Emerald Bay Golf Course New Eigth Green vs The Links Golf Club

3.7 mi apart · numbers from each course's map geometry

near Destin, Florida

Measure	Emerald Bay Golf Course New Eigth Green	The Links Golf Club
Holes	18	18
Par	72	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	4 · 10 · 4	4 · 10 · 4
Measured length	6,797 yd	6,626 yd
Longest hole	No. 13, 580 yd	No. 11, 532 yd
Bunkers	38	66
Sand	0.4 acres	3.1 acres
Holes with water	12	2
Water on the property	17.1 acres	0.3 acres
Total climb	217 ft	118 ft
Elevation	7–34 ft	1–25 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-14 ft	-11 ft
Average green	4,188 sq ft	5,206 sq ft
Average fairway width	35 yd	38 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,470 yd	2,046 yd
Property	158 acres	100 acres
Cart path	4.8 mi	3.7 mi
Driving range	not mapped	not mapped

Hole by hole

Par and measured yards for each hole; rise is tee to green.

Hole	Emerald Bay Golf Course New Eigth Green			The Links Golf Club
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	4	416	-1	5	498	+5
2	4	409	+3	4	364	+7
3	3	154	+5	3	191	+4
4	4	308	-10	4	415	-11
5	4	392	+7	3	188	-1
6	4	416	+8	4	412	+2
7	5	554	+7	4	369	+3
8	3	175	+3	4	329	-2
9	5	520	+8	5	530	+1
10	4	461	+5	4	425	+2
11	4	361	+6	5	532	+16
12	3	232	-2	3	172	-10
13	5	580	+1	5	506	+1
14	4	373	-10	4	329	0
15	4	433	+2	4	407	+1
16	3	176	-14	3	161	+1
17	4	322	-5	4	378	+7
18	5	515	-5	4	420	-1

Both courses are drawn by OpenStreetMap contributors; a difference in detail (bunker counts especially) can be a difference in how carefully each was mapped. How each number is measured.