9300 Emerald Coast Pkwy., Miramar Beach, Florida 32550, US
(888) 598-6336
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About Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

The Florida Panhandle is known for its world-class beaches, and since 1973, Sandestin has offered a Gulfside retreat and an increasing menu of golf options. Situated on 2,400 acres, the resort boasts more than 1,000 total rooms, suites and villas for couples, families and buddy groups. Its four golf courses include The Links, Baytowne, The Raven and Burnt Pine Golf Club. Burnt Pine is an otherwise private club that makes tee times available to resort guests. Sandestin's sheer size means that practically any beach resort amenity is available, including the large Baytowne Marina.

Facts

Price Range$$, $$$
Property Class★★★
Acres2400
Year Opened1973
Number of Units500+

Amenities

RestaurantsFine, Bar, Casual
Room TypesRoom, Suite
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
MarinaYes
Beach AccessYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Kids ProgramYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?No
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

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Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun time

Great course. Staff was great and course was very nice

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

1st time

Played for the first time. Very nice course staff was very friendly. Highly recommend playing this one

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

BEAUTIFUL course!

Played Baytowne as a foursome at a 7:30am tee time. Absolutely beautiful course, well maintained and perfect weather! 2 groups behind us with zero issues, cart girls present to provide beverages. Would ABSOLUTELY play again!!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great views of bay

Green were good speed Take time to enjoy the scenery only downside is irons only on driving range

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Course was is good shape, plays real well

The golf course was in great condition and nice layout .

I was disappointed in the amenities, club house and rest areas are dated and some simple paint and polish would fix it. Rentals are any old clubs they have and not a complete set.

Bottom line good course with good value

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful and challenging, but greens in poor condition

Awesome course, friendly, supportive staff. Excellent layout with challenging but fair holes; risk/reward, lots of water, variety of doglegs, but with wide fairways and choices. Have played here several times over the years and always enjoy. Downside this spring 2026, green are in horrible condition: bumpy, weedy, globs of poia or some other invasive grass. And staff needs to enforce divot repair and raked bunkers. Played in the afternoon and all bunkers shots required pre-raking, and any putt outside of 3-4 feet bounced its way to the hole. Great track; fix the greens, enforce course repair etiquette.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Love playing this course

Great course conditions. Interesting, but not impossible, layout. Very friendly staff. Fast play - 3.5 hours.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 04/24/2026:
We’re so glad you had a great experience! Thank you for the support — we’ll be ready to welcome you back for another great round.
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Raven course at Sandestin, FL

Courteous staff. Very nice challenging course. Lots of doglegs. Tees, fairways greens all very good condition. I’ll play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 04/24/2026:
We’re so glad you had a great experience! Thank you for the support — we’ll be ready to welcome you back for another great round.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun course!

Really well laid out and a very enjoyable course. As everyone else has said, very slow greens, but in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 04/24/2026:
We’re so glad you had a great experience! Thank you for the support — we’ll be ready to welcome you back for another great round.
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs a face lift

Haven’t played here in a few years and this course needs help quickly. Range grass is garbage. Greens have alot of weeds/poa in them. GPS kept saying we were 15 minutes behind pace and we might have to skip a hole as we waited 5 minutes on the tee box for the group in front of us.

Might be worth $50 a round not the $125-135 they are charging.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/24/2026:
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand this visit didn’t fully meet expectations and will use your comments to continue improving. We hope to provide a better experience next time.
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Course layout

It was hard, at times, to navigate hole to hole. Signage could’ve been better.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Golf without Amenities

Traveling across the country for beautiful golf and a good time with my dad. Only to pay hundreds of dollars to be hot, hungry and dehydrated. We were not informed at the start of our 3pm tee time that EVERYTHING off the course would be closed before we hit the turn. There was no beverage cart. So for 18 holes we had only the drinks we started the round with. If we had been told this would be the case, we wouldve been happy to stock up before we hit the course. Instead we were told we could get things on holes 10 and 13. Which was not the case. For such an expensive course it felt bottom of the barrel experience wise.

Beautiful greens and fairway, that are hard to enjoy when you're thirsty and hungry. Would've loved to give a 5 star considering the birdies I hit. But overall we left disappointed, starving and out $300.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/21/2026:
Thank you for your review. While we’re sorry we missed the mark, we appreciate you bringing this to our attention and hope we’ll have the chance to provide a better experience in the future.
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

1st time playing the Raven and could not have been more pleased. Fairways and greens were in great shape, pace of play was acceptable with little delays. Played another course yesterday at the same rate and this was head and shoulders above the other. Definitely worth the price

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/17/2026:
We’re so glad you had a great experience! Thank you for the support — we’ll be ready to welcome you back for another great round.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Baytowne - Its not all it is cracked up to be

I love the layout of Baytowne, it is fun and challenging. However, the greens are not good. They are VERY slow and have never run close to what the practice green is cut for. The cups are not even, several holes have raised lips. Additionally, the sand traps often time do not have rakes.

When the course is over seeded, the maintenance team has the chance to make the greens super fun and special but instead they continue to keep them running at a 6 or 7. I wish they would either decide to invest in this course or get rid of it as it is a disappointing experience to play as a member...I can't imagine what a guest paying over $100 would think when they finish.

The best part about playing Baytowne is the staff. The check-in team inside as well as the beverage and cart team are the BEST!!!

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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