from at least 5 different golfers who played it; 8 courses qualify.
Lakes
RTJ Golf Trail at Grand National Golf Club
Opelika, AL, USAValue 4.5 out of 5 from 11 golfers
PublicRoger Rulewich & Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- 4.5Conditions
- 3.9Layout
- 4.5Value
- 4.1Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
The lakes course wraps around a big lake that is super fun to play around. Only side note is that because of this there are very long walks between holes, so you have to take a cart.
Written by
@Travis Mathew
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Great value
The Short
RTJ Golf Trail at Grand National Golf Club
Opelika, AL, USAValue 4.4 out of 5 from 5 golfers
PublicRoger Rulewich & Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- 4.8Conditions
- 4.2Layout
- 4.4Value
- 4.4Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
Best short course I have played. 18 holes, varying from 100 to 200 yds. Truly get to play all different kinds of par 3s
Written by
@morrisch
- Great value
- Driving range
- Must play
Ridge
RTJ Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley
Birmingham, AL, USAValue 4.1 out of 5 from 7 golfers
PublicRobert Trent Jones Sr. & Roger Rulewich
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.1Value
- 3.9Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
- Underrated
- Great value
- Challenging
Link
RTJ Golf Trail at Grand National Golf Club
Opelika, AL, USAValue 4.1 out of 5 from 11 golfers
PublicRoger Rulewich & Robert Trent Jones Sr.
- 4.2Conditions
- 3.9Layout
- 4.1Value
- 3.8Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
A lot harder than the lakes course. Also very fun layout though. Links course had a lot of links characteristics, so 9 & 10 will be as far from the clubhouse as you will be.
Written by
@Travis Mathew
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Great value
Judge
RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill Golf Club
Prattville, AL, USAValue 4.0 out of 5 from 8 golfers
PublicRobert Trent Jones Sr. & Roger Rulewich
- 4.8Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.0Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
Students get awesome discount to play here. $75 was a steal for this course. Very challenging and has length and lots of trouble. It’s a brute of a course but very memorable.
Written by
@bdunc418
- Challenging
- Must play
- Great value
(Farmlinks at Pursell Farms) Farmlinks Golf Club at Pursell Farms
Sylacauga, AL, USA
Value 3.7 out of 5 from 11 golfers
RTJ Golf Trail at Ross Bridge Resort
Birmingham, AL, USA
Value 3.4 out of 5 from 7 golfers
Kiva Dunes Golf Course
Gulf Shores, AL, USA
Value 3.1 out of 5 from 8 golfers
How we rank
This ranking uses each golfer’s value rating, on a 0.5–5 scale. Value is how worth the price a golfer felt the round was. Only public and guest-friendly courses are ranked, since private clubs rarely have value ratings. Every golfer counts once per course: repeat rounds are averaged first, then the course score is the average across golfers. A course needs value ratings from at least 5 different golfers. Ties go to the course with more golfers, then the higher Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. State pages include courses across Alabama. Rankings refresh about hourly.
FAQ
Lakes at RTJ Golf Trail at Grand National Golf Club is #1 on Course Vaults in Alabama at Value 4.5/5 (11 golfers). 8 courses qualify for this list.
This ranking uses each golfer’s value rating, on a 0.5–5 scale. Value is how worth the price a golfer felt the round was. Only public and guest-friendly courses are ranked, since private clubs rarely have value ratings. Every golfer counts once per course: repeat rounds are averaged first, then the course score is the average across golfers. A course needs value ratings from at least 5 different golfers. Ties go to the course with more golfers, then the higher Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. State pages include courses across Alabama. Rankings refresh about hourly.
A course appears once at least 5 different golfers have rated its value on Course Vaults and it is open to the public or to guests. Log your round and rate it in the app to help it qualify.
This page was last generated Nov 12, 2026, 3:47 AM EST. Scores and eligibility are recomputed about every hour.
