Bluewater Bay Resort - Lake Course

Greens and tee box on front nine almost unputtable. Back side much better. Pace of play excellent. Not over crowded. Still a long way to get back to its heyday condition. Still a good day of golf.

It’s a shame the condition this course is in. The worst condition I’ve ever seen a golf course in, in my entire life. Grass seed everywhere, sprinklers on, no grass, unputtable greens. They charged us full price for a 4pm tee time, then we were told downstairs carts had to be back by 7… it’s sunny in June here until 8pm .. so we couldn’t even get a full round.

It’s a shame because the course layout could be beautiful with good maintenance but with this ownership and staff that will never happen. I wouldn’t play here if I lived on the course and it was free.

Played here months ago and most of the course was in good shape. Came back today Tee boxes were all sand. 75% of the greens were literal scalped dirt. Not sure what happened but hopefully they can get it back in good shape

Fairways and roughs looked like they’ve been mowed twice this year. The greens barely had grass on any of them due to the grass drying out. Tee boxes were just sand. The wooden bridges make you feel like you’re about to fall through as you’re driving on them. Only way I would ever come back to this course is if they renovated everything. Had my 18Birdies set up and ended up having to turn it off due to a Par 5 being turned into a Par 4 and a SHORT Par 3. They don’t have coolers unless you buy one from the pro shop, and they don’t provide drinking water throughout the course because they never put them back. Only plus side was cheap drinks.

So first time playing this course. It was reasonably priced at $45. However the course is in horrible shape. Some of the worst greens and tee boxes I’ve ever seen. The fairway were better but not great by any means. I will say the staff were very friendly.

I used to play this course several years ago when my family vacationed in the area. The course has since gone downhill and requires a lot of work. Even the golf apps aren’t up to date on the course layout changes. It used to be 27 holes and is now 18. The tee boxes were primarily all sand and uneven even. Fairways are poorly maintained and shots that were hit in the fairway were sometimes hard to find. The greens were punched and patchy. We only saw two workers out during our front 9 and decided to not play the back nine. I hope the ownership/community can salvage the course.

I love this place!!

It's a shame the way they have let this course go. It used to be a nice golf course, the conditions of this coarse is far from desirable now

I played this course in Apr and it was in fair condition. Today was unsatisfactory. The greens are punched and sandy, which I won't even hold against them since all courses do it. The grass was so long in the fairways and around the tee box's that we literally lost balls that were hit in the fairway. It looks like the entire grounds crew quit. There was standing water on a green, and it hasn't rained in 4 days. There is no cart service and rhe restuarant/bar doesn't open until 4pm. The driving range was sold off and is now a houses. Usually I jump at the opportunity to play a round for $50...I feel like we were ripped off at that price point.

Tee boxes were sand and not kept up. Hard to determine where the fairways started and ended. The greens were air rated with sand on them. No one told you. Not worth your time. Never again.

Great course, that is spread out over a large area. Some very good fairways layouts, with some tough doglegs. Pin placement and greens were solid. They have just been recently arriated so speed was variable. Decent course for the money!

It rained a lot the night before, so there was a lot of standing water on the course. The course layout is nice but needs some maintenance. Because it rained a log the night before, we had no one pressing us, and pretty much had the course to oursrlves.

Course was interesting, greens were slow but puttable. Price point was perfect and the golf carts were really fast, for the long trip back to the clubhouse from the 18th hole.

The gem of the trip was the beautiful people in the Taproom. Rachel was lovely and all of the Bingo players were extremely pleasant.

Looking forward to my next visit to Niceville.

No driving range ): Tee boxes were not cut, regularly not even level, and the greens had far too many bare spots. Fairways were “okay” but nothing special. For the money, you get what you pay for, and I’m okay with that.