Want to Improve Your Game? We Can Help!

Players looking to improve their game flock to Destin’s finest golf instruction facility, The Golf Academy at Regatta Bay, staffed by a team of award-winning PGA golf professionals. Our facility covers over 1,200 square feet of natural grass practice area, complete with greenside bunkers, putting, and a short-game area.

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Golf Simulator Room

Technological Solutions to Improve Play

Come out and try our Trackman software, the most powerful and accurate Launch Monitor ever built! It uses Dual Radar Technology – a radical transformation in the way radar technology is applied in golf today. It uses radar systems to obtain maximum data quality and allows us to present it to you in its purest form. Our PGA Pros can analyze and diagnose with fact-based confidence to develop all levels of talent.

Head Golf Professional

Chris Stone

Chris Stone has joined our team in the fall of 2025 having previously worked in South Florida as well as throughout the southeastern United States. Chris graduated from Florida State University in 2013 with his PGA Class A status with a focus in course management & teaching. He has been teaching the game of golf for the last 15 years to all kinds of students from juniors of all ages, first time golfers, scratch golfers and even players who are now on tour. His favorite lessons are always short game and drivers and focuses on teaching the player instead of just instructing them. “My main goal with any student is to reintroduce them to the basics of the golf seeing along with the connection between the golf club and the body”. Chris is passionate about teaching and brings a lot of knowledge to the Regatta Bay team.
Madison Williams Golf Pro

Assistant Golf Professional

Madison Williams

Madison grew up playing competitive golf on the Emerald Coast Junior Tour and Fort Walton Beach High School ladies’ teams. Her interest in golf continued after returning to the Panhandle to assume the role of Assistant Golf Professional at Shalimar Pointe Golf Club. She focused on coaching juniors and women while pursuing her goal to acquire her PGA Class A Membership. Madison passed the PGA Player Ability Test (PAT) on her first try and earned the low medalist for the PAT. She aims to encourage women and juniors to participate in the game.