Mystic Dunes Resort & Golf Club by Diamond Resorts

Im from Chicago and play alot of midwest golf. I played this course for the first time a few weeks ago while on vacation. Was excited to play it after seeing photos online but once there was a different story. Played early morning. The guys in the pro shop and the starter were nice, but this course is awful in my opinion. The greens were in terrible shape and completely unfair especially on the front 9. Unenjoyable round and waayyy overpriced. The 3 other players I got paired with thought the same thing. I won't be back.

The course is suffering with dormant grass in fairways leading to drought-like conditions. No overseeding this year due to recent upgrades.

The lack of plushness did not stop us from loving the course, having fun, and enjoying some of the trickiest greens I have ever played on. You need to look at the greens and know where you want to leave the ball. Big undulations can make the course very difficult.

Firstly, the staff were all very pleasant and friendly. The course was in ok condition but there were some sore bits on some greens and fairways. Nothing too serious. My biggest gripe was there were multiple flag positions that were in brutal locations. I'm not sure who upset the greenkeeper but man he must have been in a foul mood that morning. The greens are already hard, very undulating and quick. No need to exacerbate the challenge by placing the holes in horrendous positions. The course layout is quite good. I like that you cannot see what the upcoming hole is. We played with 2 American gents who were good fun and helped make our round an enjoyable one.

The course is short.. but the greens are difficult. The pin position on a couple holes were ridiculous. If it doesn't go in you had a 6-8 footer. Yeah, the holes were cut on that much of a slope. The course itself needs maintenance. Honestly for $130, I expected more.

5 hours and 40 mins. No marshal to speed up play. Terrible. Fairways weren’t much of fairways more dirt with some grass. 150.00 bucks would be spend better at another course. Will never ever come back. I’d avoid and try something better

This is my first time on a Florida golf trip and this was the fourth course we played and was my favorite yet. The staff was friendly and informative and the natural scenery was great. Greenes were more than challenging to say the least, but a great experience overall. I would certainly play this course again!

5.5h round . Long waits on every hole from 4 onwards on tees and fairways.

Very difficult greens.

Patchy grass on fairways.

If you liked baked dry fairways rough with no grass greens that don’t hold this is your course. Carts r great. Starter is a great guy and the layout of most holes is good but there r a couple really stupid ones. Look for better value elsewhere

Overall course condition was reasonable, several areas had little or no grass covering. The greens we exceptionally challenging, shot placement was important. Would definitely play here again.

Course still trying to recover from years of neglect caused from housing construction and mismanagement. Getting somewhat better. Got $75.00 rate. Could have paid $129.00 if you pay rack rate. Not worth it. Maybe in 4-5 years if they work on it maybe it will be better.

Would never play here again. First of all, the staff at the pro shop did not inform us of the local rule allowing to lift, clean and place in the vast number of waste bunkers. Marshall on the 4th hole told us after I expressed frustration over the extreme difficulty of extracting balls when the balls always settled in the deep depressions of the unraked waste bunkers. Second, was virtually hitting off bare ground in the fairways--something almost resembling grass of about 1/16 to 1/8 inch in length comprised the fairway surface--no turf fairways is what I called them. Tee boxes were about the same. Greens were severely sloped and almost always crowned with an impossible pin placement on the crown. Multi-tiered to add to the difficulty. Don't think the PGA would play here--just ridiculous greens. Tiny landing spots for approach shots--anything but absolute precision did not hold. Chipping around green next to impossible. In all my years of playing, I have never seen a set of greens so diabolical. The setting is nice for a wildlife preserve--saw Sand Hill Cranes and other large birds--but not for a golf course. To top it off, no beverage cart came out during our round. Drinks and food only available at the clubhouse at the turn. A golfer in front of us having the same experience vowed to never ever play this course again.

A number of fairways were exceptionally dry with very little playable grass.

Greens were difficult, but in good condition.

Front nine very slow, back nine a bit better.

really interesting layout. fairway grass very thin otherwise good condition. greens very fast and sloping

I live in the area and have had a chance to play this course several times in the past. Suffice it to say, I wasn't very impressed with the conditions. The course has a cool layout and the holes are challenging, but the maintenance left a lot to be desired. However, this round was a total revelation. The conditions were so much better. The tee boxes were immaculate, the fairways we lush and the greens rolled true and fair without blemishes. It's a super fun course that is enjoyable to play for any handicap. yet it has some really tough holes that demand good shotmaking. I would not have recommended Mystic Dunes before this incredible turnaround in quality, but I will (and have already) recommend it now!

I played Mystic Dunes today with my friend and had a great time! The staff is super friendly and helpful. I really enjoyed the course layout but the greens were tough. I made this mistake of hitting my ball above the hole a few times. Very challenging! The course sn’t in perfect condition, but what course is during the winter. Spring is just around the corner and I can’t wait to come back to see this course green and lush like I expect it will be.

Played today and liked the course, you can tell the grass is starting to green up coming out of winter, a few fairways are a bit thin, Greens rolled really nice. I can’t wait to come back. Staff was great.