Raven at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

Play this course often. This is a great track but the lack of friendliness from the starters amazes me.

I always make sure to spend money inside to support the shop. Tip the cart guys well as they are also great.

The people inside the shop are super friendly and helpful.

Then you walk out to someone who is completely cranked out for having to be working never pleasant .

This woman yesterday was yelling at the guy yesterday for wanting his own cart as he had a cough and didn’t want to get anyone sick.

There are plenty of friendly people who would want to work.

Visiting friends in the area, it was 45 degrees and had rained the day and night before. There were large puddles in a few bunkers, but otherwise the course had drained very well. Unfortunately it was cart path only. Like many resort courses, the fairways are pretty wide, but the approach shots and greens are challenging. Water is in play on many holes, but it’s not target golf. I’d be happy to play it again on a nice warm day.

The Raven in Sandestin is a very good golf course and I would highly recommend playing it! Lots of shot selections and conditions were good for early January. The greens rolled extremely nicely!

Todays play was cart path only due to a rain shower overnight we were told however the the course was dry. It obviously slowed our play. The range was was closed too. The course itself was in great shape. I would play the course again as long as it’s not cart path only.

The course was in good shape. Very enjoyable to play. Lots of hazards but wide landing areas .Will definitely play again.

I had an overall great experience. Everyone was very friendly. The course was in great shape. I have friends coming to Destin next week. It will be their first visit to Destin. The first course we are going to play will be the Raven.

Hit up Raven for the first outing of 2025 and it was a great challenge! The course is nice, greens were good for the time of the year, fairways were nice as well. It's a challenging course with some tight fairways and lots of water/sand hazards. I'll definitely come back to play again.

Friendly staff at check in. Joe the starter was great. Greens were in better condition then Baytown.

Very nice layout. Will play again.

We are a twosome and are 6-10 handicap golfers.

The 2 they paired us with ( husband/ wife) couldn't hit the ball! Many times they whiffed and lost 3-5 balls per hole.

We started at 1 and played 14 holes because of these extremely painful " golfers" .

I understand the days of golf for golfers are over but this was exceedingly painful. These type of golfers should be at Top Golf or find another sport like bowling.

We won't ever come back.

In terms of course conditions, I would rate them as quite good and typical for a Dec 31 tee time. The practice area was rather soggy though and finding a patch of turf to stand on & hit from in decent condition was tough.

The course design offers a good variety of challenges. Playing the course more than once will help you know when & where to aim your shots to take advantage of the risk/reward opportunities.

The only negative I want to mention was the extremely slow pace of play. Course Marshalls are needed and would be helpful to speed up or hold back offenders. 5 plus hours on course is not my idea of an ideal round.

All things considered, I was happy & feel privileged to be out playing when I could be back home shoveling snow and dealing with sub freezing temps. So yeah...life if good.

Happy New Year folks.

Sani

Nice course. Greens rolled true, played in the morning so dew slowed things down. Fairways and tees were in good shape.

This past weekend was the second time in less than a month that my husband and I have gone to Destin and scheduled golf. Playing the Raven was a first for us. We called and were told we could make all reservations online, which was easy and convenient; however, nobody told us that traveling with one golf bag (easier to travel with) is frowned upon and we shouldn’t say anything or they could make us leave. Nobody told us before we paid premium prices for both of us to play that if someone wanted to say something, we could have to leave or that we had to stay in groups of 4 at all times, but a single gentleman riding the wrong way on the course jumped right in behind us, pushing our group and holding up the foursome behind us and nothing was ever said. We are no pros, just trying to have a fun and relaxing vacation, but nobody else out there was a pro either. Make it make sense! If it’s going to have different rules than the other two courses there, someone should probably explain that when you call (so you can bring two bags) or when you check in before they take your money. Is it a nice course, absolutely, but their lack of information and personality make it not worth it. Disappointing to end your vacay like that.