Bluewater Bay Resort - Magnolia Course

This course is closing. 9 of the 27 holes are closed. The driving range is closed and the remaining 18 holes are not being maintained well. The greens barely have grass. This was once a nice course but now on its way out.

Play this corse every year on vacation. Not sure what happened but this course is not in good condition. Fairways in poor to average. Tees very poor. Greens (espically Marsh Corse) extremely poor. Bare spots, covered with sand. Recently punched with no mention of this on web site. Will have to seriously consider if I will play next year.

Tee boxes undefined and not cut.

Edges of fairways untrimmed.

Green had been punched. Too much top dressing, uncut.

Overall not good.

Have you putted in sand traps?

You’ll be putting in sand traps.

Fairways not mowed, greens and tee boxes in port condition. Course layout is fine however maintenance crew seems to be Missing in Action

It's a nice golf course, and awesome staff.

The back 9 was closed today for maintenance.

Over all It's a nice golf course...

Upon arriving I was told that nine of the 18holes were closed. That was not disclosed to me when I made my tee time. I asked the pro shop could I receive a refund and they said no. As you can understand I was not happy. I had booked through an online site. I reached out to them and they declined a refund. I went back to the pro shop and discussed this with the attendant and he was unwilling to help and was very arrogant. I played the course and all in all it was a very enjoyable course. It had its rough spots. But for the money it was fine. But I will not be back because of the pro shop attendant.

A little confusing to get to from Destin, but we’ll worth the trip! Had a great booking experience with very little advance notice. Drove past many high dollar courses to get to this gem. There are a couple holes where you can actually see across the bay. Will play again someday.

Not a bad course for the money but I did expect a little more imagination with more holes where the bay comes into play.

This course can be a real test if you get out of the fairway. The rough was thick and a little high which made the approach shot somewhat trickier. Good pace of play and a friendly staff.

Course layout was good, but the greens and fairways needed work. Greens were slow and fairways we’re spongy.

Once upon a time, I’ll bet this was a great golf course. However, it felt like they are financially failing and have no money to maintain the course. Some of the poorest, and slowest greens I have ever played. The fairways were fine.

Played 18 holes today. I got a golf now tee time for under $50 and to me it was about average overall. I’m from out of town and so it was my first time playing it. I wasn’t looking to spend more than $50 though, so I didn’t have any big expectations. I would say looking back that I think paying $50 is about the most the cost should be. There was nothing that jumped out at me as really beautiful or spectacular. The greens were decent and fairways were decent. It has an old course feel to it. It had that feel as if not much upkeep has been done to it…kinda had that worn out feel. But like I said I was t looking for a $100 green fee here. I enjoyed it and the golf staff was super nice! I didn’t partake in any lunch or snacks while I was there. I did notice that the golf range was not in working order either. It was an average overall experience. I would say that if your looking for an under $50 green fee, this is only a decent round of golf and there is no “memorable experience” to be had here based solely on the course itself.

Had a good time playing the course. Pace of play was great, fairways were in good shape, but some of the greens had some bad spots. Course layout was nice and easy to navigate around. I would recommend for the money especially if your a novice to intermediate golfer. I’m a 10 handicap and played a couple under that.

Good layout. Average course conditions. Would recommend to friends

Not my first rodeo at the course. I grew up on it. We live much closer to a lot of courses. But I always make the trip to play blue water. Staff is fantastic, course is in good shape and unlike the courses in Destin and Santa Rosa Beach you don’t have to wait 10 minutes every time you hit the ball because the course is so backed up. Is it perfect? No, but I’ll put it up to most of the courses in the area.