Craft Farms Golf Club
Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama · Gulf Coast golf market
- Access
- semi private
- Holes
- 36
- Architect(s)
- Arnold Palmer
- Gated
- No
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Craft Farms is a 36-hole golf complex in Gulf Shores built around two Arnold Palmer-designed courses -- Cotton Creek (1987) and Cypress Bend (1993) -- the only Palmer courses in the state of Alabama, a genuine architectural distinction for the Gulf Coast market. The golf complex anchors what regional real-estate sources describe as the largest subdivision in the Gulf Shores area, a mixed-use development that also includes on-site retail, restaurants, a hotel and a movie theater, giving Craft Farms a scale and self-contained-community character distinct from a single-course residential subdivision.
Craft Farms' golf is publicly playable on a daily-fee basis, but the club's own membership structure includes an All-Club membership plus a Social Membership tier specifically for Craft Farms residents, who pay a flat guest-style fee ($65 as of the club's most recent published brochure) to play rather than full public green fees -- a documented, if modest, resident privilege that goes beyond simple proximity.
Golf & Course
Cotton Creek and Cypress Bend give Craft Farms a genuine architectural pedigree: they are the only two courses in Alabama designed by Arnold Palmer, a fact the club and area tourism marketing lean on heavily. Both are traditional daily-fee resort-style parkland layouts.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Golf at Craft Farms is open to the public on a green-fee basis (roughly $85-$110 depending on season, per third-party rate trackers). Residents of the Craft Farms subdivision have access to a Social Membership tier that lets them play for a flat guest fee rather than full daily-fee pricing -- a real, club-documented resident privilege -- but nothing found suggests golf membership of any kind is included in or required by a Craft Farms home purchase.
Living in Craft Farms Golf Club
Craft Farms functions as a large, largely self-contained community: golf, residential neighborhoods, and commercial/retail development (including the separately-branded Pelican Place shopping center) share the Craft Farms name and general footprint, though Pelican Place itself is not part of the golf-residential community.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Beyond golf, the club markets swim, pickleball, bocce, and social membership options, giving Craft Farms a country-club-style social layer alongside its daily-fee golf identity.
Location & Surrounding Area
Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, a short drive inland from the beach corridor.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Exact current initiation fee/dues for All-Club and Social membership tiers.
- Whether Social Membership eligibility is automatic for any Craft Farms resident or requires a separate application.
Notable
- The only two Arnold Palmer-designed golf courses in the state of Alabama.
- Described by regional real-estate sources as the largest subdivision in the Gulf Shores area.
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