The Emerald Coast Vacation Guide - (Page 13) It’s always tee time! The Emerald Coast, the perfect playground for the golf enthusiast. renoWned arCHIteCts ComPlemented WHat natUre had already engineered across more than 1000 holes to provide you with some of the most quality and challenging golf around. these links capitalize on the scenic contrasts of the surrounding woods and wetlands, contrasts that could leave you scratching your head, but will be sure to keep you coming back for more. Variety is the name of the game at the Regatta Bay Golf & Country Club, the area’s only audubon-registered course. Put your skills to the ultimate test among mazes of marshes, heavily wooded interiors, and tricky terrain on this robert C. Walker-designed masterpiece along the shore of the Choctawhatchee Bay. the 225-acre Kelly Plantation Golf Club is another bay standout, and it is one of the newest additions to the emerald Coast. this course successfully marries nature and humanity, with fairways designed to cater to both the master and the novice golfer. Emerald Bay and Shalimar Pointe Golf and Country Club offer two of the more demanding courses on the emerald Coast, with emerald Bay lauded by golfweek as one of the “50 most distinctive development Courses in the southeast” and shalimar taking the honor of having “two of the Hardest Holes on the emerald Coast,” which it received from Links magazine. surrounded on either side by the Gulf of mexico and Choctawhatchee Bay, the Indian Bayou Golf and Country Club is an assortment of nines that strikes just the right balance of difficulty and playability. For play that’s a little more relaxing, go for a solid score at the Fort Walton Beach Golf Club. Its first 36 holes sport broad fairways and spacious greens, but if you’re looking for more of a challenge, go for the back green, with tree-lined fairways and capacious water hazards. Restaurant on Site Pro Shop Lessons Yardage Ratings G olF The Courses Adara Golf Club 1111 Shoal River Dr., Crestview www.adaragolf.com info@adaragolf.com 850-689-1111 www.bwbresort.com Golf@bwbresort.com 850-897-3241 www.emeraldbaygolfclub.com information@emeraldbaygolfclub.com 850-837-5197 www.fwb.org fwbgolf@fwb.org 850-833-9528 www.foxwoodcc.com bj@foxwoodcc.com 850-682-2012 www.indianbayougolf.com info@indianbayougolf.com 850-837-6191 www.kellyplantation.com info@kellyplantationgolf.com 850-650-7600 • 800-811-6757 www.regattabay.com golf@regattabay.com 850-337-8080 www.shalimarpointe.com 850-651-4300 Number Holes Slope Par 1 18 72 6431 71.3 125 • • • • • • • • • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• bluewater bay Resort 4 9 72 6200 70.9 138 2000 Bluewater Blvd., Niceville Emerald bay Golf Club 4781 Clubhouse Dr., Destin 1 18 72 6482 71.6 134 Fort Walton beach Golf Club Foxwood County Club 4927 Antioch Rd., Crestview 1955 Lewis Turner Blvd., Fort Walton Beach Pines1 Oaks 2 1 18 18 18 72 72 72 6800 6400 6482 Pines 72.1 Oaks 73.2 69.1 114 115 121 Indian bayou Golf and Country Club 1 Country Club Dr. East, Destin 3 27 6429 71.4 144 Kelly Plantation Golf Club 307 Kelly Plantation Dr., Destin 1 18 72 7099 74.2 144 Regatta bay Golf 1 18 72 6864 73.8 149 465 Regatta Bay Blvd., Destin Shalimar Pointe Country Club 302 Country Club Dr., Shalimar 1 18 72 6765 74.2 132 E m E r a l d C o a s t Va C at i o n G U i d E 3 w w w. d e s t i n - f w b . c o m http://www.adaragolf.com http://www.bwbresort.com http://www.emeraldbaygolfclub.com http://www.fwb.org http://www.foxwoodcc.com http://www.indianbayougolf.com http://www.kellyplantation.com http://www.regattabay.com http://www.shalimarpointe.com http://www.destin-fwb.com
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