Dothan anchors golf in Alabama’s Wiregrass region, and Highland Oaks on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is the reason many travelers put the city on a map. Multiple nines weave through pines and wetlands with the Trail’s familiar mix of forced carries, large greens, and resort-scale bunkering—challenging enough for low handicaps, spacious enough for groups on a multi-day Alabama golf road trip.
Away from the Trail, local clubs serve a community that treats golf as a year-round Southern habit rather than a tourist novelty. Heat and humidity dominate summer strategy; mild winters keep the game alive when northern courses go dormant. Dothan’s golf identity is straightforward and regional: piney-woods public golf done at championship scale, with peanut-country hospitality waiting after the round.