(1.946 Rating) A course that was partially redesigned. This occurred sometime after the previous posted review. This course is now much more open.
- HOLE 14 - This use to be hole (18), and it's the only reason to come play this course. One of the biggest down shots in all of Alabama. According to Topoquest.com its about 90 feet down. Many Alabama players will be able to claim their longest drives ever here as the hole is listed at plus 600 feet and its open. I had a poor drive that went 400 feet and I typically can't push it beyond 350 feet. This hole by itself likely raised my rating over the 1.75 threshold for a 2.0.
- ELEVATION - I'm a big fan of monster terrain changes, and for an Alabama course, this course has it. In addition to hole (14), holes (2) and (17) are both really nice plus 30 foot down shots. Hole (9) is nice multi-shot hole that goes up a good 60 feet.
- NAVIGATION - Great for me as I grabbed one of the last scorecards with a map out of the mailbox. If there are no maps in the mailbox however, things will get a lot more difficult. The tee signs are very diagrammatic and have no next tee direction. There are no navigational cues between holes, and 5 or 6 of the basket placards have fallen off.

A re-design and another failure.
- RE-DESIGN - Several of the previous reviews expressed wishes for a re-design of several holes. Well it got re-design, but I'm not sure it helped. About half of the layout is new. Old hole (1), the most acclaimed hole, no longer exists. It also appears that many of the implausible heavily wooded holes are also gone. Their replacements were wide open shots with adjacency issues. So it pains me to state this. 2 designs and 2 failures.
- SPACING - Horrible. Tees are placed next to prior baskets in numerous instances. Buildings and park roads are in play on several holes. The basket of (16) is sitting in the middle of (17s) fairway. Whomever re-laid out this course, didn't know what they were doing.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - The pervious layout from the old pictures looked a whole lot more wooded. Now there are 11 shots without a tree in play. Hole (14) is obviously a killer shot, but after that one, there's a big dropdown in eye appeal. Holes (4) and (5) are awful with buildings in play. On top of the ridge there are ballfield fences in play. Hole (18) to finish, plays along a fenced in football field and then over an unattractive dry retention pond. Backyards are in view on this hole as well.
- UNEVEN TEES - The concrete tees were poured along the natural slop of the terrain in every instance.
- CHARACTER - In addition to poor tees, the overall equipment and extras just aren't here. The baskets are MachVs, but several are listing or beat up. There are no extra tees, alternate basket placements or a practice basket. Despite hiking up and down the ridge, not one bench was waiting for me at the tee.
- TIME PLAY - Walking onto the course seeing the 5500 foot course length, I figured 1 hour tops. An hour and a half later I put my bag into the car. Figure 2 ½ hours for a quick foursome.
- WIND - I wouldn't recommend playing here on windy day. Players might reach Georgia if they attempt to throw (14).

I had high hopes for this course knowing that the layout had gotten a tweaking. Although many of the old issues may have been fixed, new issues have arisen with the re-design. The land at Revelation Mountain is awesome and it deserves much more than what it was given. I could not recommend this course to anyone except for those that live in town or to course baggers passing through. Revelation needs a third design.
- AVERAGE CHALLENGE - There are some super tough shots out here, but an equal amount of relatively easy shots. I think a good rec player should finish right around even par. Most of the challenge now is length off of the tee with ten shots over 300 feet. Hole (9) should be listed a par 4 being up 60 feet and a tunnel shot with movement. Its only 280 feet, but it plays like 450 feet, with no way to get close to the basket.
- UNIQUENESS - The variety is hard to define. On one hand, a couple of shots are ones you just don't see every day. On the flipside, way too many similar looking holes. If it weren't for the elevation and the couple remaining tunnel shots, the variety would be dreadful.

Holes #1 and #18 are extremely fun to throw off the mountain.

the back nine is horrible and tee pads are not level...follow the grade of the hill side

Recommended to use your car as a golf cart on holes #1 and 18

skip the long drive out to the this course and play one of the other great courses in the area