Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort is a 2,400-acre (9.7 km2) destination resort in Miramar Beach, Florida, United States, on Northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast. The resort is located between the Gulf of Mexico and the Choctawhatchee Bay, in Walton County.
Recognized as one of the elite big-game fishing tournaments in the world, the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic is held in late June at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in the Florida Panhandle. A fleet of more than 80 sport-fishing yachts fish for giant blue marlin, tuna, dolphin and wahoo over 5 days vying for a total purse worth an expected $2 million in prize money.