The Ocean North at Pelican Hill Golf Club

Perfect weather, fun playing buddies. Nothing beats those.

The Pelican Hill experience was in general a good experience. The golf course was unfortunately the least quality of the amenities that are at the resort.

Course review: Overall the course was in good condition. Like a 6 out of 10 good. The greens had some pace to them but goodness did they footprint up badly. Being only the second or third tee time out I was very surprised at how many footprints were left by the previous groups.

Bunkers, don’t be fooled by the ones you can see from the resort with the nice white sand. Those holes are the only ones with that sand. The remainder of the course were not maintained well and the sand was more like a dirt sand mix. You can tell the sand is not a priority for the maintenance staff.

Fairways: Seems like they mow half of the fairway on each hole toward the tee and half toward the green. This makes the grass on one side of the fairway lean toward the tee and one side lean toward the green. If you are in the fairway in the side mown toward the green you’re fine and can play a normal shot. If you are in the other side however, if you take any divot at all, the club stands the grass up and you hit a lot of chunky shots. Kind of stupid if you ask me.

The rough was fine. If you’re in it you can play out. It’s thick but hey, your fault for hitting it in there.

Tees. Several complexes under repair. Very disappointed here. I play the tips and several were closed. Condition on others was ok. Not pristine by any means.

Views were great. But don’t be fooled by the photos you see. You are not playing along the ocean - there are neighborhoods between the ocean and the golf course (North) sits above them. The South course comes closer but it’s no where near the golf course the North is.

All in all: Had fun, course OK but just OK, clubhouse, staff and surroundings were A+. But I went there for an A+ golfing experience….didn’t get that at all. But it was not the people or the retort. It was the course that I found, just meh.

Price: NOT AT ALL A $450+ GOLF COURSE! I could see $250 but NOT $450. No way.

Really awesome course had a great time. Pace of play was alright compared to many other places started at 3:15 and finished right at dark. Got paired up with an awesome guy from Detroit who made the round fun.

I been with my mother

We’re great time because great course and view

North course has some challenging holes and is fun to play. The pace is good and green is perfect but challenging. Always my favorite course to play if the price is right.

Had light fog sprinkling rain, still great condition and barely any players out on the course. Greens, fairways and tee boxes were all in shape.

I've played both the North and South multiple times. Conditions are always exceptional, staff is perpetually top notch and first class. But the pace of play was just horrid. No cart path only, nothing to slow things down, even allowing for multiple obligatory photo ops on with amazing scenery. There is absolutely no excuse (especially since the tee sheet is NOT overbooked) for play to be so glacial.

I was very disappointed for such a high dollar course. The greens were extremely bumpy and very unkept. The fairways were not that great neither. It reminded me of a nice municipal-course. Nearly every hole did have an Oceanview, that didn't make the difference in value for the price.