If this golf vacation destination were truly ‘hidden’, it is worth seeking for. The Hidden Creek Golf Club in Navarre, Florida, could easily have been missed out being flanked by two golfing spots – Fort Walton Beach and Pensacola. But thanks to its layout and amenities, it easily stands at par with the bigger, more popular courses in the area.
The Hidden Creek Golf Club is a Ron Garl creation featuring a highly playable layout with just the right amount of ‘kick’ in every hole to 
keep things interesting. It opened in 1988 and its resume includes an impressive list of US Open Qualifying Rounds and a 4 ½ star rating from Golf Digest. It is also in the elite list of Golf Digest’s Top 201 Places to Play in North America. With 6,805 yards from the longest tees, the course plays for a par of 72 with four sets of tees on a fairly open layout. It is slightly elevated, with a lot of room for tees, and the greens are fast and true. Pines dot the well manicured greens adding a scenic and challenging touch up to the relatively flat terrain. To complete the golf vacation package, the course offers some of the best amenities anyone can find in the area.
It boasts of a newly built clubhouse complete with two full locker rooms, a shower and a sauna. The fine dining restaurant, The Tuscan Grille, completes any guest’s golf trip experience at the Hidden Creek Golf Club with its excellent choice for lunch and dinner. The green fees are reasonable, the amenities superb, and the layout is interesting from the 1st hole down to the last. No golfer could ever hide his fascination for this course; the reasons are quite easy to find.
natural wetlands, a lot of water, a generous helping of bunkers, and pines lining the tight fairways. This takes the golfers to an entanglement of colors and textures, spread on undulating greens, making it very interesting and challenging. Each hole has a distinct attitude, and has an overall requirement for shot precision and excellent club selection. And it is the same from either one of its four sets of tees. This quality of the course also makes it a sight to behold – something that seems carved by Mother Nature herself, making it quite the 
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and the Baytowne Marina in the background; not the least bit a foreshadowing of the challenging layout ahead. Five of its 18 holes run along the bay, giving it a links feel; the rest meander through natural Florida wetlands following the natural contours of the land. The layout requires some accuracy in shots and excellent club selection skills; the persistent wind requires a lot of patience. But deciding on taking a 
the major golf publications may agree. Golf Digest gave it a four star rating multiple times in its Places to Play list; Florida Golf News included it in the Top 15 in Northwestern Florida – that is out of hundreds of courses in the area – and amongst the Top 100 in the State – out of the thousands. Perhaps, the only risk here is not getting to experience a mediocre 
and human genius. The holes are placed to take the golfers around pines, water features, to the beach and all through the bay. The 
considered to be among the most beautiful courses in the greater Tampa area. It is backdropped by the hues and views of Tampa Bay, and is laden with natural wildlife that is more than comfortable with sharing the course with the golfers. But not to be mistaken as a wildlife park, the golf course is a true blue 
from the longest tees and plays for a par of 72. It has a dominantly rolling terrain, accentuated by creeks and lakes and an overgrowth of native vegetation. The 
optimizing the area’s natural views and terrain. The most notable feature of the course is its highly dramatic elevation that could cause a golfer’s heart to rise and fall in beating just as much as there are rises and falls on the course. Elevation ranges between 60 and 250 feet. And as if that is not challenging yet, the 
These superb features of the course are only complimented by the state-of-the-art, world class facilities that includes a practice putting green, a chipping area, and its massive Spa and Fitness Center. It should not come as surprising that apart from being a top choice for 
and water on practically almost every hole. The 
there is something old about this 
This Scott Pate design has that quality. There was a goal to keep this 
passe; a venue where the generations past and the upcoming ones could compete head to head. Even old golf courses are as beautiful as when they were new, especially if the brand of golf experience they offer are a beautiful, classic combination of natural scenery, natural terrain, and a fun and extremely challenging layout. Such is one of Florida’s most classic golf facilities, The 
This sixty year old golf complex in Crystal River was a Mark Mahannah creation and has all the makings of a classic, and is already one in its own right. The 
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