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Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club - Kodiak/Black Bear Course
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Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club sits along the Eastern Shore, sprawling across a scenic landscape of coastal dunes and grassy hollows. There are 27 championship holes at the club that are played in three different 18-hole combinations. The nines, Grizzly, Kodiak, and Black Bear, are all different though they share many of the same features including winding fairways lined with native wetland grasses and oversized greens flanked by strategically placed traps. The Kodiak/Black Bear combination follows the natural contours of the coastal terrain, fully utilizing the ample sand dunes that cover the landscape. There is also plenty of water that comes into play throughout. All three golf courses at Bear Trap Dunes are challenging but they are fair and player friendly enough to appeal to a wide range of skill levels.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 6853 yards | 72.4 | 130 |
| Back | 72 | 6377 yards | 70.1 | 126 |
| Club | 72 | 5748 yards | 67.3 | 120 |
| Forward | 72 | 5074 yards | 69.1 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 72.2/139 | 353 | 398 | 530 | 147 | 380 | 359 | 535 | 197 | 418 | 3317 | 358 | 435 | 205 | 501 | 353 | 557 | 175 | 412 | 424 | 3420 | 6737 |
| Gold/Blue M: 71.1/137 | 353 | 398 | 501 | 147 | 355 | 330 | 535 | 165 | 418 | 3202 | 358 | 405 | 190 | 501 | 353 | 516 | 175 | 412 | 375 | 3285 | 6487 |
| Blue M: 69.9/135 W: 75.8/135 | 332 | 375 | 501 | 133 | 355 | 330 | 505 | 165 | 395 | 3091 | 315 | 405 | 190 | 482 | 328 | 516 | 159 | 367 | 375 | 3137 | 6228 |
| Blue/White M: 68.4/131 W: 74.4/132 | 332 | 340 | 470 | 133 | 322 | 330 | 505 | 135 | 361 | 2928 | 315 | 357 | 152 | 482 | 328 | 486 | 138 | 330 | 375 | 2963 | 5891 |
| White M: 67.2/129 W: 72.5/128 | 308 | 340 | 470 | 115 | 322 | 295 | 470 | 135 | 361 | 2816 | 282 | 357 | 152 | 454 | 285 | 486 | 138 | 330 | 334 | 2818 | 5634 |
| White/Red M: 65.9/127 W: 70.9/124 | 313 | 317 | 440 | 115 | 325 | 304 | 461 | 142 | 310 | 2727 | 282 | 311 | 129 | 400 | 285 | 424 | 138 | 330 | 334 | 2633 | 5360 |
| Red M: 64.6/125 W: 69.4/122 | 286 | 317 | 440 | 95 | 296 | 281 | 461 | 108 | 310 | 2594 | 241 | 311 | 129 | 400 | 271 | 424 | 114 | 296 | 294 | 2480 | 5074 |
| Handicap | 9 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 |
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Overpriced
Love the course, been playing and vacationing at Bear Trap for years but have always felt its overpriced. I think $110 for an AM tee time is flatbout ridiculous!
All around great day
Course is very challenging, greens are in great shape and hold shots despite being fast, staff were friendly and practice facilities are wonderful with separate chipping and putting areas
Bogus
Not worth the money. Boring.
Now I Know...
...what the pros must have to deal with. The fairways were ample, but your shots to the greens were treacherous. Greens were slightly elevated with closely mowed run off areas on all sides. Now you’re on these undulating green that were running 12 on the stimpmeter (I asked). There are 3 nines here, I played Grizzly to Black Bear. Favorite hole was the #3, short par 4 on the grizzly, cape hole around pond. Food was good and the staff very friendly. Play it after 2pm for a reduced rate.
Rough weather day still fun
On a cold and 20+ mph windy day, this course played very nicely. Only issue was the greens. Although immaculate, they were so firm, no one in our foursome needed to repair a ball mark all day. I attribute this directly to the uncharacteristically cold spring weather, as this issue existed at the other courses we played on this trip. Rest of course was maintained to the highest standard. From bag drop to finish, staff was great.
Bear Trap Dunes: An Ocean View gem
Excellent course, friendly staff and great greens. No GPS slows pace of play.
great course, great staff
We were scheduled to play all 27 holes, but the weather was very unforgiving. Rain, sleet, wind, snow and sunshine all in the same day. The course is in excellent condition, from tees to greens to bunkers. Even though the course never closed due to weather, the pro shop staff gave our group of 7 rain checks for the 9 holes that we couldnt play. That was very accomodating and gracious of them. We will definitely play here every time we are in the Ocean City, MD area.
Good layout. Great greens.
The greens at Bear Trap were as good as any I've played. Very fast and true but not too firm to hold iron shots. It's early in the year but I will play it again soon.
Well done!
Great course conditions for March. Nice to play on near summer conditions this time of year. Hats off to management and grounds keeping staff.Fees are too pricey for me in season but a great deal at this time.
Great Winter Day
As usual staff at Bear Trap Dunes was very friendly. It had rained 2 to 3 inches the day before and the course was a little soggy, but that's to expected. Overall great day of February golf. Looking forward to our next round.
Golf in December
Course in pretty good shape even with considerable rain in previous week. Greens in really good shape. Had course to myself playing as a single.
Course very scenic and tough
The course was very nicely laid out and very challenging. The greens were extremely fast with tough pin placement.
Where are the Marshalls.
Nice place to play, but I don't think they have mastered running three nines. After nine holes and getting things spaced out, they allowed member foursome to jump in front two groups ahead. Needless to say, the back nine (Black Bear) was torture.
Also the starter disappeared for 20 minutes and when I asked bag guys was told he was cleaning up driving range.
Won't recommend, and probably won't go back.
Great layout
We went out as a twosome and paired up with a full member Art. He was very kind and helpful and gave us lots of tips !!
Beared
The course was very playable, not tricked up, greens were recently punched , yet ran smooth and true. The pace was slow for the first nine, the staff redirected to Grizz, which was wide open. Very good experience. The staff in the lounge were not attentive, friendly, or helpful.
Very Good Resort Course
This is a fun to play resort course in consistently good condition. You can easily increase the degree of difficulty by moving your choice of tees. But, don't you wish courses let you know that they had just aerated? Yesterday we were putting in sand traps, not greens.
Very nice facility
My first time playing Bear Trap Dunes, and I was pleasantly impressed. The course is in very nice condition, the greens are true and relatively fast, and the pace of play was excellent (under 4 hours for a threesome.) My only negative comment is that the first three holes on the "Kodiak" nine are relatively boring, but then the remaining 6 holes are very good. We enjoyed it and we'll be back to play it again.
Great vourse
Enjoyed the course! I will be back soon @ can't wait
Great course
The course was in great condition played grizzly and black bear
Interesting and challenging design.
Extremely well kept course. Staff is very friendly. Great value for the quality of the course.
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