Private Clubs in the Greater Birmingham Area

Grayson Valley Country Club is a private 18-hole golf club established in the northeastern Birmingham, Alabama community. Designed by George Cobb, a prolific architect known for his work across the southeastern United States, the par-72 layout stretches 6,835 yards and plays to a slope rating of 131 across rolling terrain characteristic of the region.

Greystone Golf & Country Club is a premier private club founded in 1991 in Birmingham, Alabama, offering 36 holes across two championship courses set within a prestigious residential community. The Founders Course was designed by Bob Cupp, while the Legacy Course — added in 2000 — bears the signature of Rees Jones, with the latter recognized among Golf Digest's best new private courses upon its debut. Greystone has long served as a marquee PGA Tour Champions venue, hosting both the Bruno's Memorial Classic and, since 2016, the Regions Tradition, one of the circuit's five major championships.

Hoover Country Club is a private 18-hole club established in 1959 in Hoover, Alabama, a southern suburb of Birmingham. Designed by Robert B. Harris, the par-72 championship course stretches to 6,944 yards across the rolling terrain characteristic of central Alabama, carrying a slope rating of 133. The club has served as host to several Alabama Golf Association events, including the 1976 Alabama State Amateur Championship.

Inverness Country Club is a historic private golf club in Birmingham, Alabama, originally established in 1908 and built around a Donald Ross design. The course has hosted four U.S. Opens — in 1935, 1954, 1963, and 1979 — cementing its place as one of the most significant championship venues in American golf history. Notable for its small, heavily bunkered greens that are a hallmark of Ross's architecture, the course has been refined over the decades by architects including Perry Maxwell, Jack Nicklaus, and others.