Stay & Play Package
Please contact Patricia Butler at pbutler@mggi.com to book your next golf getaway on the Emerald Coast.
Spanning the upper northwest section of Florida is the Emerald Coast Golf Trail, providing four terrific championship layouts for your golfing pleasure. The courses are within easy driving distances of one another, so you may find that you can schedule a morning round at one layout, grab some lunch at one of the marvelous new clubhouses and play a second round in the afternoon the same day.
Starting just off Interstate 10 in Pensacola is Scenic Hills Country Club. This layout opened in 1958 and underwent a freshening redesign by U.S. Open Champion Jerry Pate in 1992. The course is only 6,699 yards from the back tees, but plenty strong enough to receive a rating of 73.0 and a slope of 135 for its par 71. With four different sets of tees and undulating fairways and greens, you’ll find a degree of difficulty to suit your game no matter your skill level.
To the east in Gulf Breeze, is Tiger Point Golf Club. Panoramic views of the Santa Rosa Sound on the Gulf of Mexico make this a gorgeous place to enjoy the links-style East Course. Nine holes out and nine holes back in to the newly constructed clubhouse, gives it a real Scottish feel. At 7,041 yards from the tips, this par-72 Jerry Pate redesign will surely test your game with its rating of 75.1. The East is sturdy enough to have hosted the PGA Tour’s Pensacola Open...
At Navarre (a mere 14 miles away), you’ll find The Club at Hidden Creek. Rated four-and-a-half stars by Golf Digest, this 6,862-yard, par-72 track was designed by Florida golf architect Ron Garl. Hidden Creek has hosted multiple U.S. Open qualifiers (the USGA selects only superior tests of golf for its qualifier sites).
The final stop on the Emerald Coast Golf Trail will be Shalimar Pointe Country Club, just 28 miles to the Fort Walton Beach area of Shalimar. A par 72 measuring 6,765 yards, this course was awarded four stars by Golf Digest and is rated/sloped at 72.7/132. Selected by Golfweek magazine as One of the Southeast’s Top 50 Development Courses, it plays fairly from all five sets of tees. Some slender fairways make this a shot-maker’s course, so you’ll have to sharpen up your iron game to score well here.
