The Bridges at Tartan Pines

The Bridges at Tartan Pines is a golf course on the edge of Enterprise, Alabama, built around a series of protected wetlands that give the course its name and its most distinctive visual feature. Bridges carry golfers over the wetland areas throughout the layout, a design credited to architects Alan Blalock and Glen Day.

The course sits at 423 Tartan Way, on the outskirts of the city, playing 6,787 yards from the championship tees and 5,475 yards from the senior tees. That yardage spread, combined with the wetlands running through the property, gives the layout more variety than the flat, open fairways found at many municipal courses, with water and native vegetation coming into play on a number of holes rather than serving purely as scenery. Carts on the course were replaced in 2022 with new models equipped with GPS screens that provide digital scoring, games, and yardage information as players move through a round, and a mobile app, available for iPhone and Android, lets golfers book tee times ahead of a visit.

The property has built out amenities that push it closer to a full recreation club than a stand-alone golf course. A driving range is open seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., accepting Apple Pay, credit, and debit cards, and a Toptracer Range gives golfers a technology-assisted practice option on top of the standard range. Fling Golf, a format that swaps traditional swinging for a scoop-and-throw stick, is also available, with rental sticks priced at $18 and a green fee of just $10 per round; reservations go through the golf shop at 334-393-8000.

Pickleball courts are open to the public for a non-member fee of $5 plus tax, with no membership required, though players are asked to check in at the golf shop before taking a court. The pool is reserved for members, part of a broader push toward warm-weather recreation that goes beyond the golf course itself. Together, the range, the Toptracer bays, Fling Golf, and pickleball give the club several reasons to show up outside of a standard tee time.

The Bridges Bar & Grill anchors the clubhouse with a schedule that varies by day. The restaurant serves Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a brunch service on Sundays; Tuesdays offer grab-and-go options only, and the restaurant is closed Mondays. The bar keeps slightly different hours, open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mondays. The club publishes a bar and grill menu, a separate drink menu, and a brunch menu, each updated seasonally.

Membership at The Bridges at Tartan Pines is structured into several tiers. A Full Membership includes full golf privileges, a personalized range program, and pool, cabana, and pickleball access, priced at $215 a month for young professionals twenty-nine and under, $295 a month for a single membership, $345 a month for a couple, and $395 a month for a family, each also available at a discounted annual rate. Golfers who want access without the full membership can choose from four 365 Pass programs: a Walking pass at $85 a month for walking-only play after 3 p.m., an Unlimited pass at $235 a month for unrestricted golf and cart use, a Weekday pass at $185 a month for unlimited golf and cart use Tuesday through Friday, and a Twilight pass at $135 a month for unlimited golf and cart use after 3 p.m. A Range Membership runs $700 plus tax annually for unlimited use of the practice range, and a Junior Linkster membership for golfers fifteen and under costs $95 a month or $1,140 a year and includes unlimited walking during non-peak times. Social memberships, which do not include golf, run $165 a month for a single or $225 a month for a family, alongside a $250 annual pickleball membership and a six-month Summer Splash pool membership priced at $600 for an individual or $780 for a family. All memberships are tax-inclusive, run on a one-year commitment, and require sixty days’ notice to cancel.

Instruction is available through the club’s golf staff. Trey Andress, an Enterprise native who serves as Director of Golf, brings experience from Marriott Golf and the Faldo Golf Institute, while Ethan, a PGA Associate with twenty years in the golf industry, focuses his teaching on the short game. Lessons are priced at $45 for a thirty-minute youth session for players sixteen and under, $55 for a thirty-minute adult session, and $100 for a full hour, with a club fitting add-on available for $25.

For Enterprise residents, The Bridges at Tartan Pines offers a recreation option that does not require leaving city limits, a detail that matters in a region where many golf courses are clustered around larger cities like Dothan or Montgomery. The course’s wetland setting, its bridge crossings, and the range of membership and pass options built around golf, pool, and pickleball give the property a broader identity than a course visited only for tee times. Anyone planning a visit can expect a layout shaped as much by its wetland surroundings as by its design, with the bridges that give the club its name serving as a near-constant reminder of the terrain the course was built around.