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4.1
1655 Reviews (1655)
5 Stars
707
4 Stars
611
3 Stars
216
2 Stars
70
1 Stars
51
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.1
82.7%
Recommend this course
1409 out of 1655 reviews
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3.7
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
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3
1 Stars
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Conditions
3.4
Value
2.9
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
65.6%
Recommend this course
21 out of 32 reviews
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4.0
85 Reviews (85)
5 Stars
31
4 Stars
30
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
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
78.8%
Recommend this course
67 out of 85 reviews
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Course Highlights
Bay Point's course layout consistently earns top marks, delivering a challenging and scenic round with water and sand features throughout. Friendly staff and a smooth pace of play round out a premium golf experience.

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

Tennis
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Reviews

4.1
1655 Reviews (1655)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 20
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 41
Bunkers 36
Forced Carries 34
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 34
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 26
A Weekend Splurge 23
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 33
Convenient to the City 24
Worth the Drive 22

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Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
4.0
First Time Playing

COURSE WAS GREAT! INSIDE STAFF WAS AWFUL!

I showed up a little over an hour early due to being on vacation and had afternoon tee time. Planned on warming up on range since part of the fees include range balls but was disappointed to find that it was closed due to rain lately. There was also a tournament going and instead of finding a place where the first groups finished and letting me go out and play at my own pace not to interrupt. I was told when I called it would be self start by the time my tee time was up so I should be able to start early... Again disappointed when I was told I would have to wait near putting green and someone would tell me if I could start early. Players were all either inside or taking extra attempts at longest putt. I finally took off 3 mins before scheduled start since I heard someone say last attempt in 5 mins. I was only able to play 8-9 holes before it got too dark. My fault for twilight but let down by a "prestigious" course. May consider coming back but only if I can afford the $120 round to play early in the day.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
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First Time Playing

Nice course, greens need improvement

First time playing, very nice layout and challenging holes. Staff was great and club house was very nice. Disappointed in slow inconsistent greens. If your paying $100 a round you expect better greens.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

JACK'S COURSE

Overall, the course was a great layout and fun to play. The greens had just been recently punched and we running slow. The pace of play was a little slow and there were no marshals on the course monitoring pace of play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course! Pace was a little wonky

I played behind a foursome that started out okay on pace, but by hole 5 or 6, they had started to slow down and I noticed there was no one ahead of them. Unfortunately, they did not let me play through for the rest of my round, but it ended up being okay because I had my daughter with me on vacation and she loved the time out there (she’s 2, so she pretty much just followed dad). Staff was friendly, facilities were nice, driving range was closed the day of, but I loosened up by hole 4, practice green was similar to course greens, drink prices were fair.. all in all an excellent experience and not a bad way to shoot 83.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tee times

We enjoyed our round, however felt like the tee times were either booked to close to each other or people were not abiding by their tee times. We felt very rushed and had to let two different groups play through. I don’t have a problem with allowing people in smaller groups to play through however I’ve never had so many groups playing on top of each other.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not Enough for the Cost

The course wasn’t terrible, but it is a $55 course with a $120 price tag. Definitely not enough bang for your buck.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
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 7
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

G Money’s review

Love the course, always in good shape but fairly pricey…

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed

Course was decent considering amount of rain they have had....carts on paths 6 holes, green speed very inconsistent . Here’s what left the bad taste....I was matched with a 3some...teed off at 7:35....Group in front of us (3) was completely off hole before we were summoned to tee.we had to be only foursome on course and only people actually sharing a cart. We got tired quickly of a 3some rushing up to tees behind us and let them thru on 5th hole...Ranger very rudely admonished us about keeping up... said that it didn’t matter if we were foursome, we were supposed to keep up!

By the way, we played in 3 hours 40 minutes!!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nicklaus great designer too

Love the layout. Some nice fade driving holes. If you can survive the first 5 holes, then you have an opportunity to score.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Liked it but…

Over all had a good time with some okay course conditions… But over all I do t feel the price fit the the hype. I’ve probably played at over a 100 different courses throughout the states and this just seemed okay. Love some of the great scenery but didn’t feels like the course measured up to the price. I’d do it again cause I like to vacation down here but still didn’t feel like the value was there. Just my opinion.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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