Bay Point Golf Club

The Nicklaus Course is a Jack Nicklaus Design championship layout stretching to roughly 7,000-7,100 yards from the tips (course rating 74.3, slope 143 per GolfDigest), promoted locally as the only Nicklaus Design course in Northwest Florida and a repeat 'Best of the Bay' winner. The Meadows Course is a second, shorter par-72 layout on the property. Both are operated together as Bay Point Golf Club.

Access is semi-private: the club takes public and resort-guest tee times but also runs a documented non-equity membership program (a signed membership agreement, an initiation fee, monthly dues, a military discount, and seasonal/snowbird options such as a $800-per-couple one-month unlimited-golf pass). Membership is a separate purchase from buying a home in Bay Point -- owning property in the community does not automatically confer club membership or golf access, based on the club's application-based process; buyers should not assume golf is bundled with an HOA fee here. Named membership categories are Single Golf, Couples, and Junior, offered as non-equity memberships (unlimited golf for a cart/trail fee plus dues) rather than an ownership-stake structure.

Bay Point Community Association governs the roughly 1,100-acre gated community, entered through manned gates with roving security. Housing is split roughly evenly between condominiums (from mid-rise buildings to smaller two-story buildings) and detached houses, with bay-front, golf-front, and more wooded/interior settings available; monthly HOA-type fees for the various sub-associations have been reported in the roughly $1,100-$1,400/month range by a third-party buyer's guide, though this was not independently confirmed against an official source and varies considerably by specific building/association.