About
Located along the shores of Choctawhatchee Bay, Shalimar Pointe Golf Club enjoys a scenic, rolling landscape dotted with trees. This often-overlooked golf course has been considered one of the Emerald Coast's best-kept secrets but the word is beginning to get out. The course, due to its challenging but playable nature, has been used for U.S. Open qualifiers and it was host to the Emerald Coast Tour. The layout features immaculately manicured greens that are framed by strategic bunkering and water hazards on a number of holes. The golf course is challenging but fair with five sets of tees to accommodate players of all skill levels. The course is Shalimar Pointe's main attraction but it is complemented by extensive practice facilities including an expansive driving range, putting green and chipping green.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by Bfultz on 05/11/2026
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Photo submitted by u940731530 on 07/02/2025
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Photo submitted by u940731530 on 07/02/2025
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Photo submitted by u468002134 on 12/24/2024
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Double Green! Photo submitted by theFikester on 07/09/2023
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Treacherous bunkering! Photo submitted by theFikester on 04/02/2022
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Photo submitted by Richard8662312 on 06/04/2021
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This was one of the greens. Photo submitted by CFrazier728 on 05/03/2020
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Tee box on 9 Photo submitted by RG89C2924FBA8C86743 on 08/10/2019
Golfer Reviews
Worth the trip over.
We traveled from PCB to play. It was in remarkable shape after just having gone through hurricane Isaias. The front nine was still closed, so it was a little crowded on the back nine as we made the turn to play it again to complete our 18 holes. We anticipate coming back when we are able to get in the front nine.
Over 80 best ball
They only had 9 holes open because of the recent hurricane. It was a great day to get out and golf. We shook off the rust and shot 74 with 3 bogies and 1 birdie. Recommend best ball play and this course for season golfers.
Golf Now Needs to Improve Listings
While Shalimar was listed for a Hot Deal, the listing didn't note that only the back 9 was open. Half the course missing shouldn't be hidden from the listing so golfers can make an informed decision about whether or not to take the deal.
Hurricane recovery in progress
Only the back 9 was open, but it was in pretty good shape for being a week removed from a hurricane. Several challenging holes and layout that forces some choices off the tee. Multi-tiered greens really reward approach shots that account for pin placement.
Post Hurricane Round
This seemed to be the only course that opened up post hurricane. They only had the back nine open so we played it twice for $35. After reading the reviews I was expecting a dog track but was pleasantly surprised by the nice course conditions. Greens were in pretty good shape and rolling true. Fairways were better than the average muni. Staff was wonderful. Overall, I would absolutely play here again.
After storm round
This round came after the Hurricane Isaias storm. Only the bank 9 was playable and I played it 2x. They are still cleaning up debris from the storm.
I thought it was a decent course and was surprised by all the negative reviews that I read. If I visit the area again I would definitely play another round.
Not the best keep
Course was overrun with weeds. Greens need alot of work, fairways were poor with very little grass. Layout was fine, but needs much attention
It certainly was a little bit rougher than the last time I played the card path is very rough and needs attention but the golf course is nice
GREENS NEED HELP
THE GREENS ARE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE. THEY NEED TO DROP THE PRICE FOR A ROUND UNTIL YOU CAN GET THE GREENS IN GOOD SHAPE. I FEEL LIKE THIS COURSE HAS BEEN IN ROUGH SHAPE FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
Summer Heat
The humidity is brutal this time of year along the Gulf Coast. There were quite a lot of browning on the greens and fairways. I hope the water pump isn't broken. Two weeks ago everything was green and plush. The dryness didn't affect playability or putting though. Greens were pretty fast.
Poor Condition
First time i have played this course since they re-worked their greens a few years ago. The greens are not good. Lots of large dead spots, slow speed, bumpy. Otherwise there are a lot of dead spots in the fairways, etc. I drove over an hour to try it out and was very disappointed. As always the staff there is great.
Not worth the money
It’s a ok course, the rough isn’t maintained the greens are slow but true and there’s just too much sand in the fairways
Bahia Grass
Long Bahia grass growing all around the course. Cart path was normally right in the middle of the fairway.
Charged me an additional $20 to have my wife ride in the cart with me on the goat ranch!
Eghhh so so
At first glance the club house was older but nice and staff was very polite. The course could use some maintenance. You can tell it’s a neat layout and used to be a very nice course, but has been neglected. There were weeds everywhere and the greens were partially burnt up and dead. Would not make the drive from Destin to Shalimar to play again.
10/10 would NOT recommend playing!
Nothing about this course was good besides the food. Cart paths were made of sand and most of the course didn’t even have a cart path anyways. Fairways were dried out and it just poured yesterday. The bunkers were poorly maintained and so were the greens. If you ever decide to come to this trashy course make sure everybody has their own set of clubs or else you will get a talking to from the owner and he will kick you out or make you spend 200 extra dollars to rent clubs so he can pocket the money.