Bluewater Bay Resort - Marsh Course

Booked for 18 holes Only the back nine was open.

Decided to play as we’d driven 30mins.

Golf Now did not have notification of the closed 9

Course is in terrible shape , particularly the greens.

Take a pass on this one at this time of year

Have played here a few times over the years but don't remember the course being in this poor of condition. Wanted to attribute it to the season but course we played the day before for the same price was in much better shape. Many of the greens; particularly on the Bay 9 were almost bare and all putts were bumpy, no true roll. Would not bother coming back unless there was significant improvement.

Getting better with hard work from sup, will be a great one

I golfed at the Bluewater Bay Golf Course today and we had a great time. A beautiful setting with many of the fairways and greens on the Bay or Ponds with sunny skies. They have made a lot of improvements over the last couple of months and can tell they are working hard on the course. I understand the golf course is under new management and Iit shows. My friends and I are looking forward to returning in the near future!

Greens were brown

Tee boxes were browner

You get what you pay for

Rental clubs had not been cleaned for many rounds

Could be a good course to play in another couple of years.

I really liked the layout and the friendliness of the staff but the course is currently in terrible shape. Did not bother to putt on most holes. Fairways were lean but OK.

Us four old retired folks try and get out once a week and play best ball. This course needs work both in the fairways and greens. We had a great time playing the course. Will play again when the conditions are better.

Course was in rough shape but they are clearly working on improving course conditions. Greens were biggest outlier which aligns with all the reviews read before booking tee time. It served great purpose for me bringing my wife out who is not very good. Pretty slow which allowed us to take our time and we had lot of fun. Perfect course for the situation with lower price and less pressure to play fast. The service was outstanding, super impressive. You can just tell there is a vision for this course and it will be great place to play in few years. Enjoying the discount golf while I can!!

Course should be closed. Worst greens and fairways i have ever seen. Do not play here.

As someone who used to play here often 10-15 years ago it’s really sad to see the state of this course now. It used to be an excellent 27 hole course in a beautiful community with many views of the bay and memorable holes throughout. Today, 9 holes have closed, which happened to be my favorite 9, The Lakes Course. Now we are left with Marsh and Bay courses which are still good tracks, however the state of the course is just plain bad.

The course is like 40% green. The tee boxes are mostly dirt, the FWs are patchy between grass and dirt, and the greens are absolutely atrocious, mostly dirt, and where there is grass it’s more than likely to change the direction of your ball and make it hop around. The best roll you can get is on the packed dirt parts of the greens, otherwise it’s a hope and a prayer your balls goes where you hit it.

Truly sad to see this course in the shape it’s in. For $35 I didn’t feel completely bamboozled and the staff was courteous and the carts appeared to not have governors as it was super fast, which was nice.

Overall, don’t expect to log a true round of golf here as the putting alone will cost you a lot of strokes. I can get past bad tee boxes and patchy FWs if the greens are ok, but here they are unplayable. They have a lot of work to do here before I would recommend anyone play this course.

First off, the staff was very friendly and the course layout was good. However, the course’s conditions were very sub par. The fairways were like playing on a packed down beach with a little grass on them. The greens were an embarrassment for the owners. The greens were so rough that a 12 foot putt would bounce in 3 different directions. It’s a shame because the course’s layout provides many great views of the pin with the bay directly behind them. A lot of holes are open enough to offer a lot of forgiveness. To get to #1’s of both courses you have to drive the cart almost a 1/4 mile from the clubhouse. It’s half the cost of many courses in this area so the conditions explain that.

The greens were horrible! The pace of play was even worse. Unfortunately lost a repeat customer after playing there for years!

Nice course meandering through the trees. Need a lot of work on the greens. Good value for the dollar if you don’t mind some poor greens. I would recommend for the under $40 per round crowd.

I like the course the issue was the greens were in bad shape.

Nice people and great layout. Unfortunately, they have lost their greens. They are working on getting them back but it may take until next year. Wish them the best of luck!!

We have played this course every year while in Destin for vacation. The price is usually pretty fair for a pretty fun course with some obstacles.

This year however the course is in the worse shape than it’s been ever. Most of the greens were not even close to green more than that some barely had grass on them.

Heard they will be overseeing soon so that will help but we will try again next year but will not play anymore rounds there on this trip.

Hope this helps the golfers with limited time in the area.

I am a local and have played Blue water Bay several times. The pace of play has always been great partly because the course conditions haven’t been so good. But the rate to play on a Tom Fazios designed golf course is very affordable. The staff is super friendly and I met the new PGA pro they have Ashton Crowe. He was telling me about all the plans they have to get the course back to the potential it has to be very beautiful. They have a new management group Elite golf and a new superintendent he spoke highly of with great expectations. I have already noticed things improving throughout the course and am looking forward to see the transformation over the next year.

Beautiful scenery surrounds the golf course along with the perfect layout to enable the tremendous potential. There was course construction going on when we played, but it seems like they have big plans in store for the course. Their Director of Operations and Restoration, Ashton Crowe, is doing a fantastic job leading the way and has great foresight for the course. This will be a top-notch course in no time!

Both the Bay and Marsh courses are located in beautiful surroundings and have the potential to be much better. They are both enjoyable and be affordable. The greens require completely rehabbing but that did not detract from an enjoyable round. Ashton Crowe was an enthusiastic ambassador for the facility and made us very welcome.