Like many of the Ocean City golf courses, this one is excellent and a little more expensive during the summer vacation months, but probably worth going unless your spouse has you on a tight golf budget. Barry and I hit the course yesterday and enjoyed some great golf even though the scores weren’t very impressive. Generally speaking, the course was in great shape.
So where to start? Prior to the round I did some online research starting with satellite imagery that I could include in my video. The imagery reflected a considerable amount of water on the course so I loaded the bag with extra balls. Only was of them was called up into service as most of the water, from the silver tees, was generally not an issue unless you hit a truly terrible shot or didn’t review the on-cart GPS hole layouts before your shots. Barry went through a couple more than I did but we also found a few balls that appeared to have been used very little.
After collecting the satellite imagery, which always fails to reflect the true relative size of the greens and fairways or the undulations and elevation changes of the tee boxes, fairways and greens, I reviewed some of the YouTube videos of the holes. There are many good ones available, but even they don’t give you a complete picture of the character of the course – though I recommend you take a look at them. I believe they all underplayed to hills and hummocks that are on the course. I have little hope that my video, when I get it completed and posted, will add something beneficial to viewers and future Man O’ War players.
When I arrived at the course, I found the entire staff friendly and engaging, with many talking with pride about the course and its history as a thoroughbred horse farm and training center. The barn was converted into the clubhouse and Ruth’s Chris Steak House, and portions of the track, starting gate and water tower have been preserved.
As I had arrived early after a long drive, I headed off to the driving range to loosen up and found an endless supply of balls, included in the price of the round, and an all-grass range, which I love. After a “small bucket,” I putted a little on the large adjacent green for ten minutes or so until Barry arrived.
A short time later we were on the first tee and off to the races. The short version of the story is that I scored better on the front than Barry, possibly due to my extra warm-up time. I had a 42 with three pars and six bogeys while Barry shot a 48.
Barry settled down after the turn just as my wheels started coming off. I went double bogey, bogey, triple bogey and quadruple bogey on the first four holes while Barry played well with three bogeys and a double. Fortunately, I found my bearing again and finished up well. Barry finished with a 97 and I had a 93. You can see the scorecard below.
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