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3.8
657 Reviews (657)
5 Stars
140
4 Stars
317
3 Stars
141
2 Stars
38
1 Stars
21
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.5
82.6%
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548 out of 657 reviews
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3.8
11 Reviews (11)
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4 Stars
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Conditions
3.7
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
100.0%
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11 out of 11 reviews
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3.7
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.6
Value
3.7
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.1
82.8%
Recommend this course
48 out of 58 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout earns consistent praise for its elevation changes, water hazards, and well-conditioned fairways and greens. Friendly pro-shop staff and food that outshines most courses add to the overall appeal.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6423 yards
Slope 128
Rating 71.2
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Bay Hills Golf Club MD
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Course Details

Year Built 1969
Fairways Zoysia Grass
Greens Blue Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Ault (1969)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.8
657 Reviews (657)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 14
Water Hazards 14
Elevation Changes 13
This course/club is great for:
Locals 21
Beginners 11
Seniors 7
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 15
Worth the Drive 7
Convenient to the City 6

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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good local course

Course is in good condition but does need a martial to control pace of play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

memberships are a ripoff

I paid $500 for all I could golf, anytime, Mon-Fri. for a $20 cart fee. They did not tell me I would be charged $10 to walk the course. What a ripoff. They should have at least included a beer & hot dog with that.

There too many time restrictions for weekday members because of all the leagues. Three days a week, no tee times after 12pm because of evening leagues. They should have advertised restrictions before selling memberships.

Wed night men's league: The pro shop allows league players to warm up on the 9th green.

Those players are very rude and distracting.

They warm up on 9th green and don't get out of the way for players approaching the green from their daily round.

They don't stop talking while players are putting out.

Weekday members can't make online tee times. Tee time discounts do not apply and the pro shop is not always available to answer the phone.

95 degree weather and two water jugs are completely empty.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 09/23/2019

Hi Mark. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. us. We apologize for any miscommunication or misunderstanding in regards to your fees and hope we can better clarify in the future if necessary. Thanks for golfing at Bay Hills Golf Club. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Disappointed

I played this course in the spring and was surprised how well the greens and fairways were. However, most golf courses should be in pretty good condition in the spring. Today it was a totally different golf course. The greens on the front nine a lot of sand from the aeration and most of the back nine were okay. The tees and fairways were extremely dry. It looked like they don't bother to use any water to keep things green. I'm glad I got a Hot Deal on this round, because it wasn't worth anymore than what I paid.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/14/2019

They aerated the course much earlier this year. Normally in Oct, they had it done in early Sep. Yes, the fairways were very dry and the greens were hard but every course in the county had the same conditions because of the severe hot weather and drought. It's mid Oct now and the course is immaculate. Beautiful greens & fairways. They were looking ahead for great Fall golf.

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Commented on 09/18/2019

Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We are working to get everything up to par. We have projects ongoing and the current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game, and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Bay Hills Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Getting There

Bay Hills is a fun layout with a great variety of holes...short, long, uphill, downhill, and doglegs in both directions (though there's more dl right than dl left). It will challenge low handicap golfers but it's also a great course for high handicappers and beginners. It's only got three par 3's and one par 5, so the course plays to an overall par of 70. I played labor day weekend 2019 and the course is in decent shape. Greens are very good (back nine recently aerated), fairways are fair to good, roughs are pretty bad. They're working on the course though so I expect a positive trend. I found the staff to be super friendly. I will definitely come back again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play.

Very slow day. Took about 5 hours to complete the round. Sat at the tee box for 5-7 minutes every hole. Did not see one Marshal all day.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/04/2019

Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give Bay Hills Golf Club another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great experience

Course has a good layout with some challenges. There are some blind shots, but having played before, not a big problem. Pace of play was good. There was some backup on the back nine, but still no a major issue. Greens were in good shape along with fairways.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

My Honest Opinion!

I love Bay Hills. It is beautiful and challenging but not so hard that you can't have a good time. My ONLY complaint are the CART PATHS...They are horrible and have been for years. Still do not understand why the management doesn't start the work on a few of the paths and do a few every few months so in a year or two we could all ride along without losing our teeth!!! Other than that the course has scenic beauty 2nd to none and plays well. We live close by so we play the course a lot. How 'bout starting a go fund me page to finance new cart paths!!! Or collect an extra $5 bucks from everyone who plays and put it towards new cart paths...The course would be in the top ten in MD if people felt they could play it without developing a kidney problem from being joust around on the current cart paths! :) Just say'n...

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/22/2019

Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the condition of the cart path. Your feedback is important to us, and we are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements. We will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Bay Hills Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Getting Better

I have played Bay Hills a few times each year for perhaps the last 10 or 12 years. In that time the course has steadily improved. for example, several years ago there were weeds growing in the bunkers. Now the bunkers are maintained but are not yet raked daily. Of course, at this time of year some areas of fairway are dry. The rough is pretty rough in the sense that it includes a lot of weeds growing near the fairway and that sort of thing. But, the trajectory is positive. Greens at Bay Hills have always been pretty good and are keeping up. if it were my course, i would charge a bit more for a round and put that money into more grooming.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/22/2019

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your honest feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Bay Hills Golf Club. We appreciate you playing over the years and look forward to having you back as we continue to improve.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 08/19/2019

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Day For Golf

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Ouch

Tee boxes are suffering pretty hard. Fairways and greens are decent to stellar. Course is overall very firm. Not my go-it, definitely feels overpriced for current conditions. Has drastically gotten worse since last season (previous visit). Surprised 13 is a Par 3 "temporarily", have seen other courses just mark areas as no play zones/GUR while replacing sod. If they could put the money they put into their strong but slow greens into the rest of the facility, could be a great course....but alas.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/14/2019

Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very serious at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing Bay Hills Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 08/12/2019

Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very serious at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing Bay Hills Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 103
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Hidden Gem

What a great course, staff is friendly and fun, three holes are getting the attention they need. Great course!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

A nice course

Overall it was a fun course to play, most of their fairways were in amaxung condition especially considering the heat of this summer. The fairways were honestly my favorite part. One downside of the course in my opinion is that almost all of their par 4's were extremely repetitive, a little over 300 yards each and very straight. It felt like I was playing the same hole over and over. Good for a low score but not that exciting. The course was overall pretty short, good for a low score but didn't take much time at all to play. I enjoyed the course a lot and will go back, friendly staff and a fun place to play!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very playable course.

Great experience playing this course, only thing the cart paths need some work but the fairways and greens were in good condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Greens are in great shape

Greens are great! Most fairways are in really good shape except a couple on the back nine which have always had issues . The rough is spotty. Good little tight course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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