Bay Point Resort Golf Club (Meadows course)

Bay Point Resort Golf Club (Meadows course): At the eastern end of Florida's Emerald Coast, just across St Andrews Bay from Panama City, you'll find Bay Point Resort and its two top-quality and contrasting championship golf courses - the more expansively roaming (and briefly bayside) Nicklaus course may command most attention, but the classical, parkland elegance of the Meadow course is still a favourite with many - the charm and genteel serenity of this excellently maintained layout conceals its undoubted challenges - the sometimes tightish fairways are cut through elegant stands of pines, oaks and magnolias - occasional ponds threaten at some holes, especially at the start and finish of your round and in the mid-section of the back-nine - laid out on relatively flat, uncontoured terrain, most of the holes on this out-and-back design are flanked by mature housing, which is generally set well back behind the tree line - good bunkering adds to the clear definition of each hole, and confers a stylish look on the often large and sloping greens - a pedigree, older-style, classical parkland course which attractively complements Bay Point's more open and varied Nicklaus layout.