Kiva Dunes Golf Club

• 🏆#1 Public Golf Course in Alabama — Golf Advisor
• 🏆America's 100 Greatest Public Courses #58 — Golf Digest

Jerry Pate (1976 U.S. Open champion and University of Alabama alum) co-designed Kiva Dunes with Jim Edgemon, opening in 1995 on the Fort Morgan peninsula southwest of Gulf Shores. The course was an immediate hit — voted Alabama's Best Place to Play and #2 Best New Public Course in the U.S. by Golf Digest in its inaugural year, with Golf Magazine adding a Top 10 You Can Play designation in 1996. The course remains the marquee public option in coastal Alabama. Recent rankings include #5 in Alabama (2018) and #1 Alabama Public by Golf Advisor, #58 on Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Public, and #48 on Golf Pass Golfer's Choice (2021). Resort-tier pricing in the $$ band — significantly less than equivalent Florida-Panhandle options. For Gulf Coast trips, Kiva Dunes is the destination round.