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St. James Bay Golf Club
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Located in Carrabelle just minutes from the pristine white beaches of St. George Island and Cape San Blas, St. James Bay Resort boasts the only Audubon Signature Sanctuary golf course in the area. It's not an understatement to say that water is the course's most formidable feature. There are 15 lakes throughout the landscape that present a hazard on every hole. Towering pines and colorful flowers accent the scenic parkland as well. In addition to the natural hazards that have been seamlessly incorporated, bunkers were carefully added to strategic locations to make the course more challenging, but they still allow the landscape to truly shine. In addition to the golf course, St. James Bay offers a full practice facility with a driving range, a chipping green with a bunker, and two putting greens.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6601 yards | 72.0 | 139 |
| Blue | 72 | 5979 yards | 69.8 | 124 |
| White | 72 | 5439 yards | 67.5 | 118 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5439 yards | 73.6 | 120 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 4667 yards | 69.3 | 111 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.0/143 | 397 | 162 | 307 | 423 | 404 | 194 | 506 | 488 | 399 | 3280 | 350 | 183 | 372 | 433 | 370 | 522 | 390 | 168 | 542 | 3330 | 6610 |
| Blue M: 70.0/131 | 356 | 141 | 293 | 383 | 347 | 178 | 453 | 450 | 380 | 2981 | 325 | 166 | 337 | 420 | 346 | 473 | 353 | 146 | 518 | 3084 | 6065 |
| White M: 67.6/122 W: 73.3/125 | 336 | 123 | 269 | 363 | 310 | 160 | 412 | 416 | 342 | 2731 | 300 | 165 | 313 | 391 | 318 | 439 | 306 | 121 | 489 | 2842 | 5573 |
| Green M: 64.5/116 W: 69.7/117 | 285 | 115 | 213 | 325 | 267 | 145 | 368 | 380 | 310 | 2408 | 270 | 140 | 292 | 337 | 285 | 372 | 285 | 104 | 429 | 2514 | 4922 |
| Red M: 61.5/112 W: 65.2/110 | 200 | 100 | 142 | 290 | 245 | 140 | 345 | 299 | 293 | 2054 | 230 | 132 | 213 | 300 | 259 | 332 | 210 | 99 | 380 | 2155 | 4209 |
| Handicap | 10 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 9 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Photo submitted by u5404279 on 10/03/2025
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Photo submitted by u5404279 on 10/03/2025
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Photo submitted by u5404279 on 10/03/2025
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Photo submitted by u5404279 on 10/03/2025
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Photo submitted by cr61g2DZ1mya0urUdOri on 12/29/2024
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Photo submitted by SCDoc on 12/26/2016
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Hole 2, Par 3 - Do not look at the water! Photo submitted by guyopie on 10/27/2013
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Hole 10, Par 4, Second shot - Glad I laid up! Photo submitted by guyopie on 10/27/2013
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Photo submitted by Felix9448340 on 02/25/2013
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Photo submitted by 12122012 on 10/31/2012
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Photo submitted by 12122012 on 10/31/2012
Beyond expectations
Staying on St George’s Island bear Appalachicola, FL.
St James Bay Golf Club was the closest course near Carrabelle, FL. What a diamond in the rough. Challenging layout, great greens and on a Friday afternoon no delays. Golfer’s dream come true.
Friendly and helpful staff. Nice lounge and clubhouse.
Can’t wait to play the course again.
Very tight
Played blue tee s. All you want even better players would have hard time from black. No miss areas. Overall had great time , Lot of carry over wetlands. Bring enough balls if you hit it sideways.
Awesome course
Course was great, maintained perfectly. Not sure how it’s empty all the time but that is part of what makes it so great, hidden gem. Staff was helpful and extra friendly which is alway a huge plus
Great challenging layout.
Need To pay attention to scorecard hole yardage, download the course app or use your range finder to navigate around the course. Fun, corky golf course!
Awesome Discovery
What seems to be not so well known is this is an Audubon certified course. The course winds beautifully through the wetlands, with raised wooden paths crossing over streams and protected areas. I felt connected with nature at every turn.
The course itself was in very good condition and is a challenging and very fun layout.
Difficult Course, but fun!
Only complaint is no cart service besides that awesome course to play beautiful fairways and fast greens!
Great but Tough
Great course but tough, that rough in front of you at tee off on most holes will def lose you some balls but overall a fun great maintained course. Would love to play it again soon.
Hidden gem
Great course lots of forced carries over natural hazards
Beautiful layout
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Must play if your in the area
Challenging
Great layout for experienced golfers.... several holes that require carrying natural areas off the tee, Some other areas require carry on approach shots to green, and a few holes that require both. Course in good shape and fun to plsy
great hidden treasure
Super friendly staff, course in great condition, nice greens, It will challenge the average golfer.
I played this course twice this week while vacationing from Illinois. St. James Bay is a terrific, challenging course. Very scenic and lush but demanding. There must be a waste area or other hazard to clear on every hole! They removed the built-in GPS from the carts, which makes determining distances quite difficult. I left my driver in the bag and hit a 3-hybrid off most of the tees. Bring a lot of balls if you're not exactly the straightest of hitters. Very little break to the greens. I will play this course every time I'm in the area.
Bring lots of balls
You better bring lots of balls with you. Perfect drives in middle of fairway will be in swamp grass that runs the middle of fairway. No way of knowing swamp is there without knowing the course
This is a great course!
St James Bay is a beautiful layout that is challenging but very very fair! Must play if you're in the area!
Great track
First time playing this track and it was as difficult of a course that I’ve ever played. Plenty of hazards though so bring plenty of balls. Great layout altogether though, ripped 3 iron off the tee pretty much all day and still had great numbers in to score.
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