Oaks at Ft. Walton Beach Golf Club

Compared to its brother, the Pines, the Oaks was a huge disappointment. The greens were rough. The fairways were hardly more than dirt. I was expecting a course in as good of shape as the Pines. I would not play the Oaks again in the condition that it is in.

Course is well maintained and pace of play is good also.

The staff and layout of the Oaks Course were fine. The conditions were awful. No grass in the fairways and tees. The greens had a few bare spots and were ‘weedy’. Nothing like the practice green. After our round, spoke with another couple who had just finished their round on the Pines Course. Went on about great, true greens and nice fairways. Come find out, that course was renovated the previous year. No indication on GN or the FWB GC website indicating there was any difference between the courses. We traveled to FL to play courses and would have chosen the Pines Course to insure a good round of golf. Skip this course!!

Having played here several times before I was disappointed in the overall condition compared to the past. I would like to give them the benefit of the doubt because of the time of year but many areas had little grass and the greens were not in very good shape. Adding to the disappointment was no starter to keep things running smoothly as groups just went out as "they" saw fit, eventually creating backlogs and waiting. Since previous visits had been positive I am not ready to write them off but certainly hope improvements are in the future.

This is the second weekend in a row where we didn't finish our round due to backlog of groups waiting on tee boxes. I get that they're busy, but at some point it becomes miserable for the patrons. The greens were an absolute mess, patchy and thick as carpet. You can't chip around the greens because everything is hardpan. If it wasn't for the price I probably wouldn't ever play there.

The course was in horrible condition. I had read reviews saying it was bad but thought other reviewers were being unnecessarily critical. Fairways had almost no grass. Bare sand and dirt in most areas. The greens were painted to make them look green and were very bumpy with occasional tufts of some odd grass or weeds. Impossible to get a good lie. Course management should be embarrassed to accept money to play here.

It is a nice big property with a decent layout although the routing seemed odd. I can’t imagine that conditions can improve much as summer approaches. We paid $40 pp on a hot deal and it was about $30 too much. Club house staff were friendly, helpful. Looked like they had a nice bar, restaurant but we just wanted to leave after the round. Clubhouse exterior was nice. The greens on the adjacent Pines course looked better but that course was closed the day we played.

Final comment, stay away. It’s not really golf.

We try and get out once a week and play best ball. We scored 6 under starting off with an eagle on the first hole. The course is in fairly good shape for this time of the year. The weather is ideal. Recommend this type of play for senior golfers.

Us over 80 golfers like to venture out once a week and play a round of best ball. This week we played the Oaks course. Started out with an eagle on the first hole. Got 5 more birdies and 1 bogie after that. The course is in pretty good condition for this time of the year.

The fairways need work as the grass, especially on the front 9 of the Oaks, is essentially nonexistent. Tight lies would be an understatement. The greens were in ok shape and were fast and ran true.

This course has challenges and could really be a very good course, but work is needed on the fairways even for this time of year.

Very poor...recognize the weather has a lot to do with it.

Previous visits to FWB Golf Course have been better than today. The fairways are bare in many areas and winter has killed what grass was there last summer. Sometimes a perfact drive down the center of the fairways yielded a terrible lie or my ball was nowhere near where it should have come to rest. Looking forward to playing there again when the grass is green. Oh, and the group of five in front of us slowed the pace of play.

The course was not in great shape played the Oaks. Was told the pines is a lot nicer. For a municipal it wasn’t bad. Had about a 2 hour frost delay which was way to long and there was mass confusion no announcement as to when they were starting. Greens were not in great shape lots of uneven lies on the course .