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4.1
1633 Reviews (1633)
5 Stars
702
4 Stars
604
3 Stars
208
2 Stars
68
1 Stars
51
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
84.6%
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1395 out of 1633 reviews
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4.3
23 Reviews (23)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.7
87.0%
Recommend this course
20 out of 23 reviews
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4.0
87 Reviews (87)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
31
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.5
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
81.6%
Recommend this course
71 out of 87 reviews
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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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4.1
1633 Reviews (1633)

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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Very challenging. Loved it

The course challenged me on every hole and cost me 8 golf balls. Water on 16 of the holes and winds off the bay make shot selection very important. I can’t wait to play it again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Great golf

The course was in excellent condition. Club house staff was very professional and courteous. Highly recommend playing .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Little challenging

Course is a little challenging for an average golfers. Carts don't have GPS so bring an app. Will loose a few balls cause there's lots of water hazards. Great Course to play no bossy starter to deal with.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Some People just don’t belong

Vacation every year with my grown children, try to play Bay Point every time we can. Went out for a round on my 60th birthday- should’ve went somewhere else. Staff seemed put out we showed up for a 2:30 round , no beverage cart , pro shop closed. Plenty of members in bar area seemed bothered were there too. Too many other courses around, we will seek and play them next time. My home course in Texas way nicer and folks much more inviting.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

First time playing

Great course and not overly difficult in spite of lots of water.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Great course, great layout

My son and I were in town for vacation and it was a great experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golf vacation

Been coming down here for years. Love this course. Overall course was in pretty good shape. Greens were bumpy and terribly slow, compared to what they used to be. Not impressed. Will probably come back and play again sometime, when im back down here, in hopes that they have the greens in better shape then they are now. We got through the round in good time. Pace was good. Just not to impressed with the greens. Good luck enjoy ur round.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Solid course but a bit pricey for conditions and amenities

No major issues with pace of play, found the driving range and putting green pretty underwhelming for a course charging $120+. Most of the course was in good conditions except a few tee boxes and some fairway low points were quite muddy even 2+ days after rain.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Overall just ok

Course conditions were above average, off course amenities were below average. Not worthy of charging $120 for a tee time.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 46
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful and difficult course

This is a beautiful course with a good layout. It is very difficult because of water on 16 holes. It also has maybe 40 sand traps. But they have various tee levels which allow the player to choose a tee that would be challenging and still fun. I chose tee 2 which is pretty standard white tee. It is not terribly long but you must be accurate with your yee shot and approach. They also included a small bag of range balls to use on the driving range which is very close to the first tee. That was a nice touch. They also provided me with a course map that indicated the yardage from the tee boxes to the 150 yard marker. That was very helpful and also a nice touch. Would certainly recommend this to anyone, although the cost is higher than any course I have played previously.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 46
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 65
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

STORM, TOTAL WASH OUT

Got to play only 9 holes and then the storm and wind came....I was totally soaked....

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course!

Everything was great but greens haven’t quite healed from aeration. I suspect they will be fine in a couple more weeks.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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