Bluewater Bay Resort - Lake Course

Course had a descent layout with dog legs and breaks in fairways. But overall the course is rough! Honestly, pretty comparable with some of the worst courses I’ve ever played. Putting is impossible as greens are mostly sand and crab grass. Wasn’t possible to get a good roll. Weeds growing up around tee boxes. Tee boxes are mostly sand as well. Pace of play was very slow as I got stuck behind groups playing their own scramble. Staff was very helpful and friendly though!! No logo balls for collectors. Couple of great views from on par 3’s with the bay in background

Driving in I noticed weeds growing in a few of the fairways that were visible from the street, like knee high weeds.

Pro shop is old and dated. Overall it’s a dump. It’s a ghost town there. They should close up or put some money in it and get it playable. The staff were very friendly is the plus. They were just like, we know it’s rough it’s a work in progress. Plenty of other corses around that are taken care of to play at. I wouldn’t spend a dime to play here.

Extremely shocked at the terrible conditions of this so called golf course...Literally the worst golf course conditions I have ever seen from tee box to "greens". No practice range, and the staff mirrored the course conditions, really bad! This course is suffering in every aspect imaginable, it's very sad to see how abused and neglected this property is and yet no apologies or heads up from the staff...This golf course needs someone who cares and has the resources to make it a real golf course instead of a Panhandle Pasture. VERY SAD TO SEE.

The greens are terrible. Not worth any rate to play . Needs heavy maintenance.

Some gorgeous views of the bay but greens are in really rough shape and fairways on the bay 9 were pretty rough too

The Neighborhood purchased the course in June 2024 and hired one of the best PGA Class A Professionals in the panhandle, Ashton Crowe. This Fazio designed course is back on the mend! Ashton and Dennis are the best to get the job done.

The layout of the course is very good. There are some great picturesque holes. The greens were awful. They have lost them. You basically putt through a minefield of dirt, sand and crabgrass. If you hit the green. You should just pick up and everyone gets a 2 putt. We payed 38.00 a person. I’m not sure it’s worth that. We were able to play pretty quick because no other golfers were on the course. The staff was friendly and seem to be glad we were there. There are so many better options than this course. It’s a shame because with some maintenance and TLC to this course. It could be pretty good. That’s an honest opinion.

We have played this course for years. They have had a few down years due to the ownership issues but now that has been resolved, this course will get better quickly! Hiring Ashton Crowe was a great move. He made the Kelly Plantation the experience that it is and is now bringing that same knowledge to elevate this course. Can't wait to see the changes in store!

With a little more TLC this course would be a 4 star for sure. Great layout just a little rough around some of the edges. Great experience for late afternoon relaxed round of golf.

Could fix up the tees, cut grass to line out fairways and cut new holes in green more often for a sharper cup.

The Bay side is in terrible condition. Greens and fairway looked really bad. Greens were nearly imputable due to weed patches everywhere. Almost felt like they were in the process of reopening the course. I didn't see a lawnmower until around the 9th hole. Ironically I saw plenty of worker's with weed eaters cutting areas back that clearly hadn't been cut in weeks.

The Marsh was in much better condition. Greens were maybe 7/10, Bay was 3/10. Fairways were in good shape, just overall exponentially better than the bay.

Greens and T boxes were bad. Some greens were unputtable.

Course is in very poor condition. Greens do not roll like greens at all and are covered in crab grass and many other blemishes. Tee boxes are either over grown or have no grass at all. They stopped putting money in this course a while ago.

Wow did this course suck! We paid for 18 but quit after 9. Most of the greens had no grass. The fairways were about as ugly. I can't express my displeasure with this course enough - avoid at any price!!!!

This place is trash. They shouldn’t even be taking peoples money. And when we talked to the manager about how bad things were, he laughed at us and said he was happy taking our money as we were walking away. They don’t even have drinking water on the course. Don’t waste your money here. It’s terrible.

We booked our tee time thinking the price was reasonable and it had a three star rating so it must be okay. Wrong. The average golfer wouldn’t want to play it at any cost. They have literally almost lost the Bay course. If they were smart and they had any interest in in happy customers they would have you play the Marsh course twice. But management wasn’t interested in feedback. Don’t play this course.

Course reviews scared me to death, but the course has huge potential. If they don’t start watering/hot spotting a few greens on the Bay nine, they will soon lose them. I speak from experience, we just replaced a few greens at my home course. The Marsh 9 was in better shape and I saw sprinklers working. It’s a shame a golf course with such a great layout and potential is being neglected. I saw a huge sign out front that the course was “community owned/operated”. Hope the community steps up to save this course. I enjoyed the course, but I had to move the ball in the fairways (and on some greens).