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Golf
Bay Dunes
5304 Majette Tower Road, Panama City.
Phone: 872-1667.
Par: 71
Public. Home of the Golf Academy at Bay Dunes.
Driving range and snack bar available.
Course features: More than 1,100 palm trees, improved drainage and new sand traps to make for a more challenging course.
Tee times preferred -- especially on weekends -- but walk-up play can be worked in.
Holiday Golf Club
Location: 100 Fairway Boulevard, Panama City Beach
Phone: 234-1800
Par: 72 (Championship), 29 (Par 3)
Semi-private. New, lighted 9-hole Executive Par 3 Course opened in December of 1995. Driving range and snack bar available. Walking is allowed.
Course features: Favors the left-to-right golfer, with large greens and forgiving fairways along with plenty of water. The new nine-hole course was built with the
entire family in mind as well as the scratch golfer. Holiday Golf Club's lighted practice facility is Bay County's home of the Panama City Beach Golf Academy.
Tee times: Walk-up play is encouraged for the executive par 3 course but tee times are recommended for the championship course. Tee times can be made for both courses up to five days in advance.
Hombre Golf Club
Location: 120 Coyote Pass, Panama City Beach
Phone: 234-3673
Par: 72
Semi-private. Driving range and snack bar available
Tee times: Members may make tee times up to two weeks in advance. Non-members may make tee times up to seven days in advance. All other play is first come, first served.
Course features: Pinpoint accuracy is required to play the layout well. Greens are small, a throwback to old-style courses. There are 37 bunkers and 30 acres of water. Considered one of the Emerald Coast's finest 18-hole championship facilities, Hombre hosted the Nike Panama City Beach Classic and is a PGA Qualifying School site.
Tour professional: Buddy Gardner
Signal Hill
Location: 9615 N. Lagoon Drive, Panama City Beach
Phone: 234-3218
Par: 71
Public. Walking or carts allowed. Snack bar available.
Course features: The oldest course in Panama City Beach. It is kept in ideal shape year-round. Averages 500 to 600 golfers a day during winter season.
Tee times: Tee times preferred -- especially on weekends -- but walk-up play can be worked in. Top
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