The Henderson, a Salamander Resort

Our round and experience could not have been better.

My brother and I played a round while on vacation and we’re paired with with a memeber, and we couldn’t say enough great things about the course, staff, memebers, and experience we had.

I’d give them 6 stars if I could.

Do yourself a favor and book a round here, you won’t regret it!!

We will be back.

I come and play this course every year when I come to Destin, the track layout is awesome. I would highly recommend playing this course.

Great hot deal I ever used. This was the only way we got to play this very nice course. Thank you

Had a great time playing this course. It was well kept and the greens were amazing. Would recommend this course to anyone looking for a great golf experience.

This course was first class from start to finish. The layout was beautiful. Conditions are really good, greens are in great shape. The mango towels are amazing. Would highly recommend

The course staff are very accommodating. The facilities have a great set up. The range is really nice. Everything about this course is first class I would rate it up there as probably one of the best courses in the area. There’s a great balance of risk and reward. There are some holes that you do not want to challenge but others that give you some incentive to go for it. The par 3s are all challenging. Shooting bogey golf on this course from the tips felt like a much lower score. There’s a 500 yard par 4 from the tips. I highly recommend this course.

Course was an excellent shape. I would recommend it to anyone in the area.

So far my favorite course i have played in Destin. I have only played 4 course there while we are on vacation but the course was in great shape. Kind of challenging but not so hard you feel ever hole is kicking your butt. I will definitely play this course next time im in town. Staff was friendly and very helpful and even provide iced towels in multiple locations as the temps were very high the day we played.

Not usually one to leave reviews, but here we go…

We booked a last-minute tee time at Renatta Bay while visiting Destin and unfortunately didn’t read any reviews beforehand. We didn’t plan on golfing during this trip, so none of us had our clubs with us — which meant relying on rentals from the course. For a group of three single-digit handicaps, the rental clubs were honestly unacceptable: extremely low-end with visible wear, including grips literally falling off the putters. For the $600 we spent on tee times and rentals, we expected a far better setup.

The course itself was just average — nothing special, especially for the price. We tried to make the most of it, but the round was further soured by one of the course marshals who had one of the worst attitudes I’ve come across. Even though we were waiting on nearly every shot due to two slow groups ahead of us, the marshal came around and made a comment to my daughter’s boyfriend suggesting we needed to speed up. When I confronted him a few holes later, he couldn’t have cared less. The kicker? Our cart GPS showed we finished the round 48 minutes ahead of pace — so the criticism was completely unwarranted.

That said, any day on the course with my daughter is time well spent, and I’m always grateful for that. But this experience made it hard to enjoy. Between the poor value, broken-down rental clubs, an average layout, and an unprofessional staff interaction, we won’t be returning — and I’d advise others to think twice before booking here.