New tee pads are turf and grip well(played an early dewy morning) Bright blue and Red turf easily defines where to throw from. Multiple baskets on many holes offer a variety of options. Freshly mowed fairways made it an enjoyable walk. (Been here when grass/weeds were knee high) Course is wide open on the long ones and the short one have been situated amongst trees that offer good lines. Water is the biggest hazard on the course! If you hit your lines it shouldn't come into play but...(lost 4discs total between my 2sons and I over 15+ rounds collectively). Baskets are in great condition and catch well.

Have questions about the signage, doesn't seem correct in length and confusing as to what basket is being measured?

If I did this review after playing it for the 1st time it would've rated much lower. Most of my concerns have been addressed (teepads #1) and this is a course you should play if in the area!

This course is challenging for an open course. The challenges come by way of several factors: wind, water and worrisome OBs. Due to the lack of trees and nearness to the coast, there seems to be a nice breeze which will test your ability to adjust to headwinds, tailwinds and sidewinds on each shot. There is lots of water at the course making accuracy and distance control critical if you want to keep your discs dry and keep your score low. Many of the holes have water on one or more sides of the green. There are some OBs and well-designed Mandos that add intrigue. Many of the baskets are atop of a hill which makes rollaways possible and add risk/reward to your upshot and putts. While there are few trees to hit, the technical challenge comes from reading the wind, disc selection, angle of release and distance control. The course is beautiful, has 2 practice baskets with loaner discs in them and has Udisc mapped for ease of finding the next tee.

It can be a bit confusing for newcomers as to which basket you are throwing to, but there is a pattern based on which layout you are playing and the color of the basket and tee pad. If you have an emotional connection to some of your discs and suffer from separation anxiety, bring some back-up discs that will let you sleep at night. It got a little wet on a few of the fairways, but not a huge issue the days I played.

This course is different than many I've played. I have played ball golf courses that share the course with disc golf. Not worrying about getting hit with a ball is an added bonus plus not having to wait for the ball golfers to get out of the way was nice. I can't wait to return to play it again.

(2.106 Rating) AKA Majette, this a long lightly wooded ball golf conversion course that's gotten some recent upgrades.
- UPGRADE TO 18 HOLES - Just over a year ago this was just nine holes. Majette is now 18 holes and with one additional basket on each of the first nine holes.
- BOMBS - Any players who enjoys launching discs in the open air all day long will likely enjoy this more than others. This is really the only course in the area to air them out.
- CHALLENGING - The long tee set up here is way past my Intermediate level game. Sort-of one dimensional being mostly big length off the tee to score well. The back tees here are now the most difficult layout in town as Bay Memorial was obliterated by Hurricane Michael.
- CHAINS - Excellent baskets, although a couple have a slight lean to them.

A desolate landscape.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - What happened to Panama City due to Hurricane Michael, especially the east side of town, is truly sad. Utter destruction and it left this lightly wooded landscape even more open. Lots of dead and mangled trees litter the course and horizon. To make matters worse, the grounds upkeep appears to be spotty. A conditions update a month prior to my visit noted waist high grasses and weeds. Luckily it was mowed when I showed up, but in doing so they killed much of the grass by waiting so long. In addition, many tees had encircling weeds meaning the mower went by and no weed whacking was done. I was covered in burrs a few times after leaving the tee. Perhaps a few years ago this was an above average looking disc golf course, but today it's in my lower quartile.
- TEES - Even with the above noted tee encircling weeds, the front tee surfaces were in passable shape. The back nine tees however, are horrible. Natural ground and limited markings.
- SEASONAL FUN FACTOR - This course is going to be awful to play between late May and late September due to the sun baked open landscape.
- MAINTENANCE - Was not well maintained for my appearance.
- DISC LOSS POTENTIAL - Several deep ponds and cabbage palms equals disc thievery.
- TIME PLAY - I was not expecting a 100 minute solo round.
- UNIQUENESS - I've played a few ball golf conversions now and I'm not really a fan. The designers did a nice job considering what they had to work with. Its just too open, flat and long on many holes that I found myself scoring par from 10 feet routinely. The few water shots are the only things that spice the layout up.
- NAVIGATION - As of October 2019, the front is good. The back nine is dreadful. I got turned around twice. After I made a wrong turn on (18), I improvised a tee shot to the basket and got the heck out of here.

Majette in all, is likely going to be enjoyed by bombers and hated by noddle arms and woods players. I think winter is clearly the best time period to play here to avoid the scorching heat. For those looking to vacation at the beaches and work in a round or two, Panama City and the surrounding beaches are not the best option right now. From what I've heard, Under the Oaks is playable, but should be renamed Lost Oaks. FSU is still a dinker course. Bay Memorial and Joe Moody are both destroyed, although I just read that they reopened 9 at Bay Memorial. That leaves Majette, which at its best, is only an average course in its current state. I honestly would like to score it lower than I have. For the time being, I'd take a vacation in Pensacola or Golf Shores instead of here if looking for the beaches plus disc golf combination in this region.

- free to play
- plenty of parking
- outhouses on location
- large covered concrete general purpose area near parking lot
- practice basket
- all baskets are bright, have large flags
- multiple pins (2)
- multiple tees (3)
- inventive risk/reward for a flat/open course
- could potentially add multiple courses to the location
- fairly intuitive course flow
- cart friendly, though I am unsure whether or not the course will be regularly groomed.
- accommodates a wide range of skill levels.

- the course still isn't fully completed in general
- natural tees
- tees are temp flagged, no distances listed yet
- baskets are not yet numbered, though they're high quality
- course is pretty wide open, not much of a fairway ceiling
- wide open course = potentially windy course
- no benches
- not much shade
- water likely contains gators, snakes
- no directional signage

Bay Dunes DGC is a newly installed 9 hole course located on a retired golf course, which is now owned by the local municipality/county. Gameplay is mostly open with a minimal ceiling The course contains a few mandos, ob lines, and many baskets share close proximity to pre-existing water hazards. These features help foster additional challenge and scoring separation without becoming too gimmicky.

As to be expected with converted golf courses, there are a few impressively long tee locations, especially from the pro tees. Am tees bypass some risks, but still retain enough danger to stay exciting via the water hazards and rollaway slopes in which the baskets are situated. There were even novice tees spray painted into the grass for true beginners.

The course, as an overall product, is still pretty raw. Many of the amenities have yet to be installed. It appears to have all the ingredients needed to create something unique to the area, assuming the locals continue to flesh it out. As far as I know, these first 9 holes are the beginning of what could end up being a dg complex, depending on how well the course is received by both the community, as well as the local administration governing the land

The only real concern I have is how regularly mowing will become as spring and summer approaches. The success of the course could very well be hinged to it. Only time will tell. At this point the course designers are just looking to get the word out to the public about the course. My course rating will likely raise as the course continues to develope. I will check back and revise my review when things become more concrete.