University of Maryland Golf Course — Attraction in College Park

A friend and I played the course on July 16. We found the course to be in very good condition. The fairways were neatly mowed. The sand traps showed crisp edging with well raked sand. Numerous areas were marked as grounds under repair. These areas were planted with freshly contoured sod. As for the pace of play, we played the front nine in two hours and ten minutes. We will play the course again.

The bar in the club house is another matter. As I sat at the bar I noticed the stemware hanging above the bar. The glasses were so dirty that you could not see through them. When I brought this to the bartender's attention, he explained to me, while eating popcorn and watching television, that "the glasses are dirty since they get used a lot." When I mentioned that crystal clean stemware makes a good impression on the visiting public, he informed me that the"place uses cheap soap, so it leaves a film." When I ask him as the bartender on duty if he was responsible for washing glasses, he said, "I'm listening to you." He took his popcorn and left the bar not to return. Within a few minutes, his replacement came. I informed him of the dirty stemware. He said, "What's wrong with them?" I got up from my seat and looked behind the bar. It is not surprising what I found. There was a three compartment sink. Sink one is for cleaning the stemware, one is for rinsing, and one is for sterilization. When I found the sinks, the bartender asked me if it 'passed my inspection." I said, "Yes, now start washing dishes." He did. In all fairness to the kids working behind the bar, I blame the managers for not training the bartenders how to do their job and then to offer them support and encouragement which would hopefully instill a measure of pride in their work. The kids will do what they are told, nothing more and nothing less. The managers need to watch a few episodes of...

To start, I WILL NOT EVER BE RETURNING TO THIS COURSE: This is a beautiful course. The experience i had here was more than unpleasant, it was actually exceptionally bad. The other golfers on the course in the group ahead of me were not only exceptionally rude and disrespectful , not only to me but the course also. They tried to physically intimidate me and the staff did absolutely nothing about this. Since it seems that this kind of behavior is tolerated, that is the main reason I will not be back to UMD’s golf course. If you do come here, expect extremely overpriced food (worse prices than my country club $7+ for just a hotdog alone w nothing else), expensive cart fee, and for the green fee…honestly there are much better courses to play in the area. Not a super challenging course either. Without the hostile experience it gets a 5.7/10 for high, country club like prices without that kind of service, and a staff that doesn’t know golf and doesn’t...

AVOID, Avoid this course. It was definitely not worth $68 during the week. The starter held us up to go behind 4 walkers who's foursome was not all there for over 20 min. even though there was no one near the tee box ready to go. and after he let a threesome go 20 minutes earlier as I waited for my golf buddy. This backs up the course. and held us up for no reason that we could think of.The fairways, are very badly spotted, and greens have almost no grass even though they aerated they are in terrible shape. The rough while it is rough is the best part of this course. The carts are electronically controlled and control you so you may as well walk. The young man in the pro shop was nice. However, I can not believe this course is called the Univerity of Md....