Emerald Bay Golf Club

Just average, nice course but nothing that wows u. And wasn’t a layout I loved

Not enough employees to serve cart or snack be

Bar.

July 4 holiday comes around every year …it’s not that difficult to have extra staff for the week.

Far to expensive for the overall experience

Destin prices w a Pensacola experience

Staff was friendly and helpful, and the course was in great shape.

I messed up on my online reservation but the staff was tremendous to work with and they got us taken care of!

Overall, it was a great experience spending the day golfing with my son and son-in-law it was a great time.

The only downside was the greens were still healing from aeration, which wasn’t mentioned when we made tee times.

Really enjoyed this course. We had an hour rain delay and after that it was cart path only was the only downer we had. Staff was great to help us. We will play this one again.

Emerald bay is a nice golf course nestled in a subdivision in between Fort Walton and Destin.From the get go, the bag drop attendants are friendly and are very eager to help you as far as directing you where to go, they load your bags and make sure to ask who is driving, which is always nice.

The pro shop is well stocked and the people working are very nice and it was clean and very well taken care of. We checked in and were told range balls are complimentary, which is always a plus.

The carts were in good condition and the GPS seemed right on target and you could tell had been adjusted for the days pin placements.

We started right on time and the course was well manicured. From the tee boxes that we played from it was pretty tight off the tee but the course is very rewarding if you hit the fairways. The fairways are receptive if you can battle the wind, which switches directions at a moments notice. The tee-boxes look like they have taken a good beating and could use some TLC, but not unusual for a course that gets a lot of traffic. The greens however had been recently punched and top dressed, and while I understand that is a necessity, some places it appeared to have been over done, making putting on some holes nearly impossible to get a good roll. Bunkers were well maintained and I would say standard condition for Florida golf.

Pace of play was surprisingly good considering the amount of people on the course which is always a plus and the rangers seemed intent on keeping people on pace.

Overall, a good course if you can get a deal, but definitely wouldn't bust the budget to play here.

Booking through GolfNow.com.made the course affordable and the layout was picturesque

Course was fun, course condition could have been better. Fairways had a lot of sand, greens were my fast at all.

The course was in pretty decent shape. Great Value course. Not quite up to the level of Regatta Bay or Kelly Plantation but overall a nice course. Good layout, fair, a few risk/ reward holes. A few reachable par 4s. The only negative feedback I can really come up with is there are no water stations on the course, which if you’re playing in the middle of Summer, is something you should expect. There is a station situated between the number one tee and nine fair way so you can get it up when you begin your round and while making the turn, but it was empty by the time I made the turn. So for me, zero water other than the water from the beer cart. Not a deal breaker but just usefull information.

I’d go back but probably only if it was the decent tee time I could get as I think any one of the Sandestin courses offer a better value.

I always enjoyed playing here...the staff were always friendly and courteous. The greens has been aerated, but still playable. Highly recommended!