Baytowne at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

Fun layout and the staff was very friendly. Maybe its the time of year but the course and the greens in particular, were in pretty bad shape. Gave up putting after two holes. Should not be charging anywhere near the $100 mark.

Overall disappointing.

Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The course was in very good condition. We played on Sunday in under four hours. Highly recommend

Spend a couple weeks a year in Destin area and have played many spots over the years. I play a sister track "The Links" 10+ times (actually played Links Monday.) first time playing Baytowne and will prob book again before leaving.

Paid Hot Deal for $59 + $35 for non playing rider

Greeted by staff at bag drop and counter at pro shop. Super friendly and informative for first time play.

The starter was very nice and we talked for a couple minutes. The other players in the group no show so he sent us off at scheduled time, by second hole the group in front waved us through and we played 18 in 2.5 hours.

Boxes looked great and fairways super.

The greens were a very slow but rolled true. I struggled w greens

I left my phone in the cart and I called 30 mins after we left, they found it and held at the pro shop when I returned couple hours later. THANKS!

They do warn you about the greens ahead of time but they are rough. Very slow putting and lots of weeds and dead spots. The course layout is great and it’s challenging. I would definitely play it again!

Average course, rained a majority of the time. Driving range packed, no room to warm up, loud people, loud music, thought I was at a frat party.

Great course. Greens rough and slow bit knew it before we started. Would still play again.

Greens were sanded and harry. But the course is pristine and the views are beautiful. Would highly recommend. GofNow had a great price, saved at ton.

Greens in horrible shape, especially the front nine. Back nine a little better but green fees should’ve been reduced. It was worse than airiated greens.

The Greens on Baytowne Course are absolutely horrible. The have to use a mower with a dull blade...there were at least 1/4" - 1/2" large chunks missing from the greens in several places. To charge the price they charge to play with the course (especially the greens in such poor condition), I would recommend AGAINST playing the Baytowne course. I have NEVER seen a course in my entire life with worse greens than this course.

Had an early tee time . Staff in club house was super rude . Starter was too lazy to get out of his cart. They just sanded the greens which we weren't made aware of.

The greens were unacceptable for such a quality course. They shouldn't allow play under such conditions, especially for $100.

Course layout was nice, had a lot of character. Greens were horrible though. But the design and the people in my opinion out weighed the brutal greens. I am hoping they are just preparing them for aeration. I will play this course next year when I return.

First, I played the Raven course in late June and it was outstanding. The greens were incredible and the course was well maintained. We went down on a family boys trip last week and couldn't get on the Raven with a group of 4 so we played Baytowne. The greens were very very slow and someone had tapdanced around d every hole. It almost looked intentional. It looked as though the cups had not been changed in a while. They were burred out something awful. They were so bad that I had a new LAB putter and I refused to putt with it after the first few holes. I was worried I would send my putter back with an unfair assessment. It was an embarrassing experience, because I had built the course up to my brother and 2 sons. I spent the round and evening apologizing. My municipal greens at home were better taken care of than this resort course, and the cost is considerably less. Overall an uneasy round of worry because of the way I built the experience up to my foursome. Very disappointed in the experience. The Raven experience was great. An everpresent beverage cart and overall great experience. We never saw a beverage cart the entire 18 holes. We did see a couple at the turn and the end of our round in the clubhouse area. There was no drinking water on the course and no coolers allowed. The heat index was 105 and we were parched. (Started at 11:50 and finished at 3:30) Pace of play was great, but 2 of us were single handicap golfers and the other 2 were 15 or less. I hit 14 of 18 greens and 11 fairways and had multiple 3 putts. Putting the greens was more than challenging. We kidded about automatic 2 putts outside of 10 feet. That shouldn't happen at a $100 plus round of golf. Needless to say I didn't apply this score to my GHIN. I hate writing poor reviews and contemplated not writing this one, but deemed it was necessary. My group wanted to go to the clubhouse to complain, be as though I payed for the rounds, but I was too upset and would have lost my witness. I know this resort takes pride in service and I pray this was an anomaly, and not the standard for the courses not named the Raven.

Balls bounced all the way to the hole. Substantial dry spots, tufts and covered with sand to mask the problems

Arrived at the club house to be told the greens had been topped dressed and this was a good thing! Hit the first green and quickly figured out why. Spots filled in with sand all over the greens. The greens looked like they hadn’t been cut in weeks!

Completely unplayable and made for a terrible round..no way should anyone be charged that amount to play conditions like this course was in!

The course is beautiful in many respects. Tee boxes and fairways in great shape. Lots of beautiful water. But only 6074 yards from the blue tees? The greens were sanded over (they never warned us about that) and many of the traps were hard as a rock.

Many of the holes appeared to be cut by someone who didn't know what he was doing. Rough edges and blown out sides on most holes.

Worst of all, almost no drinking water on the course. Actually dangerous and maddening.

fairways and tea boxes are in nice shape, but the greens are horrible. Getting overrun with crab grass weeds burned out mower shaved spots very slow.

I always thought Baytowne was overpriced, but it’s tourist rates, so it is what it is. In its current condition, I wouldn’t pay more than $60 to play there. The greens are unplayable in my opinion. Bunkers haven’t seen serious love since Spring (it’s late July now). Course drainage is poor so it’s soggy everywhere. Tee boxes aren’t even, have weeds and invasive grass all over them. I rolled some putts on a couple better managed tee box’s, while waiting, and it rolled a touch slower than the greens - but not much.

The course said it’s hard to manage with 100+ tee times a day on Baytowne alone. I say, that’s approximately $10k per day, $70,000 per week - put a little money into your course for god’s sake!!