My brother and I played 10/25/25. This course is in excellent shape. The greens are smooth and roll true. This course has a lot of personality. It is not boring! Cider Ridge is an hour east of B' ham on I-20. It's easy to get to and worth the drive. Great staff and facilities. Stop playing the same 3 courses and go on this adventure. You won't regret it. Updated pictures from 12/27 - course was in winter mode but still in great shape. Greens rolled smooth!

Big picture: cider ridge is a public muni golf course and it is a hidden gem. Nice layout with fun elevation changes and a couple of hidden tee shots. Greens are exceptional not too fast not too slow and only a few bad spots. Fairways very nice but several had spots they were working on. Sand traps are a problem in low places where water and sand and dirt turn to mud. All in all a really fun golf outing

The course itself is beautiful. I am only giving this a 2 star because the management here didn’t properly prepare for a college tournament by ensuring there would be enough carts available for the parents to support their children. Most of us are 55 plus and the terrain here is difficult to walk between the steep incline's and downhill slopes. They could’ve made this a closed tournament if they weren’t going to have enough carts. I have been to so many golf tournaments and this is the only course with this terrain that wasn’t prepared. Other courses that even the most out of shape person could walk always insured there were enough carts. If they would fix the cart issue, this would be perfect.

It's a great course ran by some awesome people. The course is in great shape! We are in town for the race at Taladega, so we brought our clubs along. You won't be disappointed booking a Tee time here.

Played this course several times, each time has been a great experience. They replaced the greens to Bermuda this year and they were rolling great. The course has a large variation on types of holes, mountain holes with large elevation changes, lowland holes with tree lined fairways, short drivable par 4’s (#11) and long “bogie is a good score” par 4’s (looking at you #16). In its prime it plays firm and fast, during winter they do a good job keeping everything in good condition and greens rolling smooth. Will be coming back!