By Fred Altvater Coastal Alabama is Perfect for Golfing, Dining & Beaching Gulf Shores and Orange Beach on the Gulf Coast of Alabama have been providing the perfect beach and golf resort for travelers for over 30 years. Gulf Shores was a one-course, sleepy retirement village in the early 1980’s. In1985, a local sod farmer, Robert Craft was searching for ways to increase his business. He came up with a plan to build a golf course, which would attract more vacationers to the area. Hopefully the warm gulf breezes, white sandy beaches and relaxing atmosphere would entice a few of them to stick around, build a new home and buy his sod for their new lawn. Making a long story short, he contracted Arnold Palmer to build two 18-hole courses at Craft Farms that provided the impetus to change Gulf Shores into the vibrant vacation hotspot and community it is today. (Read the full story on Robert Craft, Arnold Palmer and Craft Farms in the November 2016 Ohio Golf Journal: http://nwo.back9mediagroup.com/2016/ November/files/assets/basic-html/page-10.html) Now Gulf Shores annually welcomes millions of visitors. Fantastic golf is available, not only at Craft Farms, but also at Golf Shores Golf Club, Kiva Dunes and Peninsula Golf Club, which are all highly-ranked and are must-play courses for golfers visiting Coastal Alabama. The two 18-hole Arnold Palmer Signature courses at Craft Farms, Cotton Creek and Cypress Bend
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