Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

Very friendly staff, from the bag boys to the Marshal. Enjoyed the layout, some greens had some tough pin placements, but who doesn’t want the course to be more challenging 😂. Well worth it to play.

I am a member of the Bay Town courses and it is frustrating that I receive this from you every time I make a tee time through our on-line reservation system.

90 dollars was the discounted rate, Greens were horrible, sedge grass and weed clumps in some of the fairways...It's current shape...it's a 50 dollar course max. Liked the layout, didn't care for the FIVE-some playing ahead of us, We were a 3 some, and it never occurred to them to let us play through. That's a course issue as well, never let a 5-some out on a Saturday morning, and then no ranger to educate them.

Pros:

-Fairways and tee boxes in good shape

-Amazing views and beautiful holes along the bay

-Pace of play is excellent (4some finished in 4 hours on a Friday morning)

-Not as expensive as other courses in the area

Cons:

-Extremely difficult course - bring a lot of balls. Water left and right on almost every fairway

-Greens were terrible. Looks like they were punched weeks ago but never recovered. A lot of sand/ topdressing

-Bunkers were awful - and none were raked

-Driving range is mats only and irons only - very short

-Staff was very rude

One of the hardest courses I've ever played. Just no room for error. Don't play here if you aren't swinging it great. Can't miss a fairway or you're getting a penalty stroke.

The staff was very rude, or at least the ones we encountered. My group was putting on a hole and I guess the cart girl parked by our carts and waited for us. We didn't see her until we were walking off the green and we told her we were ok for now. She then said verbatim "OK well next time you need to wave me off earlier because I am just sitting here and it is very hot and I have other customers I could be getting to." That was definitely a first for me.

Second interaction was as I was leaving and unloading cart, I grabbed the trash from my cart to throw and try to be helpful. Employee comes up to me and says "Hey, go put that trash back in the cart, because I just put a new bag in that trash can." Another baffling statement by this top notch crew.

To finish off, I grabbed my wedge to just hit a few shots on the range before I left to hone in a swing feel I was working on during the round. Just planned on hitting 10 balls or so. Same guy immediately comes up to me and says "Sir, this range is for before the round, not after. You need to leave." I get that, some courses don't allow post round hitting, so OK. But I was the only person on the range, and it was mats only, so not like I was tearing up the turf. They could have been more courteous.

I've played all the Sandestin courses over the years and never had any issues. I definitely won't be playing here again. My advice would be play Raven instead - much better course, staff, and easier layout. If you can get on Burnt Pine, don't pass it up - it's a gem. The Links - very MEH.

Greens had been punched and sanded and I did not know before I made my reservation

In the future this should be disclosed before the round is reserved

This was a complete CRAPHOLE! Do Not Waste the Money!! Don’t play at all costs! TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE!

Beautiful fairways, well groomed. Tee boxes were perfect and challenging. The greens were sanded and watered, not quite the feel we hoped for, but this course was a great. Enjoy!

Great layout. Waiting 30 min on the 7th hole to hit a shot. Then every shot from that point forward was 5 to 10 min wait. The ranger said go complain if you want. He was rude. Never have I waited that long for shots. Great condition and great layout but will never comeback because of the wait.

Friendly pro shop. Helpful staff. Course was a lot of fun. Loved the views of the bay. Carts were clean. Fairways were the best grass in town. Greens..nice. Not enough trash cans or toilets. You better have a big bladder…cuz you’re holding it.

Greens were full of sand and wasn’t informed of this before the starter mentioned it

Course has a nice layout but not worth the price. They say in golf you use more than half your shots inside 120 yards . In this case the greens were non existent as with weeds and sand all over them so 3-4 putting was common (and not due to skill).

The sand traps have not been maintained well either and need some big time work .

Really enjoyed playing at the links for the first time. Course and views were beautiful. Fairways and green were in good shape. The Pace of Play was the only bad thing unfortunately. Played the front 9 with my dad in an hour and a half but took nearly 2 1/2 hours to finish the back 9 due to waiting on multiple groups ahead. Loved the course and had a great time none the less.

Was assured via phone prior to round the greens were good but slow. Patches of grass and very bumpy. Hole were terrible with grass growing into them. Bunkers were full of erosion exposed drainage pipes. This course hasn’t been maintained at all. These issues show signs there been this way for awhile

Have played this course many times but never again