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Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club - Black Bear/Grizzly Course
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Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club boasts 27 holes of championship golf that are situated on a scenic stretch of coastline, just a few miles west of Bethany Beach. The holes are played in three different 18-hole combinations that tumble across sandy dunes and grassy hollows. The natural contours of the coastal landscape largely determined the movement and flow of all three nine-hole courses. The nines, Grizzle, Kodiak, and Black Bear, all have winding fairways bordered by native wetland grasses and lush, oversized greens that boast some of the best conditions on the Eastern Shore. The Black Bear/Grizzly combination is the longest of the three golf courses. Not only does the coastal terrain provide many natural hazards, including several water features, there are also strategically placed bunkers with which to contend.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 6901 yards | 72.7 | 130 |
| Back | 72 | 6429 yards | 70.4 | 126 |
| Club | 72 | 5821 yards | 67.7 | 121 |
| Forward | 72 | 5094 yards | 69.4 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 72.6/135 | 358 | 435 | 205 | 501 | 353 | 557 | 175 | 412 | 424 | 3420 | 425 | 528 | 337 | 163 | 412 | 376 | 411 | 182 | 512 | 3346 | 6766 |
| Gold/Blue M: 71.5/133 | 358 | 405 | 190 | 501 | 353 | 516 | 175 | 412 | 375 | 3285 | 384 | 528 | 317 | 163 | 381 | 376 | 411 | 162 | 512 | 3234 | 6519 |
| Blue M: 70.4/131 W: 76.1/132 | 315 | 405 | 190 | 482 | 328 | 516 | 159 | 367 | 375 | 3137 | 384 | 508 | 317 | 145 | 381 | 351 | 385 | 162 | 505 | 3138 | 6275 |
| Blue/White M: 68.7/128 W: 74.0/128 | 315 | 357 | 152 | 482 | 328 | 486 | 138 | 330 | 375 | 2963 | 354 | 465 | 317 | 145 | 347 | 351 | 347 | 148 | 463 | 2937 | 5900 |
| White M: 67.6/126 W: 72.7/125 | 282 | 357 | 152 | 454 | 285 | 486 | 138 | 330 | 334 | 2818 | 354 | 465 | 295 | 120 | 347 | 319 | 347 | 148 | 463 | 2858 | 5676 |
| White/Red M: 66.3/123 W: 71.1/121 | 282 | 311 | 129 | 400 | 285 | 424 | 138 | 330 | 334 | 2633 | 354 | 432 | 295 | 120 | 336 | 275 | 316 | 148 | 463 | 2739 | 5372 |
| Red M: 65.0/121 W: 69.5/118 | 241 | 311 | 129 | 400 | 271 | 424 | 114 | 296 | 294 | 2480 | 328 | 432 | 276 | 108 | 336 | 275 | 316 | 130 | 413 | 2614 | 5094 |
| Handicap | 18 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 18 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
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Incredible pace
Played this as a single on a Friday morning at 7am. Finished in 2.5 hours (played through two groups of 4). Course was in great condition and the starter was helpful to get going for my first time.
Beautiful Course to Play
This is a scenic course with plenty of challenges for talented (and less-so) golfers. Water hazards, strategically placed bunkers, and quite a few hidden greens make this a course that requires an honest assessment of one's skills. Well-maintained with a friendly staff. The best public course in the area.
Beautiful front 9 (Black Bear) great layout, well maintained conditions. I’ll play again.
Bear Trap Dunes
I wish we had known the entire course was cartpath only before we booked. It made the round very long, and our group still can’t figure out why it was cartpath only. There is no GPS on the carts, so unless you have an app or GPS Finder, it was difficult to tell distances. The staff was very friendly and the course was in decent shape considering it’s seeing a lot of playtime this summer.
Best experience
I wish I could give the staff a higher rating 5 star does not do it justice. This course should be 5star all around on every golf page. I played 18 in just under 3 hrs including stopping after 9. Course is wide open makeing difficulty fairly mid level however greens were the trickiest I’ve ever played in the best possible way. Overall I would play here every day if possible.
Beautiful Course
Inside of a community. A little hard to navigate for the first time there. Had to locate where to pay, where to start and where the back nine was. Pace of play was slow due to a twosome in front of us and after notifying the Ranger, nothing was corrected and slowed even more. Course wasn’t super long holes and provided a nice mix of distances and a fair share of challenges of figuring out hole direction and pin placement. Overall it was a beautiful course and I would definitely recommend it. Would love to play again.
Loved it!
We had a great experience at BTD! Easy access, friendly staff, beautiful course conditions, and challenging layout. Highly recommend!
This is a fun and challenging course to play
The course was in great condition. The greens were very nice and good shape. I always enjoy playing on any of the three of nine hole courses.
Good outing, bad bartender
I enjoyed the course and the couple I played with. after the round I went in to have a glass of wine. I gave the bartender $20 and he proceeded to wait on several other customers and I was getting anxious he was going to forget my change and we were going to have an argument. That's not the way to do it. You take cash you give change back immediately. Anyway, it really upset me.
Monty
Course was nice, good layout, fair test of golf. Pace terrible five hours on a weekday. Why have a player assistant/ranger and let that happen. Would play again but I would have to go off before 8 am.
Nice course but over priced.
Got a great reduced rate deal to play here.
I’m glad I got this deal because if I payed the full rate, I would have been disappointed.
In my opinion, if you’re going to lay out 200 plus dollars to play a public golf course, it better be pristine.
Tees, fairways and greens were in good shape but I saw quite a few bunkers with weeds growing in them and a lot of them weren’t groomed. There were some thunderstorms in the area the day before I played which resulted in packed wet sand in the bunkers but at 200 a round, I believe they can afford to have a grounds crew that could tend to this.
I would only recommend this course if you can play if for less than $100.00.
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