Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

Paid $50 on a hot deal. Staff at the course was very friendly and accommodating. The greens were aerated a few weeks ago so the greens weren’t in perfect shape but still looked good. Layout of the course was fun with enough challenge to make it interesting. I enjoyed the course and would recommend it to anyone staying in the area.

The Greens and Pace of play were lacking. There was no water and no beverage cart on the course.

Greens have just undergone some work and they were on the way to becoming really good. Just not there yet.

We got stuck behind a group of 5 and after the 4th hole, we had to wait on almost every hole there after.

The lack of water and/or a beverage cart got brutal when it was hot and sunny.

Overall, I would play this course again and would recommend to others.

Enjoyed the course. My only complaint was the charge of $36 for a rider. My wife and daughter accompanied me and daughter boyfriend. Drove the cost up $70 more dollars to ride/drive a cart. That is ridiculous. I've never been charged for a rider.

Played the course for $61 and it was worth that. I wouldn’t say it’s definitely worth up to $90 but not sure I would pay more than that. The biggest course related thing was the greens were not in the best shape. And the biggest non course related item was they did not have la locker room.

Enjoyed the course, but never saw the cart girl. I ran out of water at the 12th hole and called the clubhouse. They said they are trying to get the cart girl going, but she never came. Luckily there was a water fountain in the next couple of holes. Not happy!

I wasn’t expecting fast greens by any stretch but these things were like putting in your home club fairways that hadn’t been mown in 3 days. I mean literally a 5 on the stimp. Probably a 3 in to the grain. Everything else was great. Layout is pretty and fair. Would have been nice to have a ranger on the back 9. The front was 1:30 and the back was 2:30.

The greens were aerated, but they did not provide a discount. Period also the pace of play was a bit slow. However, overall, it’s a very beautiful course with some awesome views in and a challenging layout.

We should have read the reviews so we knew the green had been aerated. They were not in good shape

I really like the course layout. The greens are super slow and need to be cut lower. It has different patches of grass that grabs ball.

Course was in good shape but the greens were the slowest greens i have played this year. Not what u expect at a premiere golf course. Play was on the slow side because there was an outing before my tee time.

No staff at turn for food and only saw the bev cart 1 time in 4 hours. Expected more service for the price.

Greens were extremely slow and there were 2 groups on each tee box

While on vacation, I wanted to play a round with my adult son, and we got a tee time that worked for us at Sandestin’s Raven course. Online booking was easy. We checked in and everyone was friendly. The driving range was fine (although it was lacking flags at enough yardage intervals). Overall, the course was very pretty and well-maintained. My first criticism was the greens. They are “Tifeagle” grass (which I’ve never played before), that were spongy, bumpy and VERY SLOW. You had to whack your ball and hope that it didn’t hit some unseen bump to get it to the hole. I wouldn’t have submitted this review if that were the only issue. When we pulled up to the first tee about 2 minutes before our scheduled tee time, the group in front of us was sitting in their cart waiting for the group in front of them to clear the fairway. We waited probably 5-7 minutes. This wait continued to get a bit worse as we progressed through each of the first 5 holes. Upon reaching the tee box at #6 (a par 3 island green completely over water), there were FIVE separate groups all lined up waiting. After waiting for 15 minutes, I called the pro shop and asked for a marshal to come prompt the groups in front of us to increase their pace of play. I never saw anyone. The rest of the round became a waiting game. We waited at least 10 minutes on every tee box. I placed a second call when we reached the turn and asked them to send a marshal again. I never saw anyone. When we got to 18, 4-3/4hours after teeing off (with no turn stand to slow down the round), there were at least six groups stacked up waiting to tee off. We had to make a dinner reservation with our family, so we just skipped 18. As we drove past the 18 green, there were approximately a dozen guys standing on the green taking a group photo. This was the cause of our frustration. According to one of the other groups we were playing behind, the course management had allowed multiple groups of five or six players from this large group to play together. My son and I dropped well over $300 to play at Raven. It could have been a lovely day with great golf. But, the fact that the course allowed a large group to stack up over-sized groupings and then did literally nothing to remedy the situation created a very frustrating round of golf. I wouldn’t have left this poor review if they’d just sent someone out to speed things along, but they did nothing, which led to a very frustrating experience in which we couldn’t even finish our round.

Course was in great shape! Will play there again if I am back in Destin.

Course was extremely wet, greens were rough from aeration and sanding, driving range closed. A bit disappointing compared to previous rounds.

One of the gulf coast must play tracks. Great condition but very challenging. Staff was great and it was a fun round.

Always enjoy playing here. Pace of play this last go around could've been better.