Indian Bayou Golf Club

Golf course was in great shape. Good range/practice green for warm up. Course isn't too long but greens are small that adds to the challenge. Was a lot of fun to play and will definitely play again.

Course conditions was great, I would definitely play it again

We are visitors from the UK and we made sure to play at Indian Bayou after playing here before the pandemic in 2019. A great course, fair to those offline tee shots and not requiring looking for balls which is not needed on vacation! Amazing speed of play just over 3 hours 15 for a two ball. Huge bonus! Range is close by with plenty of ammo included. Friendly staff in 5he Proshop and in the clubhouse. We played Raven the day before and this was in better shape. A must to play when in the area. Fantastic and wish y’all continuing success!

Fun course to play, fun layout, was in very good shape except for the greens not being fully recovered from being punched, wasn’t that busy so pace was fast, small greens so bring your short game with you, not really worth the money but it’s Destin, would definitely play it again.

Played this course since it opened, One of favorites in Destin..

We tried to get a tee time for five the day before. They told us that only four could play at a time. The next day we were a little early for our tee time and there were five teeing off. Three behind them. We followed fifteen minutes behind them. Caught them on the second hole and followed them for almost a five and a half hour round, while they screamed and hollered every hole. The course Marshall drove out and watched without saying anything to them.,. When we ask about playing through, we were told we needed to just be patient. Sadly disappointed

The Good:

- Fairways, tees and bunkers were in great shape.

- Service was great. From the cart guy, to the pro shop staff to the stater, all were friendly and helpful.

- Course had a nice layout. Challenging enough to keep a good player’s interest but not too difficult for a less proficient player.

- Pro shop had a good selection of merchandise.

- Reasonably priced for this area (IF the greens hadn’t been recently punched.)

- GPS on carts is a plus.

The Not So Good

- Greens were still recovering from being punched. Slow and a bit bumpy

- While it only took 4 hours to play it seemed very slow. We waited on 16 holes. Needed a marshall to keep things moving and encourage slower groups to allow faster groups through.

- Range balls need replaced.

We were not notified prior that greens had just been worked.

Arrived at the clubhouse to pay for my round that I booked through GolfNow and the guy working in the clubhouse told me the price was going to be $107 less for our twosomes because they had recently punched the fairways on the back nine., He said, “you probably won’t even notice”. We found out on hole 1 the greens had also been recently punched. They must have been punched a few weeks ago because they are not that bad, but they are still recovering. The maintenance crew however were working on the fairway on hole 10 while we were hitting our tee shots. The faiways on 10 & 11 didn’t appear to be punched but they were very soft and had some bare spots due to the recent maintenance. Hole 12 was being punched while were teeing off and it just so happens my tee shot landed in the middle of the fairway right in the punched area. I moved my ball he right of the punched area so we could continue playing the hole. Holes 13-18 were ok and didn’t appear to have had the fairways punched. I usually play here on my annual trip to Destin but would have chose another course if I had I known ahead of time. The course is usually one of the best in the area to play but not right now during their maintenance period.

Beautiful layout, greens were being aerated but will be nice. Fairways lacked grass and bunkers had hard packed sand. For $149 it’s way overpriced with no marshals on course. Pace was incredibly slow. Cart guys super nice but clubhouse guys and starter would have probably preferred to be at home