Ocean Pines Golf Club

Have had a 2nd home in OP for 25 years. When we first came here, this course was always in nice shape and I enjoyed playing it. Over the years, the owners have let this course fall on hard times. Played today and it was meh. Fairways are rough, overgrown with weeds and have bare spots. Rough is uneven and not cut well … literally eats balls. Greens were ok, but not cut for a decent roll. Not worth $75 if they’re not going to care enough to make it more playable. Sad.

The individual that started our group @8:15am, the lady working the pro shop, as well as the cart girl we're amazing. Challenging course however as we were coming up 17 and one of the course managers was very accusatory. We did not come into the club during some rain but rather stayed out on the course and waited it out. Customer service is huge in this business. Especially close to a vacation get away where normal golfers look for a spot. We come every year to ocmd and will look for a new place every year due to the experience. As much that we maintained positivity through the weather it took one individual to ruin the experience. We will not be back again. My biggest thing is customer service especially in a sport that continues to grow! Always give the golfer the benefit of the doubt.

Overpriced, under delivered and embarrassed!!
Having been to Ocean City for golf trips in the past, I volunteered to organize the golf portion of an Ocean City golf trip for eight.
Did research of all the recommended courses in the Ocean City area. Looked at prior reviews, scorecards and course layouts to help find the right fit for the skill set of the group.
Ocean Pines was part of the top tier courses on multiple sites. Having not played Ocean Pines before this trip, I selected as one of our 4 rounds.
The cost was $130 which included a cart.
There were multiple tee boxes which were sand and not grass, it’s early June and would not expect these conditions. There are NUMEROUS fairways which are grass bare. Many green collars are patchy at best. The greens were bumpy and SLOW. Any putt over 30 feet required a full swing to maybe reach the hole. One guy joked on a long putt, “had to go get a hybrid to have a chance to get to hole”. Many ball washers had no water. Were told by the attendant to NOT drink water by the bathrooms and yet there were NO water coolers on the course at all.
The beverage cart did come around but it was a hot day and water would have been beneficial.
The only golf positive from this experience was the actual course layout was very interesting.
Having to explain to the other seven guys “how did you pick this dog track” “we drive past River Run to play THIS” and so on is very embarrassing.