The Ridge Course
This track is the most challenging because of its hilly terrain.  Since this course was built alongside a ridge on the Little Shades Mountain, it has many severe elevation changes, which require many downhill and uphill shots.  You will even be required to hit some blind tee shots over the hills.  As a reminder of the site's former use, the green at the par-five 12^th is buttressed by a shelf of exposed shale rock.  The greens are very large, undulating, and difficult to read because of their many subtle breaks.  The fairways are lined by the forest, yet they still provide generous landing areas.  One of the difficult holes is #9, a 592-yard, par 5, featuring a green sitting on a plateau with a "crater" guarding its front.  The back nine is more interesting than the front nine because of the many elevated tees and greens.  The signature hole is #17, a 176-yard, par 3, requiring a tee shot that will drop ninety feet to the green, while at the same time providing views of many other holes.  The views from off many holes are exceptional because of the course's location between the mountains.

The Valley Course
This layout is links-style, which is highlighted by its beautiful rolling terrain.  It is quite a contrast from the Ridge Course. The course was designed across a beautiful two-mile stretch of land located between the mountain peaks. It is dotted with picturesque lakes, beautiful rolling fairways, and stretches two miles downrange along a slender valley. The Valley Course also features a spectacular uphill finishing hole. The 18^th hole, a 441-yard par-4, nicknamed The Assassin, rises to a dramatic finish at the signature clubhouse just behind the green. 

Timberline Golf Club
Birmingham's newest Golf & Residential community designed by Jerry Pate, is an upscale Semi-Private golf club offering great fun and challenges.  The features picturesque surroundings and a par 71 links-style layout that encompasses many of Pate's trademark features of natural areas, multiple bunkers, and enticing drivable par 4's. Although the course is considered modern (opened in 2002) it has a sense of tradition with many large hardwood and pine trees located throughout the course.  

Bent Brook
When this Ward Northrup design first opened in 1988, they kept a special hallmark … the farmhouse-style clubhouse. This ample facility was designed to fit the dairy farmland on which Bent Brook was built. In 1991, Links Magazine named Bent Brook the Number One Public Golf Course in Alabama. It is still ranked right up there as one of the best. The club has three nine hole courses that are played in three eighteen-hole combinations.  All three courses have wide-open fairways with only a few trees that can affect your shots, but a standard cut of rough gives them definition.  The greens are exceptionally large, slightly undulating, and fast.  Each of the three nine-hole designs, Brook, Graveyard and Windmill, has unique features of its own.  Brook, the longest of the three, is threaded by a natural stream and features a great finishing hole.  #9’s approach is a forced carry over the lake and the clubhouse beckoning beyond. Graveyard is the site of a small cemetery, which remains on the property and water comes into play on 6 holes. Windmill is the site of Bent Brook's landmark windmill and two dog-leg left finishing holes with two different lakes coming into play. Locals consider the Windmill Course as the easiest to score well on because it has the least amount of water hazards, at least until the last two holes.  

Highland Park Golf Club
This track was originally established in 1903 making it the oldest golf course in Alabama. Originally developed as The Country Club of Birmingham, Highland has been the site of many important golf events including one of renowned golfer Bobby Jones' first victories. At the age of 14, Jones played and won the Birmingham Country Club Invitational held at Highland. The restoration of Highland Golf took place under the watch of Bob Barrett of Birmingham, a highly respected golf course developer and manager, working with renowned architect Bob Cupp. The re-development was an overwhelming success offering a classic design complimented with modern amenities. The Highland course offers first-class bent grass greens and a short, but enticing well-conditioned course suitable for all players. The greens are flat, firm and play quick, while the narrow fairways demand accuracy off the tee.  The signature hole is #5, a 186-yard, par 3, requiring a tee shot downhill and over water.  With beautiful vistas of downtown Birmingham, Highland Golf offers a golf experience unlike any other in the state of Alabama.  The course is only 6000 yards with a par of 70, but it is a treat to play it.