Alexander City, Alabama
Wicker Point delivers classic Coore & Crenshaw routing over lakeside ridges and forest, setting a new regional standard for ambition and beauty. Expect a serious architectural test, top private-club conditions, and holes you’ll replay in your mind for days.
Wicker Point exemplifies Coore & Crenshaw’s modern classicism, routing bold holes across pine ridges, hardwood stands, and the rocky coves of Lake Martin. The designers harnessed the site’s abrupt elevation and water edges, delivering a course rich in options: slide slopes, speed slots, strategic layups, and greens perched over scenic drop-offs. The mix of hole lengths and directions tests every club and makes for a thinking player’s round—while the Zoysia and TifEagle combo ensures you’re always playing on a carpet.
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw are known for embracing natural landforms, and Wicker Point’s mix of wooded corridors, water-hugging holes, and ground-game options is their signature in a new southern context.
The round opens with a roomy but demanding par 5: you’ll be tempted to go bold, but the landing zones ask for precision, and any miss long can mean scrambling for par right from the start.
Prioritize finding your angle off the tee more than absolute distance—set up your second shot for a fairway slot that opens up the green.
Misjudge a pinched layup and you’ll chase recovery from side slopes or tucked bunkers.
Pristine—firm zoysia, true and fast TifEagle greens, and private club bunker maintenance standards throughout.
Unhurried member play; rarely crowded due to private status.
Upscale, modern Southern retreat—laid-back but polished, with attention to detail everywhere.
Traditional private club attire required; collared shirts and golf slacks or shorts.
Practice chips from tight zoysia and fast, sloping bermuda greens; precision trump showy technique.
Bring comfortable shoes and hydrate—the rolling routing will test your fitness, even with a cart option.
Wicker Point’s lakefront holes play with shifting breezes; adjust club selection more than usual on exposed par 3s.
Course planning and routing initiated as centerpiece for The Heritage
Coore & Crenshaw officially commissioned as designers
Ground broken on new construction
Wicker Point Golf Club officially opens for member play
Recognized as a Golf Digest Best New Private course finalist
Debuts at No. 2 on Golf Digest’s Alabama rankings
Russell Lands chose Coore & Crenshaw specifically for their ‘natural’ reputation, telling local press their priority was a world-class course that feels embedded in the Lake Martin landscape. The result: fairways thread through untouched forest, and greens perch above sweeping lake fingers.
Wicker Point’s par 3s—from the petite 123-yard 12th across a cove to bruisers like 206-yard 5th—showcase wind, elevation, water, and club selection variety. They’re often cited as the course’s most anticipated holes.
Upon opening, the course instantly jumped near the top of every Alabama golf ranking, signaling a changing of the guard. It’s now the private standard others are measured against in the region.
Even before opening, every element—from native-bunker sand to Zoysia fairways—was hand-picked for playability and aesthetics. Early member reviews gush about the lightning-fast greens and postcard-perfect lake views.
Alabama’s only Coore & Crenshaw original design
Native central Alabama sand was sourced for all bunkers
The course weaves through dramatic lake coves and hands-off forest corridors
Named for a shoreline ‘point’ used as a fishing landmark for generations
Clubhouse was purpose-built to frame sunrise and sunset views over Lake Martin
Multiple tourney-tested courses and the region’s best public challenge
High-quality member/guest golf, close to Auburn amenities
Auburn-Opelika’s accessible local favorite—good for a casual add-on round
Stay lakeside at Lake Martin for direct access and relaxation, or in Auburn for nightlife and more golf variety.
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Why it matches: There is real overlap here. The Snead Course at Greenbrier Sporting Club shares a memorable sense of place, making it a compelling counterpart to Wicker Point Golf Club.
Why it matches: Stone Eagle Golf Club is a natural next stop after Wicker Point Golf Club: it shares a memorable sense of place.
Why it matches: There is real overlap here. Teton Pines Country Club shares a memorable sense of place, making it a compelling counterpart to Wicker Point Golf Club.
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