The best courses you can play in Birmingham, Alabama
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members log rounds and rate what they played. These are the 15 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Birmingham, Alabama, ranked by those community scores.
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+497.9RTJ Golf Trail at Ross Bridge Resort
Birmingham, AL, USA
+337.5(Ridge) RTJ Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley
Birmingham, AL, USA
+107.4Ballantrae Golf Club
Pelham, AL, USA
+267.3RTJ Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley
Birmingham, AL, USA
+197.1Highland Park Golf Course
Birmingham, AL, USA
+107.1Timberline Golf Club
Calera, AL, USA
+137.0(Short) RTJ Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley
Birmingham, AL, USA
+96.9(Windmill) Bent Brook Golf Club
Birmingham, AL, USA- +96.9
Bent Brook Golf Club
Birmingham, AL, USA 
+86.8(Graveyard) Bent Brook Golf Club
Birmingham, AL, USA
+65.6Heatherwood Country Club
Birmingham, AL, USA
+55.2Woodward Golf Club
Bessemer, AL, USA
+85.1Oak Mountain State Park Golf Club
Pelham, AL, USA
+53.3Roebuck Golf Course
Birmingham, AL, USA
+63.0Frank House Municipal Golf Course
Bessemer, AL, USA
How we rank
Course Vaults ranks public golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Birmingham, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about public course rankings in Birmingham, Alabama.
The top public golf courses in Birmingham, Alabama on Course Vaults are led by RTJ Golf Trail at Ross Bridge Resort with a Course Vaults score of 7.9. This page ranks 15 courses, including RTJ Golf Trail at Ross Bridge Resort, RTJ Golf Trail at Oxmoor Valley, Ballantrae Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks public golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Birmingham, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Birmingham, Alabama list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Birmingham, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
RTJ Golf Trail at Ross Bridge Resort is currently #1 among public courses in and around Birmingham, Alabama on Course Vaults at 7.9 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 4:28 AM EDT. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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