Maples at Sea Trail Golf Resort and Convention Center

Good pace of play, rewarding course for good drives. Everybody needs a course like this close to home!

Course layout is great but Fairways and 2nd Cut needs some work. The grass was non existent or very thin in most areas.

The course was empty, after a busy morning, and I went out as a single as the twosome I had been paired with did not show up yet. Front nine was empty and I played well. When on #9 I could see a group on the 10th tee, so I made a few extra putts , before making the turn. When I got to 10 tee, there were 4 carts and 8 players in the fairway, a tee shot away??? Rather than waiting for possibly 16 more shots, as it was a long par 4, I decided to jump ahead. I did not want the back 9 to take 3 - 3.5 hours. As a single I understand I will have to wait sometimes, but that was ridiculous, especially within view of the clubhouse. Not sure if this is a policy of this course to allow large groups to play together, or perhaps they were members playing some sort of competition on a slow afternoon, but I have never seen that before.

I did catch a threesome one hole later, but they moved along at a good pace, and I was happy to slow down a little, and take a few extra shots, or putts and not push up on them.

Enough of that, I did find the staff to be very friendly in the pro shop, the cart guys and the starter. Around the 15th hole a ranger came by and I told him I was going to play #10 before going to 17 and 18, and he was fine with that.

Over all the course was in average condition, tee boxes, fairways and greens were average. The rough was very thin hard packed dirt, not bermuda, and lots of leaves, pine cones, branches etc. to penalize some shots that missed the fairways. The worst part of the course were the cart paths.

Lay out was OK, no blind shots & everything is in front of you so no surprises. There are 150 yd stakes in the fws but found no distance markers on sprinkler heads so some guesswork. The greens had patchy poa annua but overall decent & few spots w no grass. Teeing areas were not poor but below avg Played as single, starting on back 9 & whizzed through the first 5 b4 slowing to near stop behind a 4some of elderly gents. Other groups ahead of them prevented playing thru so as a single I held no priority & they could’ve cared less. Course meanders thru residential area & fws tight in many places & run out sooner than looks. Shorter hitters should not play anything beyond whites, could be more enjoyable moving fwd n tee selections. The par 3s r longer than avg there, the 4s range from mid 300s to over 400 & for linger hitters (250+) there are opportunities to reach the 5s in 2. Greens smallish for “resort” style course & have some elevation changes & undulation so bring a good set of eyes to putt well!.

For early season golf the course was in good shape and people were friendly

Mostly wide fairways and not much water in play.

A couple of fairways were very wet

Greens were outstanding and the starter went out of his way to be friendly and helpful

Overall a very nice day of golf

I liked the layout of the course and could see it being a fun place to play, but overall we were a little disappointed. Booked an early tee time, and were alone for the front nine. When we made the turn, we see they had sent people off the back and suddenly we were behind several groups. The foursome in front of us were particularly slow and made no indication of letting our twosome play through. We finally just drove past them and skipped a hole entirely. Their poor golf etiquette isn’t the courses fault, but sending groups off the back when groups are also making the turn wasn’t great.

Forgotten step sister of the other two here at Sea Trails???

Maples course was a great fit for first time play at Sea Trail. Will definitely play again and try the other coursed there.

Course was still very soggy after rain 5 days ago, but not bad if riding and dont mind walking from cart path. Greens were fast but consistent and fair. No driving range or check in at Maples, so I waited and eventually drove over to the other clubhouse when I figured it out...maybe I missed where it says this information? Staff wanted to charge us $40 extra dollars when the random stranger I was with said he would like an extra cart because he has a health condition and didnt want to ride with a strange due to covid. $40....wow...scam alert! It was empty, Im sure they couldve spared 10 extra carts.

Other than marshy conditions due to all of the rain we have had,,it was great. The greens are like putting on a pool table.

Course was in great condition with all the rain we have had lately. Had six holes where it was cart paths only. greens were very fast. Just a little tap needed. Still enjoyed very much.

I. Believe its members only through the weekend but let us play because it was a week day. Would have loved to play it again since we knew how the course went but they wouldn't let us. That kinda sucked.

Good shape for winter. Was pretty wet, but greens were in good shape. The amenities were zero. No driving range, no snack bar, couldn’t even buy a bag of chips at the turn. Other than that it was a nice experience. Would play it again.

infrastructure aging badly. Cart paths crumnling if it was not immediately tee to green was in disrepair. Greens fair very slow. Could not play down in rough just off fairway very random condition.

Played mid afternoon so very little play which was great. Really like the layout of this course, fun to play. Cart paths are a bit rough would be my only complaint