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1634 Reviews (1634)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
84.0%
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4.1
19 Reviews (19)
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Conditions
4.1
Value
3.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.7
78.9%
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4.0
84 Reviews (84)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.4
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
79.8%
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7152 yards
Slope 143
Rating 74.3

Bay Point Golf Club's Nicklaus Course at Sheraton Bay Point Resort is the only Nicklaus Design course in Northwest Florida. The golf course was formerly Lagoon Legend, which had a reputation for being one of the Florida Panhandle's toughest layouts. In 2004, the golf course closed and underwent a major renovation by the Nicklaus Design team. It reopened a year later with rave reviews. The redesign included restructuring the tees, greens, and bunkers and also re-contouring the fairways. The scenic landscape of scrub oaks, towering pines, and saltwater marshes was carefully preserved though. The golf course maintained the challenging aspects of the original but infused a play-ability that makes it accessible to all skill levels. Also like the former course, the new Nicklaus design offers the same stunning views of St. Andrew's Bay. In the fall of 2018, the Nicklaus Course completed a greens conversion to Tif-Eagle Bermuda-grass greens to bring championship greens to a championship course. Bay Point Golf Club has won the Panama City News Herald's "Best of Bay" in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The Nicklaus Course has hosted US Open Local qualifiers and is a home course of the FSU Women's Golf Team and will host their Division 1 Invitational in February of 2020.

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Course Details

Year Built 1986
Greens Tif-Eagle Ultra-Dwarf Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bruce Devlin (1986) Nicklaus (2005) Rick Robbins Gary Nicklaus (2005)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Sports

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Reviews

4.1
1634 Reviews (1634)

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Reviews 41
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Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Perfect weather
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Conditions Excellent
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Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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4.0
Previously Played

Love this course

Best course in Panama City Beach, and they know it. This is also the most expensive course in PCB. Great place to have and play in tournaments.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
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Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
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Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

So-so

Played the course on back to back days. Most of the course conditions were good except some greens had some weed/grass that weren’t a good look and had some impact on putts. Other greens were good but all of them were on the slower side. Easier to stomach the cheaper afternoon green fees than the prime time price.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing

Not worth the money.

Paid over $100.00 for a round with cart. Early in the season the fairways were not in the best of shape. The green were long and were not cut recently. Staff was very good and customer oriented.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Needs attention

We love Baypoint but it really needs attention. The fairways are like concrete, they were aerated 2 months ago but are now just dead and scarred. It's impossible to chip as there's just no grass.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser

BayPoint is slipping

Nice track, terrible condition, no grass in the fairway…and it’s been that way for the entire month of March. It would also be nice if they joined the 21st century and put GPS in their carts. We played behind a 6-some…how is that even allowed? We got off the course at 5 pm and the clubhouse, pro shop, bathrooms were all closed.

Very disappointing. Come on BayPoint, you can do better than this for these high green fees. Don’t let yourself turn into Signal Hill!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lot of money for the condition

The course layout is great and the greens were pretty good but the rest of the course didn't have any grass on it. The fairways and t boxes were almost dirt. I don't know if it's the time of year or what but i wouldn't recommend this course to anyone right now. Especially not for 95 bucks. Terrible F!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

WEIRD

Golf etiquette is not being adhered to! The group behind us jumped us a hole and then we were waiting. Also 2 golfers parked on the street on the back nine, jumped on the hole behind us. We finally called the golf shop and someone came out and took care of the street jumpers. They didn't offer us any compensation for our inconvenience and the round was not cheap!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

I don’t feel that fivesomes should be allowed to play on a coarse of this caliber. We were behind one for eleven holes.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worst experience ever

First off, I liked the challenge of this course. The bag drop guys, man working the pro shop, and the starter, were super nice people. However, this was the absolute worst golfing experience I've ever had in my life, and I've been playing golf for 38 years. I paid 85 dollars each for my son and I. The tee boxes are average at best. The fairways were average, and the greens about the same. The worst part about this day wad we had to wait on and follow tractors working on the fairway for 5 - 10 mins before being allowed to tee off. We had to follow them for at least 3 or 4 holes, waiting every hole on them to get done, so we could tee off. After running into the tractors again on the back 9, and holding us up again for a few holes, the Marshall comes up and has the nerve to tell us the pick it up, we were playing to slow. We caught a group of 4 and waited every hoke on the last 4 or 5 holes of the back 9. I nearly got hit with golf balls, twice, with neither person hollering four. There were random golf carts driving around and through you on the course, and it's noise everywhere. If I were offered a free round of golf for my troubles, I'd throw it in the garbage, so I nor someone else had to go through what I did again. It wouldn't have been ad bad, if the director had dropped prices in at least half, knowing that such aggravating circumstances were going to be present on this day with the tractors working, but nope, it was full price. I seriously hope no one has to go through what I did, especially after paying full price, but they'll never get my money again.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Corse

Great corse in excellent condition. Greens were true and fast.

We had a great time!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course! Good condition

We went after 330 and got the lower rate. The course itself looked and great the greens rolled true. It is very spread out and you don’t go by the clubhouse until 18, so make sure to plan accordingly.

A few sandy spots on tee boxes but fairways and greens was good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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