Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort

No one greets you at the drop off..no one preps your cart. T boxes suck and are the worst in the area.

First, I really enjoyed my round of golf. The tee boxes were good, the fairways excellent, and the greens....ok -- very, very slow. It took the first 9 holes to realize you had to hit the ball with almost 50% more force than what I would consider "normal". The problem with that kind of putt is it changed the way you'd expect the ball to roll up to the hole. Still; I will play this course anytime I get the chance.

The course model expects a round of golf to be completed in four hours. Our round, played in the afternoon, took 5 hours and 10 minutes. Our big holdup was the foursome in front had two players who, from the looks and sounds, had never played before. That didn't stop them from swinging what appeared to be 10-12 each before giving up on the hole. This was two couples; the guys played from the mid-tees and the girls from the front. It was obviously a very social round for them, but they had absolutely no idea about course etiquette. A course marshal wasn't available during the entire round.

Awful first impression… I walked up with my bag and the bag dropped. Personnel, pointed at the cart, too busy on their phones and idle chatter to care saying that that cart was mine. So weird. Never experienced anything like that before. Inside the clubhouse things didn’t get much better. the woman who checked me in, seemed over stressed and uninterested in making any kind of customer experience. Moving to the driving range. Found the driving range roped off with limited space available. Had to wait in a line 3 deep in order to hit balls before my round. The range itself was cluttered with thousands of golf balls. It looked like the picker hadn’t been run since the prior morning. Moving to the starter this is where things changed for the better. The starter is a 20 year veteran of this course and was fantastic. Once we were on our way, the course itself is a fantastic layout with generous Fairways. Course conditions were excellent and pace. The play was fantastic. Could have been a five star review all the way around if only it were not for those horrible first impressions.

Review Part I:

Underwhelming first impressions. The bag drop folks didn’t offer to take my bag and cart me up. They were too busy playing on their phones and chatting amongst themselves. Instead pointed to a cart and said that one is yours. Unlike anything I’d ever encountered.

Inside the lady checking me in seemed overstressed and uninterested in making a customer experience.

The driving range was roped off to limit available space and had to wait in line to hit balls… plan ahead to arrive super early if you want a shot at warming up. The range itself was also littered with 1000s of balls.

Review Part II:

The starter was awesome. He is a 20 year veteran at this course and the course itself was fantastic. Conditions were great fairways were generous and sight lines all the way round are very nice!.

Had a great time golfing The Links ar Sandestin in March. Course has an excellent layout except 18. A number of holes have beautiful views of the bay. Every day the grass got greener. 18 needs improvement. Layout creates a bottleneck with golfers on the fairway having to wait for golfers finishing 18 to backtrack to their carts. One time there were 4 groups on 18 trying to finish 18 before dark.

For March, the Links at Sandestin was in excellent condition, personnel were wonderful and though windy, great fun challenge with all the water. Highly recommend anyone in Destin area to play.

Very scenic. Lots of water. Laid out nicely. Very challenging. The holes on the bay can be crazy windy. Overall, a nice place to play and a wide variety of holes. Some of the grounds could use some TLC but mostly in great shape.

I aarived at the starter 10 minutes before my t time. The 3 others I was paired with were sent off much earlier. On a busy weekend day I was sent off as a single. There were multiple 4somes ahead and behind. After 5 holes I quit after 1 hour 45 min. I was told sorry but we are busy.. a lot of money for 5 holes

Golf course is fun to play. The better courses are raven and Baytowne. Management is terrible here and always has an attitude. They answer a phone call when you’re standing in front of them to check in and they tell you to wait. It’s not worth 55 dollars or even 75 dollars.