Emerald Bay Golf Club

Management was great at the beginning of the round until we made the turn. The starter sent us out as a group of 5 since we had a guy back out, and told us to keep up with pace and we’d be fine. That didn’t happen and they were very rude about speeding up pace of play. Don’t send out a group of 5 and expect them to keep up when you have a group of 2 in front and a group of 3 behind a group of 5.

Great golf experience, enjoyed the whole course and the playing was as expected.

This is one of my favorite courses in Destin. We started early ahead of a large group so it worked out good. Course was in good shape and a fun layout. The only discrepancy i would have is there were three different groups of six that were fortunately behind us or the pace might have been slow. If I’m in Destin again, I will definitely try to play it again

Paid $120 to play this club with my dad . Course conditions were terrible . Tee boxes with no grass at all (like litterally dirt ) greens had big patches missing green . Went right in after to ask for a partial refund due to how bad it was but was told the head pro was gone for the day (3:30 btw) was told to call next day . Was told by cart guy that the course was indeed in rough shape and that he wishes they would lower rate to reflect course struggles . Called next day and was told by head pro (rude) that course was in great shape and to kick rocks essentially and that he wouldn’t help me . He then proceeded to say that $120 was the 9 hole rate ( yahhhhh ok man) would never go back and will tell everyone I know to avoid like the plague .

The clubhouse staff and the women in the carts were great. A couple of the greens were in bad shape but all in all a pretty good vacation course

Overall the course was in fair shape. Some tee boxes and a few greens were rough but still playable and not so bad I left disappointed. It’s probably not worth $100 but in this area the value was good. There were some good views and it didnt seem like the holes were repetitive which was good. Plenty of trouble but not super hard. Fairly small greens that rolled. I am a 4 HCP and shot 77 with two doubles. Overall a good course i would like to play again when in even better shape

I’ve played this course several times in the past while visiting here for vacation. This time the course was in the best shape.. There were 5-6 greens that had numerous bare spots and 7-8 holes where there was no grass on the tee boxes. The bunkers were decent. One of the more puzzling things about the round was cart path only for holes 9 & 18, they both were just as dry as all the other holes. The good part of our round was the cart girl made frequent stops which is good because of the heat. The entire staff was very friendly. Getting a hot deal on GN helped softened the disappointment with the course conditions.

The greens and tee boxes were terrible. Vast bare patches on most greens and dead tee boxes throughout.

Way overpriced. Expect much better for ~$130 per round. Will write poor review on google too.

Overall a nice course for the money, the layout was nice although not as picturesque as I had hoped....first time playing this course. Tee boxes need some attention, greens we're not super consistent from green to green. Cut lengths varied from green to green as well as the speed, fairways in good shale shape, rough not very thick. Plenty of shaded areas near tee boxes for a bit of a rest from the Florida sun.

Played a couple courses this past week on vacation but this was by far the best. A few greens had some rough spots and a few tee boxes were in rough shape but all in all pretty good condition compared to anything else I've played in the area!

If you book with golfnow don’t expect any rain out policies. I ask when we were rained out if I could postpone it to the next day and I was told no they could not help me because I booked with golf now. That’s a lot of money to pay for not having a rent out policy.

Beyond the greens the course conditions were below average. 14 out of the 18 greens were very nice the other 4 were a little beat. Multiple dead tee boxes, patchy fairways, nice bunkers. Pace of play was terrible due to the fact they let members play a 5-some that had little to no golf etiquette and lots of liquid courage! If they quit allowing 5-somes and dialed in the fairways and tee boxes it would enhance the experience.

Paid $120 a round for a boring layout with dirt tee boxes and diseased greens. If this course was in Michigan it would be a $20 municipal. Charging $120 is highway robbery.

Everywhere you look, something needs attention. We had to play winter rules in the fairways and even on the greens we had to move the ball to have a chance for a smooth roll. The teeing areas were in poor shape and reminded me of junior golf days on courses where you played all day for $5. I am not even sure it can be saved with proper maintenance,

The majority of tees boxes have no grass, just sand and some grass sprigs, it was hard to get a tee to stay in the ground because it was so sandy. Apparently somone put down the wrong chemicals on the tee boxes and greens. They also said the freeze hurt them, but all courses in the area experienced the same freeze, I think this course just allowed play before the course had thawed. As a minimum, they should create some kind of temporary tee boxes with grass. Several greens were in poor condition with large dead spots. This course is no where near worth $115 to play. I asked about a discount on a future round because the conditions were so bad and was told the only discounts would be coming up when they punch the greens in a couple of weeks. Most courses in the area close down for a period when punching greens, it sounds like this course just keeps on going to bring in revenue. This is an over played under maintained course and facility. The layout is good, it just needs a lot of work.

Course was in good shape although a few tees had been reseeded and were covered in sand.

Don’t let the negative reviews keep you away. Couple t boxes were little thin and a few bare spots on a couple of greens but overall the course was great. I would play it again. Course was packed but the pace of play was still not bad.

The course was a little rough, the greens were patchy, and the fairway Bermuda has not kicked in yet. Should be in pretty good shape by early June.