Raven at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

The course was in excellent shape, particularly the greens which are well cared for. We teed off early and finished before the rainy thunderstorm. Perfect day.

I’m a 8 handicapper and absolutely loved this course. It had a great variety of holes, a ton of rolling features, risk reward doglegs, and well placed bunkers. It wasn’t brutal, but I left feeling like it was a perfect challenge for choosing shots and being rewarded for my efforts.

Least of all, the course was in great shape. I played Regatta Bay earlier in the week and The Raven was definitely in better condition. Additionally, it’s just a more exciting course than most of the other $100-$175 courses in Destin. Regatta bay was honestly flat and boring, but I was excited every hole at the Raven. I’ll definitely be coming back.

The course is in nice winter condition.

The greens were undulating and quick so were fun to putt. The water and bunkering are a visual treat. The clubhouse staff were as friendly as the TSA or DMV, looked like they hated being there. The bagdrop guy and the starter were nice.

I know it’s winter, but we are here in Florida. I used to love this course, but the course condition has gone pretty far downhill. Tons of divots in the fairways. Greens inconsistent in speed. Worst thing is the staff had failed to update the pin position for the cart GPS system and it took Mr 4 holes of wondering why my club was off 15-20 yds before I pulled out my range finder to find a pin shown as 115 on the cart was actually 134 yds away. From then on I just used the range finder and ignored the cart system. Seems a shame to have it and make it useless or worse detrimental. It got better from then on, but still a very disappointing course even at the hot deal cost of $85. It’s usually well over $100. Just doesn’t bring the value for the money at this point. I won’t play it again until I hear they have it in shape. This despite a fantastic layout. It was one of the best in the area.

Course had character. Enjoyed playing it— greens were challenging. Loved the layout

Great layout but very slow greens! Pace of play was slow at 4:45.

Thank you to the staff, you were outstanding

The course was a little rough but the weather was cool and it is the off season there.

The range was not open due to wet conditions but no mention off this was made when I booked the round, and it was closed then! No discount given. They also let a group of five go off in front of us the play was pretty slow but we made the best of it.

Would like to try this again later in the year, to see what it could be!!

Extra wide fairways and relatively low rough make this course enjoyable even for high handicappers like me.

Good golf course to play with plenty of scoring holes. Beautiful homes and lanscapes throughout.

Course in good overall shape. Started with long frost delay but we were third group out and played in 3:30.

Could use a few more beverage carts as we didn’t see any all day.

Nice to have a snack at the turn