Ocean Pines GC: #18
Aerial view of the 18th hole at Ocean Pines Golf Club.
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3.6
580 Reviews (580)
5 Stars
203
4 Stars
230
3 Stars
78
2 Stars
43
1 Stars
26
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.8
67.5%
Recommend this course
479 out of 580 reviews
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3.7
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
66.7%
Recommend this course
4 out of 6 reviews
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3.3
26 Reviews (26)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
1
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.3
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.2
57.7%
Recommend this course
15 out of 26 reviews
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Course Highlights
Ocean Pines delivers a well-designed parkland layout with narrow doglegs, strategic bunkers, and deceptive par-3s that reward thoughtful shot-making. Exceptionally friendly staff and competitive peak-season pricing make this course a strong value for the area.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Woodland
Par 72
Length 7074 yards
Slope 135
Rating 74.8
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Course Details

Year Built 1972
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1972)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, Apple Pay Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Players at Ocean Pines Golf Club are required to wear collared shirts. Jeans or denim shorts are not permitted.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2021 #22)
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Reviews

3.6
580 Reviews (580)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 11
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 23
Water Hazards 23
Undulating Greens 14
This course/club is great for:
Locals 19
Advanced Golfers 18
Seniors 11
This Course's Location is:
Near Local Attractions 14
At a Resort 13
Convenient to the City 11

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

Newbie

Great experience, glad I found the course onGolf now. Staff was great, just wished I had more time to stay.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
2d1ee407-df95-5ce1-b2df-b1df72451f60
Commented on 08/22/2016

So glad you had a great experience at Ocean Pines! We hope you'll find some time again soon to come back and visit!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course

Was a great course player friendly and in good condition for this time of the season

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Suggestion

Only disappointment is finding out its cart path only after we paid online and not told until we were released by cart guy. While not a big deal I think course should notify you before you pay once you arrive at course. With that said I'll play it again and hope they take my comments constructively.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
2d1ee407-df95-5ce1-b2df-b1df72451f60
Commented on 09/24/2016

Thank you for your honest feedback. Our standard practice is to let golfers know any cart path restrictions when they check in, so you are absolutely correct in stating that that should have happened. We apologize that it didn't and appreciate your bringing it to our attention. We are glad, however, that your experience will not prevent you from playing our course again. We look forward to having you back. Thank you!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice cource

Challenging but fun course

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

no beer cart? What's up with that?

This course is great. The only no beer cart all day long.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
2d1ee407-df95-5ce1-b2df-b1df72451f60
Commented on 09/24/2016

Thanks for the feedback. We're so glad you enjoyed the course but are sorry there wasn't a beverage cart available when you played. We normally operate our beverage cart service throughout the summer, so we're not sure why there wasn't one at the time you played. We appreciate your bringing it to our attention, and hope you'll come back and play Ocean Pines again!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course

Course was in great shape even with a heavy rain in the morning. The layout lets you hit a driver quite often and is the right mix of openness and challenging. We got a hot deal on it so it was a great value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Good value, horrible staff members

First time playing this course, and it just isn't that good for what we paid for. The course is a typical community course in pretty fair shape with some tough shots. I gave this course a rating of 2 due to the staff. The starters failed to mention to us that it was cart path only. We talked to the starter for over 20 minutes while we waited for our foursome to warm up and grab some drinks, and he never mentioned "cart path only" once. With that said, the marshall comes out and tells us that we need to stay on the path, no problem. I told him that we were never instructed on this and before I could finish what I was saying to him, he stated "now I told you" and sped off. I met up with him at the turn while he was talking to the manager, told him there was no reason to be rude and that the starter really didn't tell us this. The manager did nothing, not even an apology or anything. This just put a bad taste in my mouth. This guy did the same thing to a group next to us. You think if that many people are on the fairways that maybe your starters should inform the golfers? Makes sense to me.

We chose this course over others because of its location to where we were going that night. I understand the importance of cart path only, as I play 2-3 times a week and love the game. I also understand the importance of customer service. There are just too many options with other courses nearby to go when we are down the ocean for a few times a year and in the summer.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course and friedly staff

The staff was great starting with the bag drop all the way to the returning of the cart. Course was in great shape and the greens were super fast.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Shawn Jones

Great course pro shop and starter need better personalities. Better people skills, cart girl and bar very good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pretty tough

Fun challenging course. Greens are in good shape. You have to shape some shots on about ten holes to be in position for your second.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hot Deal

Played for $22. Greens were fast and in good condition. Layout was challenging but fair. Tight course. Way better course for the $$$ than a lot in the OC/Rehoboth area.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

great time

not too easy, not to hard very enjoyable course played the whites but if you want a real challenge back up and you will get it

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 127
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice layout.

Tee boxes and fairways need work. Greens were good. Many other better courses in the OC area. This could be one of them but not now.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Good course

This course is a great designed course. Find it challenging. Starter and golf shop people are helpful and friendly.
Only knock is played on recently aerated greens and fairways.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice layout

Two things that held down the rating were the greens having been aerated the prior week and poor grass conditions on the tee boxes and fairways. Still enjoyed my round.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Just Okay

The design is straight forward what you see is what you get. Pro shop staff very professional, but the cart guy said he was "brain Dead" and proved it.

The course was recently aerated and was not in great playing condition, give it a couple of weeks.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Ocean Pines

The RTJ sr. designed course was a very traditional tree lined layout .The fairways and greens were just aerated so the conditions were poor for putting.If I had known it was just aerated,I would not have played.GolfNow should be aware of this and notify the customer in the course description.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Very Satisfting Golf Course

Greens were excellent, fairways were above average.
Course was difficult but fair. Pretty tight with water on about half the holes.
It was a great value for the price.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

My time didn't matter

Called morning of reservation to add 4th golfer. Was told my reservation had been switched to 45 mins later. I told them that would cause problems because I had dinner reservations and was told to take it or leave it. What made me upset is that no one called or emailed me to tell me of the switch. Their 30 seconds to call was just too much to ask.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice layout

The course had a real nice layout. Fairways were lush and green. The greens however had lots of unfixed ball marks and drag marks. I guess no one fixes ball marks on this course. The pace was slow the first 9. They had 3 groups of 2 go out before. None of them paired up and it got slow. At one time we had 4 groups on the same hole. Now after 9 all of them left and the pace was right on. I would play this course again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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