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THE EMERALD COAST – GREAT GOLF GETAWAYS ON FLORIDA’S GULF
July 16, 2007
DESTIN • FORT WALTON BEACH • OKALOOSA ISLAND, Fla. – Acclaimed for its great golf escapes, the Destin • Fort Walton Beach • Okaloosa Island area boasts savings up to 40 percent off seasonal rates on more than 14,800 water front rooms and 1,080 holes of golf from Sept. 1- Dec. 15, 2007. Ranked as one of the top ten “Best Golf Towns in America” by Golf Digest, the Emerald Coast -- located on Florida’s upper Gulf of Mexico -- offers challenging courses designed by world-renowned architects such as Fazio, Finger, Dye, Couples and Cupp, and surrounding waters all engineered by Mother Nature.
Emerald Coast: Destin • Fort Walton Beach • Okaloosa Island “Great Golf Getaways”
Sept. 1- Dec. 15, 2007
Golf Courses*
Kelly Plantation Golf Club $65-$132
Regatta Bay Golf & Country Club $69-$89
Shalimar Pointe Golf and Country Club $24-$49
Emerald Bay $57-$95
Indian Bayou Golf and Country Club $39-$79
• Save up to 40% off High Season rates at more than 18,000 Gulf-edged accommodations: hotels, condos and cottages – prices vary
The creation of Fred Couples and Gene Bates, the 7,099-yard Kelly Plantation Golf Club is one of the newest additions to the Emerald Coast. The 225-acre course is layered throughout the southern shores of majestic Choctawhatchee Bay. Its landscape represents perfect harmony between nature and humanity, while its fairways cater to the novice or master golfer.
Featuring varying views, the 18-hole Regatta Bay Golf & Country Club -- the area’s only Audubon registered course -- is punctuated by heavily wooded interiors, mazed marshes and alternating rolling and flat terrain. Winding along the shore of Choctawhatchee Bay for picturesque play, the 6,864-yard Robert C. Walker design wraps tight fairways and narrow greens around an array of crystal-clear lakes that demand displays of shot placement. The signature seventh hole, a 464-yard par-4, challenges expert golfers with a blind tee-shot over a fairway-dominating sand trap, leaving a long downhill approach to a green engulfed in bunkers, palm trees and lurking water. Surrounded by 120 acres of never-to-be-disturbed nature preserves, the Regatta Bay Golf Club is a phenomenon of natural hazards.
Players perfect swings at Emerald Bay, a 6,802-yard masterpiece crafted by nationally-recognized architect Robert Cupp, the former chief designer for Jack Nicklaus. Acclaimed by Golfweek as one of the “50 Most Distinctive Development Courses in the Southeast,” it presents gentle, undulating greens and towering pine-lined fairways in a medley of short and long holes all affected by the ever-changing whim of surrounding bay-breezes.
Golfers relish Shalimar Pointe Golf and Country Club -- situated on the banks of Choctawhatchee Bay – which boasts 18 holes of Finger-Dye acclaim. Bordered by rolling white dunes and dense hammocks of pine, oak and magnolia, the course blends beauty with the beast. Heralded by Links magazine as having “Two of the Hardest Holes on the Emerald Coast,” the 6,765-yard course beckons the brave with the scorebreaking 11th and 17th holes.
For a hole-in-one, visitors indulge in the Indian Bayou Golf and Country Club. The Earl Stone-designed links are a challenging, yet playable assortment of 27 holes. The 3,541-yard Seminole and 3,417-yard Choctaw courses present gracious fairways and long, wide holes punctuated with periodic “problems.” The newest nine, the 3,475-yard Creek, applauds accuracy with all nine holes winding through natural swamp.
Famous for 24 miles of sugar white sand and emerald green waters, the breathtaking trio of Destin • Fort Walton Beach • Okaloosa Island accommodate both the competitive and amateur golfer. The courses on the Emerald Coast are reasonable priced and a pure pleasure to play year round. After a long day’s play, the surrounding area presents simple pleasures as it was voted “Best Beach in the South” by readers of Southern Living magazine for 12 consecutive years and boasts the “World’s Luckiest Fishing Village.”
To experience “Great Golfing Getaways on the Gulf,” visit http://www.destin-fwb.com or call the Emerald Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 322-3319.
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