Bluewater Bay Resort - Lake Course

We only played 9 holes, for $30 I guess it wasn't too bad but the course itself needs a lot of work. The greens were like putting on shag carpet, absolutely horrible.

Stay in the fairways, the rough is rough!

Fairways and greens are in great shape. Greens aren’t super fast but roll well. Tee boxes could use a little attention.

Staff is very friendly.

Thanks for a great outing!

Prior to coming down from WI, I read reviews that this course used to be in rough shape but is getting better. I will agree with those reviews. You can see the effort and reinvestment into the course, it’s just going to take a bit more time to reverse all the damage. Tremendous effort can be seen in making the greens priority #1 which enhances the experience, Both Bay and Marsh 9s have their good and bad holes for tee box and fairway conditions. Worth giving them your tee time money to play an interesting/different course design if you’re looking for a more cost effective “Destin” golf option. I can appreciate and feel good knowing my money went to reinvestment to make the course nice again.

Bluewater bay golf course is a fun course to play. Fairways are in great shape. Green we’re very god except for a couple. I played this course 4 times. All. The pace of play was good 3-4 four times. The 4th time I played was dreadfully slow on the front nine. Two senior groups were in front of us and it was ver, very slow play. Fortunately, they only played 9 holes .

The course is in very good shape. Friendly staff.

We enjoyed the course but found the greens very small, especially on some holes. Greens did run true. Fairways were in good condition but just off the fairways conditions were poor, much sand, pine cones, little turf once off the fairway. Price was super at only $30 to ride 18 holes so no complaints. Some views of the bay were spectacular.

This course had a lot of sandy fairways and “rough”. The grass was patchy. Many greens were like washboards. You have to drive large distances through neighborhoods to get to the #1 and #10 tees. Strange layout.

We have not played for a long while, but after hearing about the big improvements, we gave Blue Water Bay another look. We had a wonderful 9 holes (Marsh Course), which has done a 180 from over a year ago. Our spouses enjoyed it and my brother and I, who are avid golfers on the panhandle, had a blast playing, because of the good conditions. Bunkers were groomed, the rough was thin, but the tree lined fairways helped with that, no breaks:-) Fairways could not be blamed for bad shot, for the most part were ok. The greens were the most improved and rolled very nicely! $30 for nine holes is definitely worth the time and effort to drive to Blue Water Bay. Did not play the Bay 9 holes, so I will not comment until we do! Nice carts and friendly staff! No driving range but very nice practice green in front of the club house. Carry drinks and snacks with you from the clubhouse before you play!

Upon arrival we noticed a very nice clubhouse. Carts are allowed in the parking lot to load and unload your clubs. Pro shop was not nicely stocked and the clientele was very friendly. The starter was very friendly and very informative. The practice green was well kept giving us a good idea on the speed of the greens which was a little slow but beautifully kept just like the course. There was a little drive to the first tee. The fairways were in very good condition, nice and green as well manicured. My GPS was a little confused several times over the front nine of the course. I think it was due to renovations that were recently made. The cart we had was excellent. Overall it was a very pleasant round of golf at a very pleasant pace. We decided to play this course several times during our stay in Miramar Beach.

This course is a great find. Greens and fairways were in great condition. It is a very unique layout, short course and have to plan each tee shot. Couple holes by the bay have awesome views. Would definitely play again.

Drove a bit to get here but good overall value and nice folks running things. Could have been a bit more instructional in terms of hole 1 and 10 locations. Kinda of hard to find unless you have been there before. Course was in fair shape and played decent.