
Founders Course
Greystone Golf & Country Club


About this course
The Founders Course at Greystone Golf & Country Club represents a collaboration between architect Bob Cupp and PGA Tour professional Hubert Green, who grew up in Birmingham and won the 1977 U.S. Open and 1985 PGA Championship. Opened in the mid-1990s as part of a larger residential development in the rolling terrain northeast of Birmingham, the course takes advantage of the natural topography characteristic of the southern Appalachian foothills. The design incorporates elevation changes and wooded corridors typical of the region, with fairways carved through mature hardwoods and pines. Cupp, who worked extensively with Jack Nicklaus before establishing his own practice, brought a strategic sensibility to the routing, creating holes that reward thoughtful course management over pure power. Green's input as a player who understood competitive golf added practical tournament considerations to the design. The course features generous landing areas off the tee balanced by well-defended greens that require precision on approach shots. Water comes into play on several holes, and the bunkering style reflects the era's emphasis on both visual definition and strategic challenge. Greystone operates as a private club serving Birmingham's eastern suburbs, with the Founders Course complemented by a second eighteen holes on the property. The facility has hosted regional amateur competitions and serves as a centerpiece for the residential community that developed around it during Birmingham's suburban expansion in the 1990s.
Rankings
Ranked by CV ratings from golfers who've played this course. Positions are shown worldwide, by country, and by state; the Private column compares member-only and guest-restricted courses.
Best in World
Best in USA
Best in AL
Quick facts
- Location
- Birmingham, AL, USA
- Access
- Private
- Year built
- 1991
- Holes
- 18
- Designer(s)
- Bob Cupp, Hubert Green
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 7,299 yards
- Difficulty
- 75.2/143
- Course Vaults score
- 7.9
Getting there
Most visitors to Greystone Golf & Country Club arrive through Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), a compact and efficient gateway roughly thirty minutes northeast of the club. The drive south traces the rolling piedmont terrain of central Alabama, transitioning from interstate corridors to the wooded residential enclaves of Hoover and Birmingham's southern suburbs. As you wind through the final approach along tree-canopied roads, the landscape opens to reveal Greystone's stately entrance - a fitting threshold to one of the region's most distinguished private clubs, set amid the gentle hills and hardwood forests that define Alabama's golf country.

FAQ
Common questions about Founders at Greystone Golf & Country Club
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Founders at Greystone Golf & Country Club has a Course Vaults score of 7.9 out of 10 based on 27 logged golfers.
Founders was designed by Bob Cupp and Hubert Green.
Founders at Greystone Golf & Country Club is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Founders is 72.
Founders plays 7,299 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Founders is 143.




