River Marsh GC: #17
View of the 17th green at River Marsh Golf Club
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4.3
590 Reviews (590)
5 Stars
334
4 Stars
190
3 Stars
46
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.2
89.8%
Recommend this course
548 out of 590 reviews
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4.4
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.9
85.7%
Recommend this course
18 out of 21 reviews
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4.3
74 Reviews (74)
5 Stars
35
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.4
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.8
87.8%
Recommend this course
65 out of 74 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort/Public
Par 71
Length 6801 yards
Slope 132
Rating 73.0

The Hyatt River Marsh Golf Club is Maryland's leading Eastern Shore golf course. The classic design incorporates challenging elements including sculpted bunkers and mature trees but balances them with wide, player-friendly fairways and inviting greens. Water has a prominent presence on the course with Shoal Creek meandering through the course and the Choptank River serving as a backdrop to many of the greens. The riverside golf course has the look and feel of a seaside links course. The final two holes are the golf course's most memorable. The par-3 17th requires a dramatic carry over Shoal Creek to a large green strategically guarded by three bunkers. The 17th is a challenging and scenic hole but it only sets the scene for Hyatt River Marsh Golf Club's final hole. Touted as one of the best holes in the Mid-Atlantic region, this classic risk-reward par 5 has a bunker and the Choptank River running its entire length.

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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Fairways Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Keith Foster (2002) Kevin Hargrave (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Lounge, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa, Internet Access

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

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4.3
590 Reviews (590)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Loved it

Enjoyed the course thoroughly. Sufficient fairways and nice big greens. Could play this course everyday and be happy.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

River Marsh is a treat

Great course in excellent condition. I didn't even mind my three trips into the sand traps, they were so nice - sand felt like powder. Greens were a little fast, but we adjusted quickly. The couse is beautiful - the views and the wildlife (deer are so tame) make it a great experience, no matter how well you play. Unless you get a great deal through GolfNow, the greens fees are a little steep. Nevertheless, this is a very nice course to play when you want to treat yourself.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

A nice challenge

Beautiful course with many challenging tee shots. Greens and fairways were in great condition - a couple of tee boxes were a little worn for this early in the season. Only real negative was the greens were a little slow for this type of course - which is challenging. For those golfers that don't have a lot of carry off the tee they have forward tee boxes that will make the course enjoyable.
Course has a ton of water so accurate shots are a must.
Second time I have played and will return again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course

This is one of my favorite courses on the Eastern Shore. The staff is always wonderfully inviting, and the course was in great shape. The greens were lightning fast! It was a little slow at times, and a course of this quality and cost should have GPS systems in the carts.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

great conditions

This course has the best conditions I have seen in years..The greens were perfect and the fairways were tight and full...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Course / Great Staff

Course was in excellent condition despite recent heavy rains. The traps were a little washed out but the grounds crew were working on them (thus only 4 stars for condition). Fairways and greens were all excellent.

Staff was very accommodating and extremely friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

River marsh

Great day on a wonderful course. Can't wait to play it again. Some hazards didn't show on my gps.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Wow

What a nice facility, course was just in perfect condition, got a great deal through Golfnow. Highly recommend toanyone. Would play again.....and again....and again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Simply Great

Currently this course is in Perfect conditions. Fairway Bentgrass and tight. Greens Fast and Bentgrass, perfect.

Need to get the deal off Golf Now, are you will pay $89-$109.

Must play resort.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Memorial Day

Just watch out for wedding parties on 18
Not friendly to golfers who want to finish their round!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

excellent course ~ good conditions ~ well worth the 1 hour drive from O.C.

On a w/e that we played both lighthouse sound and baywood greens river marsh was equally or more enjoyable. golfnow price was great and although we didn't think the hour drive from oc was a wise choice we would do it again in a flash...all highway and no issues. the whole course played great but 17 & 18 were a stellar ending to the round. Fair amount of water....fast greens.....reasonably open layout. go experience it for yourself.....we'll return as well.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

best deal for the $

A modern and well kept course. Huge greens,excellent putting surfaces, good bunker sand, wide fairways-only the roughs are a bit uneven. Some very challenging holes but all in all a good experience. I played it twice in one day and was charged only $22 fur the replay(cart inc.)

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Course

I found a tee time for 29.00 on golf now and decided to try this course considering it normally costs 119.00 a round. I was very happy with the overall condition of the course and how maintained the greens and fairways were. The signature holes 17 and 18 are amazing and make a great ending to your round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A Must Play

Awesome time at River Marsh! Everything was great from arrival to departure. Staff very friendly, course in great condition for being early in the season and the beers were kept cold! We will definitely return to play this course and highly recommend for others to experience! Thank you River Marsh!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Top 5 on the shore

Easily top 5 course on the eastern shore!
Beautiful, great condition, challenging with lots of interesting shot potential but not tough/overly difficult... ACES in my book

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Great greens

Greens were well manicured and true to the roll....the course offered a few challenging holes but none extremely difficult...I'm a 20 handicapper and found the course very playable.......#17 Signature Hole a real beauty

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course

This won't be one of the most challenging courses you'll play, but it will be one offering one of the best views around. Many of the holes are on the Choptank River. When you're not looking at the serene water, you're looking at the vast number of deer that snack around many of the greens. While the approach shots to the greens aren't challenging, the speed and undulation of the greens will certainly shave some strokes off your final score. Very fast and challenging greens, especially earlier in the day before the greens have grown a bit. I'd love to sit all day and bet golfers that they can't make the green on the par 3 17th. Very challenging hole with a long shot over the shoal.

One thing else I'll mention. Even though this is a high-end resort, I was pleasantly surprised at the prices charged on the beverage cart. $2.50 for a domestic beer is very, very reasonable. Other prices for food and drink are inline, too.

If you've never played this course, you should.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Excellent

Course was incredible. Condition was fantastic for this time of the year. Holes 17 and 18 were absolutely amazing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Walked

Awesome course!

The conditions from tee boxes to greens were awesome. Unfortunately it was slightly cold and very windy when I played. However, I still thoroughly enjoyed my round. I can only imagine how great this course is going to be the next time I play on a warmer and less breeze day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Excellent in every aspect

Beautiful course, excellent condition for post-winter, tremendous staff, and great value at Golf Now rates. Two hour drive from McLean, VA at 6:45 AM. Very worthwhile day if combined with some Choptank exploration or a 36 hole adventure. Tough to be a regular from VA, but if you have the time and inclination to travel….play River Marsh! If you have a golf course list - put it on.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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