Mountain Branch Golf Course

The course was playing extra long with the wet conditions, and of course, some of the cartpath only holes are tough, but Mountain Branch never disappoints. It was in excellent shape and we pretty much had the course of ourselves because it was raining off and on for the whole round.

For early spring outstanding shape . Greens may need a few more weeks to be outstanding.

Greens are always true and as a public golfer that’s really all you need

We got on the course for off-season rates, I mean after all, it is still technically winter. For the price, it was solid.

The greens were in great shape, so are the fairways. The tee boxes are really not in very good shape, which is unusual for this course. And I really hope that when they start charging more as spring comes soon, that they’ll put real sand in their dirt traps.

They’ve done something very odd on this course. They’ve laid a ton of sod all around the course, focusing mostly along the edges of the cart paths, and a few spots around trees, some of which come into play and some of which do not. It’s just a curious thing to do. To spend money on sod in areas that don’t really come into play (exhibit A, way behind the green on #8) well not putting sand in your traps (exhibit B, #13).

I know these things because this is one of my absolute favorite layouts in this area. I’ve seen it in peak condition. I hope it gets back to it.

My first time in Baltimore, on a work trip, and finally the snow melted and it was relatively decent weather. OK it was very nice weather, first time I saw the sun in about a month. Went out to Mountain Branch to try to get some rust off. Very pleasant staff in the Pro Shop. Starter as well. The layout of the course was nice, and challenging. Of course it was cartpath only. But the pace of play was nice, and it came out as a single and hooked up with two guys on the 10th hole. The only problem was that as much as I enjoyed the warmth and the sun, so did the bugs. What are you gonna do? I’ll be coming out more often, and I will definitely play it again.

Awesome staff, very accommodating, beautiful course after the snow fantastic conditions. Great design and fun time. Great round if staying in Baltimore

Awesome course super fun layout without being too challenging. Guy in the pro shop was super nice. Will 1000% be back

This course makes you think about your tee shots. Could be tricky for beginners

Played on a great 82 degree early fall day with three unknowns filling out the foursome. I loved the elevation changes and the layout but a couple things really brought the potential down-

1- I dont know the 'why', but the fairways seemed to have just been poorly mown with very long grass that was not cleanly cut. It looks like they had shutdown and let the fairways grown, then cut them with gobs of grass clusters and rough fairways as the blades of the mowers were not sharp or the tractor was going VERY fast....just really really bad.

2- We had a maintenance worker staying with us from hole to hole, driving his blower over the fairways while we're hitting our drivers (very brave) to disperse the clobs of fairway mown grass. Having him for a hole is not a problem, but he stayed with us for 4 holes, 5-8 and it does become irritating listening to that blower and having to hope you dont send him to his maker with one well placed Srixon.

Due to these two annoyances, I packed it in after 9, not even asking for a raincheck as I doubt I'll be back. I hope I caught it just on a bad day/situation and you're experience will be better as the green complexes are daunting and the course is visually stunning. Would love to play it when its golfer ready....

I decided at the last minute to play Mountain Branch and booked as a single. Two younger golfers joined me and we had an enjoyable round.

Everyone was really friendly and helpful. Fairways and greens were really nice but the tee boxes need a lot of help. Overall would play again, but would like to see the tee boxes get some help.