Oaks at Ft. Walton Beach Golf Club

Tight, good shape, greens a little slow, good value for the money

Tee boxes and fairways are in terrible shape. Greens were okay. Pace of play was awful, no ranger or starter controlling anything. Had a foursome in front of us with two walkers and two riders who refused to let our twosome play through even though we were often sitting at the same tee. We couldn’t wait to get out of there and bailed after 9 holes.

The layout of this course is great. Unfortunately, the course is in pitiful condition. Construction for a underground pipe was done yet. No repairs were done to the course. The greens are in even worse shape and completely covered in Poana for most of the greens. Definitely not what this course was rated. They should give a discount for the condition of the course.

Lots of places to play in the panhandle of Florida. I opted to head into Ft. Walton to play the Oaks course (had played the sister course there many years ago). It's everything I love about old courses. The layout is interesting, there is length, shot-making, water, sand, great trees and landscaping. The pride of the people who run the place shows all over (assuming a lot of ex-military which would explain a LOT about how well it seems to run). It was fun and I'll certainly come back.

Living on the gulf, its hard to find am affordable place to play. Ft Walton Golf course offers the best option. I have gald to see a cart person

Oaks course needs some tender loving care. I didn’t notice any part of the course that didn’t need improvement.

The workers we interacted with were courteous and knowledgeable.

Really good layout just not great for putting which has crab grass overrun on them

I have played this course many, many times. Generally I like it. But this time the greens were very grainy and there was still much poa annua in the greens. I have reviewed this course several times and always have commented that 1) the fairways and around the greens need much more grass - they need to be seeded - the lies are extremely tight and 2) there are areas where there is just bare soil/sand in the fairways and I have said that those areas need to be filled in, seeded or sodded and staked off until the sod and/or seed has established itself and 3) I have pointed out that there is very significant eroded areas on 5 and 16. They have staked off some of those areas but I see nothing being done to repair those areas. I urge the course management to fix these issues and improve the palying conditions of the course.

Ok—I play here every once in a while, and really enjoy the course layout. BUT, for now most of the greens are full of a clumpy grass that makes it difficult to enjoy them. It wasn’t like that last time we played. They’ve got a real problem on their hands as it makes putting like your on a washboard. Too Bad!! It’s got some really fun and challenging holes.

Hopefully next time they’ve remedied the problem. The green fees are really reasonable, especially when you use GolfNow’s Hot Deals!!