Sunset Landing Golf Course

Sunset Landing Golf Course in Huntsville, Alabama represents a collaboration between Bob E. Baldock, Robert L. Baldock, and Nathan Crace. The Baldocks, a father-son architectural team based in California, were active in golf course design from the mid-twentieth century through the 1980s, with projects primarily in the western United States but occasional ventures into other regions. Their work typically emphasized playability for a range of skill levels while working within the natural terrain available. The course sits in northern Alabama's Tennessee Valley region, where the landscape generally features rolling terrain with elevation changes and wooded corridors. Huntsville's position near the Tennessee border places it in an area where courses often incorporate hardwood forests and creek corridors into their routing. The involvement of Nathan Crace, a regional designer, suggests local knowledge informed the layout's integration with the site's specific topography and vegetation patterns. As a daily-fee facility, Sunset Landing serves the Huntsville golf market, which includes both recreational players and those connected to the area's aerospace and technology industries centered around Redstone Arsenal. The course provides a straightforward test of golf within a setting characteristic of northern Alabama's wooded, rolling landscape. Details of specific hole designs and routing choices reflect the practical approach typical of the Baldock portfolio, emphasizing strategic options without excessive length or artificial difficulty.