Golf in Niceville

Niceville is a city in Okaloosa County in the Panhandle, on the northern shore of Choctawhatchee Bay. Three courses serve the community — Bluewater Bay Resort, Eglin Golf Course, and Rocky Bayou Country Club — in a market shaped by the proximity to Eglin Air Force Base, which occupies a vast portion of the county. No hole-count data is in public records for Rocky Bayou. The military and civilian workforce of the Eglin complex, the bay-side residential base, and the Emerald Coast resort economy sustain the local golf market. The Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival is one of the area's better-known annual events, reflecting the community character of this bay-adjacent Panhandle city.