Bluewater Bay Resort - Marsh Course

The Bay Course was in terrible shape. The greens had dirt patches and were very slow. The fairways resembled cow pastures.The Bay Course should close until it’s in playable condition. The Marsh Course however was in much better shape but still needs fairway work.

The guy at the shop was nice, he accommodated a friend to play with me and rented him some clubs, didn’t explain too much about the course and its rules, so we had to find out by ourselves that there was a “Marshall’” who wanted not to be ignored by being rude, he asked for our names and proof of payment. I mean, if we knew we had to check in with him we would have done it, the same way he could have introduced himself and explained the rules to start playing. There was some construction around and I didn’t recognize him as the Marshall. Will never play here again, from what I have heard, there are too many nice courses in the area and feel like I just wasted a round at this course.

No water to drink at any hole, just warm Gatorade at the shop.

Course is not in good shape and is worse every time we go. Apparently the Bluewater Bay community bought it and I hope they put money into it. Restaurant is closed and no snacks or beverages there. But it was cheap, soo glad we didn't pay any more to play.

Pro:

1. Played alone with no one in front of me.

2. Played two balls on most holes. Lot's of practice.

Con:

1. Cart paths only. Wasn't really necessary as the only standing water I saw was on a few areas of cart path.

2. All traps were wet and too firm to hit out of. Couple of traps had standing water.

Suggestion:

Need an extra trailmarker to get to Marsh 9th hole. Luckily a resident steered me in right direction.

First time playing here and the pace of play was wonderful. Teed off at 8:20 in the morning and we were done at noon. Course is in good condition ! Challenging little course but plenty of opportunities to score. Great views on a couple holes. Greens were slow bc they were grown out so much but that’s really my only complaint. The grill was also closed so we couldn’t grab a post round meal but that’s all right. Overall very friendly and got everything I expected for about $35/ person.

Con's

1. Greens aerated recently, not fully recovered.

2. Lot's of fairway patches that were devoid of grass.

Pro's

1. Plenty of roll as day was dry.

The greens were very good, but lots of bad areas in fairways- looks like they are doing lots of improvements though- keep up the good work. Will want to play it again

Everything closed when we finished at 3 pm- would like to be able to get a little snack or something to drink!

This course is the definition of a goat ranch. Rude staff, no bar, no driving range. No thanks.

The course conditions were very poor. Greens were horrible, many burnt-out and bare spots. The price was cheap but I have played this course several times before in prior years and the course was in good condition. It is in terrible shape now.

Great course layout

Empty club house

No restaurant

Green some good some not

Tee boxes need of a lawnmower

Fairways need grass

On course rest rooms poor

Looks like this course is just about ready to close.

Such a shame

Layout is fine in few weeks the grass will have grown. It's between the rye dying g and the Bermuda Taking over, would play again.

Yes, the conditioning is a little on the shabby side, but it requires skill to position the ball off the tee in order to have a clear shot into the smallish greens. The low fees, great staff and perfect weather made our first round in five months thoroughly enjoyable!