For those of you who play, how's the golf in the Pensacola/Milton area? Any recommended courses? Any driving ranges close to the base?
Eglin has a nice course. Both NAS PCola and Whiting Field have courses, but I never played either them.
Im not a real golfer, but I used the driving range at pensacola a bunch and played 9 holes once. It was fun, except for the fact I have mo skill and the first fairway lines up with the road. I teed off and almost took out a car. Sent from my Eris using Tapatalk 2
NAS Pcola is pretty nice for a navy course. It's got 27 holes and a 9 hole executive course so it's never really crowded. In the afternoons they had a decent twilight rate. It has a driving range and a putting green too. Out the back gate you have Perdido Bay golf club. I think it was $30 for 18, a cart and range balls. Pretty nice layout. Over the bridge in Perdido is Lost Key. Warning: It's an extremely tough course for casual golfers, like me and my buddies. We must have gone though half a dozen balls a piece out there. Nice layout though, and I'm pretty sure they have a military rate.
When I was there a few months ago, Perdido Bay golf course had a pretty good military discount and was a really nice albeit challenging course. Though all courses are challenging at my level so I take that with a grain of salt. The NASP course was pretty nice as well
yes. Also check out Stonebrook in Pace. Nice course, FAST greens, bargain greens fees. Home grown Masters champ Bubba Watson holding kid's charity tourney there in early July.
Yes. You can escort them onboard. With one phone call to pass and tag I was able to let my dad play at NAS Pax without me even being there. Is there still a nice course on the east side of the I-10 bridge?
The Moors was a nice links style course. Thats where I learned to putt fast greens. It's too bad it closed. The NASP course was pretty darn good and it's right there at work. I played that thing to death. Also, I think the executive course is 18 holes. Man, I miss playing so much. I would walk 36 holes and call it PT. Add another vote for Stonebridge, too. NAS Whiting was ridiculous, but it was cheap as hell and nice and open. Osceola Municipal was a good course for the price too, but the layout is so tight there, I'm surprised more people don't get gravely injured. I'll never play it again for that reason.
My wife worked at Scenic Hills up near UWF when I was in primary. Only course in Florida to host a us open (women's 69'). Fun, challenging course with a good men's league. Bubba and Boo have played the occasional practice rounds there. I must've played 150 rounds for free there, I miss flight school... Tiger point is a windy, challenging course owned by the same company that is very nice. Ft Walton beach has one of the best municipal courses I've ever played. Nasp course is decent, perdido key had the best bang for the buck (nice course with good mil discount). Good luck with lost key (aka lost ball). There's another course whose name escapes me along with the courses up near pace/Milton. So to answer your question, yes there's lots of good golf in Pensacola
Its a shame the moors closed. That was a pretty course and fun to play. The NASWF course was crummy, but it was empty all the time so i used to hit multiple balls.
I played at a course called Tanglewood in Milton a lot. It was literally two miles away and between me and work so I'd play it often. It was fairly cheap and a decent course, nothing to write home about, but it was kind of tucked away and really easy to play as a single and not get rushed.
Wow, surprised to see all the input, I'll be sure to bring my spoon, mashie and niblick with me to Florida then. With the API/Primary schedule, was it easy to find time to play?
Not really during the first few weeks of API. After the classroom nut-hammering was over it was easier to find time. At Whiting, and all through flight school, you'll find that every block or phase is unbelievably front loaded, so it comes in waves. Also, if you're not scheduled to fly you're also not expected to be anywhere, so that's nice (and one of the biggest scams on the planet).
You'll have plenty of time during A pool to hit the links, provided it's still just a once a day muster. Not so much during API though
Like he USMM said. If you're in a pool your job should be to work on your handicap. Depending on your own academic abilities and time management abilities, there's plenty of time to hit the links. I hit the gym every day in flight school, but I could have just as easily been hitting a couple of buckets or playing nine. Plus, there's still weekends and you can't and shouldn't study all the time. Hitting the sticks on a Friday afternoon or Saturday is a nice way to focus on something else.
