Baytowne at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

Checked in and paid full price only to discover that the driving range was unavailable to us as there was a collegiate tournament (using Raven and Links) and all the golfers were using it and there was no where for paying customers to hit. They even brought all the golfers over from the Links course to use the range as the Links range is irons only. Not a, hey guys we discounted your rate by 5% or were sorry. Nothing, just "good luck" finding a spot. The putting green looked very rough too. The fairways and tee boxes we fine. The greens were in terrible shape and it didnt appear as if they had been cut in about a week.. The sand traps had not been raked either and a few had grass/weeds growing in them. On about half the greens the grass around the actual hole was hacked up or damaged. They had not changed the hole location in several days. I have played this course about a dozen times over the last ten years and today's conditions were the worst I have ever seen for this course. I do not recommend this course in the current shape it is in. I hope it improves.

Pro Shop stated the greens were UGLY but PUTTABLE. She was dead wrong. The greens were the worst I have played anywhere, any time, ever. Course conditions, especially the greens were abysmal. Last time I will ever play Baytowne. I've played $20 muni courses that were in far better condition. The greenskeeper should be fired.

A lot of the greens were in bad shape. Otherwise a nice track.

Course had a great layout. Fairways were excellent but honestly I have played many courses in Florida and these were the worst greens I have ever played on. The pace of play was very slow. No ranger in sight. The rate should definitely been discounted but it was 90.00 to play. Way over priced. They topped dressed the greens the morning we played and it was bad. Wish I had known and we would of played somewhere else

I love the layout. Apparently no one knows how to rake bunkers. The greens were pretty bad. Slow, sandy and bumpy. Almost unplayable. Really sad because the layout is solid and everything else was in good shape.

The greens are almost unplayable. Like playing on temporary greens. Website says nothing. When you check in the pro shop mentions that the greens are not as good as they would like, but the greens feel has been discounted. The green fee was $90. It was worth $25. Just put something on the website saying the greens are in bad shape so people don’t waste there time making a tee time and then finding out on the first green how bad it really is. Playing greens the day after a full punch would have been better. They should close the course for three months until the greens are back. Whoever is managing this place should be embarrassed.

It has been years since I've played Baytowne, and will likely be years before I play it again. There are some beautiful holes. I like the layout, and if you play one of the two back tees it's a challenging course, but this time the greens were in very poor shape. Very long, slow and bumpy. But the worst part of our experience was the pace of play. We consistently waited on every hole, and on the back 9 there were sometimes 3-4 groups on a hole at the same time (see picture).

No way they should be charging more than $25 for these conditions. Tees and fairways are fine. But the greens are completely lost and unplayable. They might as well be circles drawn in the fairway. Although the fairway grass is likely better. $90 was borderline theft. Typical, the pro shop informed us the “greens are brown and ugly, but very playable”…… Right after swiping our credit cards to pay. They were brown and ugly….. and playable, if we were practicing putting out of the rough.

The greens here have continually gone downhill for years. Now, they are completely gone.

Greens are messed up by something. Extremely slow and hairy. And dead in spots. Everything else was great

Greens are horrible

Awesome Sandestin Area Course with a great layout

Also traps need attention

It’s always just ok. Staff is ok, greens were trash but they warned us ahead of time so that’s fine. The course is just always ok but I wouldn’t pay the full amount they ask for. Too many other options.

We knew they were losing the greens but never thought it was that bad … at least they could keep them cut equally, but there are tufts of longer grass making the ball go anywhere. Also the sand traps are just awful, like the gave up on maintaining them also. At least fairways were good. Pace of play was awful… a foursome 2 groups ahead of us was soooo slow… had to wait on practically every shot! We are here for 5 weeks… definitely not going back…. Which is too bad as it used to be one of my favorite in the area! They lowered their price but still way too expensive for course condition

The fairways were great and rough was good but the greens were the worse i have ever played !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The greens were burnt up very little green grass on them. I should have been refunded my round . No one afford a replay round on the other course next to it was Raven or anything about sorry or nothing. I did learn on thing even high-in courses don't care about customer's that play there just as long as they get greens fees !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the staff seemed proud that the green fee was low.

Greens were being worked on. Biggest issue was the mediocre amenities.

The greens on this course are the worst I have ever played on. We were warned by the staff that they were in bad shape, which was an understatement. They said there was no plan by the ownership to put any money into the course to fix the greens. Golf Now needs to remove this course from their website until they are fixed.

The fairways were great but the greens

were rough

If they get the greens back in shape they will

Make the course great I

We have platted here many times. The greens were unplayable! $100 to play those greens is a joke!