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Value
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Layout
4.5
Friendliness
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Pace
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Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7001 yards
Slope 122
Rating 72.6

Situated just a few miles south of Ocean City, Rum Pointe Seaside Golf Links has a scenic location on the Sinexpuxent Bay that overlooks Assateague National Seashore Park. Pete Dye and his son P.B. designed the course. The renowned father/son team created a Scottish links-style course with no less than 17 holes that have a view of the bay and plenty of risk-reward opportunities. More daring players may try to shorten the distance on a few holes by starting their ball over water. There are five diverse sets of tees allowing it to be challenging enough to be a PGA Tour stop from the back tees, but there are also middle tees that are forgiving enough for beginners to approach with confidence. The golf course is the only one in the area that features bentgrass on the fairways and greens.

Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect P. B. Dye (1997) Pete Dye (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

Reviews

4.9
98 Reviews (98)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 12
19th Hole Scenic Views 11
Patio Dining 7
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 21
Bunkers 18
Undulating Greens 15
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 24
A Weekend Splurge 19
Group Getaways 14
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 19
Near Local Attractions 15
Convenient to the City 9

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Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great First Visit But . . .

Great layout and scenery and the course was in great shape. We saw bald eagle on the first hole. After our threesome played the front nine in 100 minutes it took us 2.5 hours to play the back 9. A mixed foursome with 3 carts took 2.5 hours to play the back 9 without ever waiting for a shot. They refused to let faster groups play through. It would have been worse except the staffer who cleans clubs at the 18th green sensed something was wrong when no one had come up the 18th hole for a very long time. He drove out to nudge the slow group to play faster. It didn't seem to help much but we appreciated the effort. The bar was closing as we finished. Did not get to check that out. I can't imagine too many people linger at the 19th hole after they have played a 5 hour round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great bay views

Nice layout with great views of the bay. Staff was very friendly. Nice facilities at the clubhouse.
Fairways are well maintained and the greens were in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

A work of art.

This is a great course to play and be on, for both the golf, the views, and the wildlife. Make sure you do not forget to adjust for the wind, being on the coast you get a solid breeze which can be different on every hole. Enjoy, we do every time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best at the beach

Rum Pointe, in my view, is the best course in the Delmarva area. I've played all the marquee courses down here, and always come back to Rum Pointe. Views, course conditions, value....it has it all. It can play completely different from day to day according to ever present wind conditions. Spectacular views and it asks you to consider taking risks in order to score. Just a fun fair test of golf..been going there for years and will continue to.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Never dissapoints!

Probably my favorite course for the money in OC. Course played excellently, even though heavy rains for the 2 days prior. Fairways dry, greens in great shape. Starter was very informative, and pro shop and servers very friendly. Make it a point to play here every time I come to OC. The only problem we had was biting flies blowing in from Assateague. Front nine was bite free, then wind shifted in the evening, to out of the East and these things got serious. Regular Off was not a deterrent.
Won't keep us from going back, though.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

I think Rum Point is the best course for the price in Ocean City Md

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Working the Wind

Course absolutely beautiful and in perfect shape. Scenic views along the water but wind very much a factor during the round. Will be back to challenge again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great shape

Course was in excellent condition. Greens were quick, grass was cut. Sun was shining. Course in both challenging, and enjoyable

Conditions Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Perfect!

The personnal is verry kind. The course is just perfect, very beautiful views.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Great Golf Course with Great Views

My grandfather and I played this weekend at Rums Pointe. The course was in perfect condition even after a little rain the night before. The views were amazing, the price was very reasonable. My grandfather and I will sure to be back to play soon!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Condition But

This course was in great condition. Only issue we had was that since it was cart path only from the rain the night before, there are no yardage markings on the fairways. There is GPS on the carts but that did not help us when we walked over to our balls. They should mark the yardage on the sprinkler heads to help when cart path only! That pretty much kept it from being a perfect day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rum point

I have played at Rum Point mabe 6 or 7 times. The staff there is always friendly and very accommodating.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/06/2016

Ranked one of marylands top 15 hate to see number 20. Played on 1/4/16. Greens nobody fixes a single ball mark or rakes the bunkers even though rakes are there. I think biggest problem is thier sending groups out every 7 min. Last three time there never got off on time this last time was it for me started at 12:58 finished @6:40. Large problem is thier part of these packages deals and I think 1/2 of those people could care less about the etiquette of golf and there tearing up golf courses that used to be real nice. Rum pointe is awful rite now and officially off my list. They need marshals to tell people to pick up when there's more than one open hole ahead of them. The group that started in f not of us it took two of thier threesome 7 shots to reach the fairway we knew rite away this was going to be awful and no ranger ever all day. For $109 I'll go to baywood all day where they keep to thier 4:20 round times by mac king people pickup and move to next hole or leave. The young lady in bar are was very nice as we had lunch before we started too bad she will never see us again.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Fun and challenging

Very nice place, good design and well maintained. For me played short, so halfway through my round I moved back a set of tees. To score well here, it would be quite helpful to be able to shape your shots.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Definitely a Must Play in the Ocean City Area

Beautiful links style course in pristine condition. As a senior scored well from the whites. Wife scored well from the reds with no long carries. Course is friendly to all level players. Very generous and fast greens on most holes with fair pin placements. Typical Dye risk-reward situations on approach. Very friendly and accommodating staff paired us with another couple. Beautiful views, nice warm-up range. Absolutely a must play Maryland course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great Day with brother-in-law

Well maintained gem with several holes along the water. Beautiful fairways, nice greens, lush rough. Minimal but sufficient facilities but the Taylor-Made rental set was still wrapped in plastic!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Golf Traveler

Played this course with a dear friend. We had a terrific round where we enjoyed the views of the ocean and the natural setting of the coastal countryside.

The friendly staff made us feel welcomed. As we pulled up to play, someone from the pro shop came out to meet us with my receipt (Pre paid) and handed it to me to help us get to the tee quickly. The starter had some great suggestions and indicated that as it had recently rained, urged us to putt a few to get a feel for the speed of greens.

My friend and I had a great round, and we'll be back to play Rum Pointe again the next time we are in the area.

Tom, from Long Island

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Windy but incredible

Certainly was windy as it has been all week, by far the best course played. Links style with good size fairways but don't let the lush rough fool you. Grabbing Bermuda makes a shot challenging. The greens were consistent and true. Great course for all level of players I would imagine. Can't beat gollfnow pricing. Awesome value for money

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course...amazing views...must play!!

This course was on really good condition with nice fairways and great greens. The layout along the bay was incredible with amazing views and ponds throughout the course. The staff was good and food was okay. A lot of great holes along the water. We would definitely play this course again. Must play!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Most enjoyable course in OC.

Good condition for the season.Never disappointed to play again when in town.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Value During Off Seaspn

I was lucky to have played in December and have 68 degree weather and full sun with no wind!
The course as always was in great condition for this time of year. The greens were very slow but that was to be expected because of the unusually warm weather. this has caused the greens to grow and become slow and bumpy. The carts all come with a cover to get you out of the wind and bad weather. The bar supplies a cooler with beer for you round of golf and the prices are great.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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