Raven at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

If conditions were a good score, this place would be a quadruple bogey.

The people, the pace, and the amenities are great, but we came to play golf and for $100+ per person it should be in above average conditions… it is BAD.

Weeds, slooooow greens with weeds, sparse tee boxes, rocks in bunkers, and the list could go on.

First of all yes it was a hot deal but still more expensive than others on an avverage day. Been wanting to play here for years but expense kept me from it. For what was paid and having to walk so much due to cart path only due to the extreme wet, swampy conditions to then get a warning on the cart monitor about pace of play was a little unnecessary. No driving range, cart path only, and this wasnt mentioned on the notes. Punched greens was so no problem there. Expect that this time of year anyway. If I wanted to walk everywhere I would bring a push cart. At least a heads up would have been nice.

Very nice track, Rained most of round but course drained well. Look forward to next time.

Played here after realizing that Bay Point has temporary greens. It was crazy hot but was a fun course.

Good use of water. Greens were aerated this week which made them really slow but that was as expected. Fun course, would play again next time I’m here.

I enjoyed playing here, I would play it again. Highly recommended!

I was in town with in-laws and came as a single to get away. Got paired with another single, and the twosome scheduled with us was a no show.

My playing partner and I had nearly identical distances, misses and handicaps— we were playing quickly out of one cart, in other words. Still, we never felt like we were waiting an unreasonable amount of time on a course full of foursomes.

The track was very fun, with a mix of challenges but forgiving of small misses. I found the fairway bunkers well placed when playing the correct tees, the looks into the greens with any pin placement very much the same, and a variety of course defenses that kept it interesting.

Course was due aerification in a few days, but it was still pristine. Rained all day prior to my round, and for 30m on us, and not a complaint. Greens were spotless and rolled true and fair, rough was manicured but still punitive.

I will 100% play it again if I return.

Man this course is just everything you want. Dark contrast around the landscape with butter cut fairways/greens. We had a group of 6 and the pace of play was something out of a fairytale. Great job Raven and thank you for an unforgettable round.

I really liked the course and would play it again but they allowed a 5 some in-front of us that that turned into a 6 some somewhere we couldn’t discern. Only negative here

There were 2 sixsomes and a fivesome on the course and they didn’t seem to care or do anything about it. After 5+ hour round and 4 groups waiting to tee on 18 I decided to call it.

Tee time was 3pm on a Thursday. Pace of play was excellent. Friendly staff but horrible greens. Extremely poor greens conditions. Would not play again

Destin is an annual vacation spot my family and we always carve out one day for the men to scratch the golf itch at a local course. We've played Indian Bayou, Regatta Bay, and one of the other public Sandestin courses, but finally booked a round at Raven GC this year. While there are many others we have yet to play, this one was easily the best course we've experienced thus far. Difficult enough to challenge the scratch golfers in my party but friendly enough to accommodate the wannabes like myself. Well maintained from tee to green, beautiful surroundings, and overall just a better bang for our buck compared to some of the pricier courses we've played. Definitely worth adding to your list!

This is a really nice course that is fun to play! Wide fairways and big greens. At $145/person it is a little over priced in my opinion. I would have liked the greens to have been faster. My only complaint is that my son and I were trying to enjoy a round of golf together then on hole #4 a single player basically played into us. We tried to let him play through but he was told he had to play with us. The course was not over crowded and pace of play was good considering it was cart path only and intermittently raining. No one me mentioned that we would be paired with other people. I do not enjoy playing with people I don’t know and for $300 we should have been able to play as a twosome. He added 45-60 minutes to our round which made us late for our other family plans.