Ten Reasons Why You Should Let Pam’s Book Your Ocean City Golf Trip!

1. When it comes to excellent customer service… nobody beats Pam’s! One call does it all, rooms, tee times, restaurants & more!

2. Pam’s has the best golf deals in Ocean City! We get the best deals at the most beautiful golf courses. These tracks are plush!

3. From travel emergencies to directions, Pam’s offers 24 hour travel assistance before, during & after your golf vacation!

4. Pam’s reduces stress and lowers your blood pressure – let us do all the work for you, all you have to do is decide who to invite.

5. Booking with Pam’s is almost like being a member in a private club, since we have exclusive access to private courses that no one else does. We deliver!

6. Pam’s has been booking golf packages for 20 years and we know the best restaurants, the best courses and we get you the best deals!

7. Book your OC Golf Trip with Pam’s & receive FREE Golf Trips to use at a later date!*

8. Pam’s has exclusive promotions and bonus offers you can’t get anywhere else, like FREE Nights, Happy Hours & Gift Cards to area restaurants when you book your Pam’s Golf Vacation!

9. The Girls at Pam’s make sure that all of our golfers are taken care of on and off the course… with FREE Drinks, Appetizers & Dinners!

10. And best of all when you book with Pam’s Ocean City Golf Getaways, you get our commitment to making your next golf vacation the best ever!

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Eighteen Fun Facts About Golf

1. Early shepherds may have used their curved staffs to hit stones in a simple game of “golf” as early as 2,000 years ago.

2. A more structured version of golf was invented in Scotland nearly 1,000 years ago.

3. The first golf balls were made of thin leather stuffed with feathers. Tightly-packed feathers made balls that flew the farthest. Feather balls were used until 1848.

4. The youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one was Coby Orr, who was five years old at the time. It happened in Littleton, Colorado.

5. Some older golfers try to match their age to their golf score. The oldest golfer to “shoot his age” was a 103-year-old Canadian man.

6. After feathers, golf balls were made from “gutta-percha.” Sap was drained from trees in Malaysia and boiled until thick. When hard, this substance was made into “gutty” balls.

7. Golf was too popular in Scotland in the 1400s–so it was made illegal. Laws said Scotsmen had to practice archery every day so they could defend their land. Instead, they were playing “golfe.”

8. The first golf tournament was held at the Prestwick Golf Course in Scotland in 1860. This contest is called the British Open today.

9. A golf ball made of rubber, like those we use today, was invented in the United States

10. Golf balls used in the U.S.A. are bigger than ones used in Canada or Europe.

11. The first golf contest for women was held in 1895 on Long Island, New York, although women had been playing for some time.

12. Professional women formed the Ladies Professional Golf Association (L.P.G.A.) after World War II.

13. The word caddy comes from the French word for student, cadet, which is pronounced cad-DAY

14. The first golf course was probably St. Andrews in Scotland, which is more than 400 years old.

15. The dimples on the outside of a golf ball help the , ball fly farther and more accurately,

16. Many professional golfers are superstitious. Nancy Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is one of the most accomplished women in the history of professional women’s golf.

17. A North Carolina man, Lang Martin, once balanced 7 golf balls one atop another, for a world record.

18. At least 20 people have scored two “holes-in-one” in a row.

The Rookery By Chris Adkins and Pete Oakley

The Rookery Golf Club opened August, 2000 and has become a local favorite. Set between swelling mounds to the west and a heron rookery to the east lies a championship 18-hole layout offering a wonderful playing experience for golfers of all abilities.

Pete Oakley (2004 Senior British Open Champion) and Course Superintendent Chris Adkins, designed the course to be challenging, but fun for all levels. The course features well-conditioned bentgrass greens, tees and fairways that will add to every golfer’s enjoyment. Although there are 12 water holes, most golfers should be able to navigate around the course without losing too many balls. Outstanding golf is found at The Rookery.

Play The Peninsula Golf Course

 

The Peninsula is a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course located in Millsboro, Delaware.  The Peninsula’s private, 7,200-yard, par 72 Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course opened in April 2006 and is a marvel of engineering, ingenuity and breathtaking beauty, ensuring its future as one of the country’s most celebrated places to play.

Delaware’s first Signature Course weaves strategically through The Peninsula’s nine exclusive neighborhoods offering exquisite challenges and playability at every level. Seven holes of the golf course are set dramatically along the Indian River Bay and Lingo Creek, and set the tone for the special feel of the Troon Golf Experience at The Peninsula. At its grand finale is the spectacular 18th Hole, which, in the Golden Bear’s own words, “will become The Pebble Beach of the East.”

As a designated Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, the course was planned, developed, and played by the Master himself. So, once you step out onto the greens at The Peninsula, you’ll be walking in the legend’s footsteps…and living his dream.   

But to step on these greens and include this amazing course in your next Ocean City Golf Vacation, you will have to call the Girls at Pam’s, because no other packager has access to this facility. 

War Admiral at GlenRiddle By Joel Weiman and Jim Furyk

The tradition of excellence continues at GlenRiddle Farms with the newest addition of War Admiral, the sister course to Man O’War. Designed by Joel Weiman and Jim Furyk to be an exclusive private track, the public will have a chance to play the best of the best for only a limited time. 

With its rugged breathtaking bunkers, beautiful tidal marshes, and meticulous tree lined fairways, War Admiral will soon take its place in history, just as the Triple Crown winner it was named after. War Admiral stretches 6,828 yards from the back tees and is the ultimate challenge for the scratch golfer, while the huge oak trees that provide a bit of shelter from the coastal winds, will increase the playability for golfers of all levels.

To add to the truly spectacular golf experience at War Admiral, the GlenRiddle Golf Club, a division of Ruark Golf, features full locker room facilities, fully stocked pro shop and is home to Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.

The Rookery By Chris Adkins and Pete Oakley

 The Rookery Golf Club opened August, 2000 and has become a local favorite. Set between swelling mounds to the west and a heron rookery to the east lies a championship 18-hole layout offering a wonderful playing experience for golfers of all abilities.

 Pete Oakley (2004 Senior British Open Champion) and Course Superintendent Chris Adkins, designed the course to be challenging, but fun for all levels. The course features well-conditioned bentgrass greens, tees and fairways that will add to every golfer’s enjoyment. Although there are 12 water holes, most golfers should be able to navigate around the course without losing too many balls. Outstanding golf is found at The Rookery.

Golf’s Standards Set It Apart

Golf is the most solitary of athletic endeavors. Even when accompanied by a partner, fellow competitor, or a gallery, the golfer is essentially alone, save for their skills, their instincts – and their character.

Golf has always been a game of honor, in large measure we suspect, because the game is so challenging. Those who excel at it at any level appreciate the game’s difficulty and the effort required to achieve excellence. These circumstances create an atmosphere of mutual respect. Throw in the fact that in most circumstances the competitors themselves are responsible for not only following the rules but also calling their own infractions and the end result is an environment vastly different from that of a team sport.

The standards of integrity and fair play only seem to rise with the level of play. At the 1925 U.S. Open at Worcester (Massachusetts) Country Club Bobby Jones called a one-stroke penalty on himself because he accidentally moved his ball just before he struck it. The penalty cost him the title that year; he wound up losing a 36-hole playoff to William Macfarlane. When congratulated afterward for his honesty Jones reportedly said “You might as well congratulate me for not robbing a bank.” That mindset has prevailed in the years since.

This story hasn´t escaped even the movie screen in a very nice film “Stroke of Genius”.

Earlier last year at the U.S. PGA Tour’s Verizon Heritage Classic, Brian Davis summoned a rules official after hitting a pitch from a hazard during his playoff against Jim Furyk. His club had brushed against a reed growing in the hazard during his backswing, resulting in a two-shot penalty and effectively ending the tournament.

We have personally witnessed several examples of similar behavior, but the incident that remains the most vivid involves LPGA Tour player Wendy Ward. During the 2000 McDonald’s LPGA Championship at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, Ward was battling for the lead with Juli Inkster, her playing companion during the final round. At the par-3 13th hole, Ward was lining up a putt when she noticed her ball was in a slightly different position than it had been when she marked it. Ward did not see the ball move, but knew she had positioned it specifically so the markings on the ball were aligned with the line of her putt. Now they were out of alignment. 

Ward immediately called a one-stroke penalty on herself, a penalty that for practical purposes took her out of contention. She wound up tying for third while Inkster went on to win the tournament.

A lot of people in golf, including Ward herself, would tell you that what she did was no big deal, that golfers are expected to do that sort of thing. They are correct in saying that virtually all golfers would have reacted the same way. They are however incorrect when they express the sentiment that what Ward, Davis and countless others have done isn’t a big deal.

For the standards of integrity that have been a hallmark of the game for so many years can never be taken for granted. Several golf professionals have expressed their concerns to me in recent years about a perceived increase in cheating in junior golf. That notion is a troubling one.

For without honor and integrity as a solid foundation, the structure of the game would collapse, its history and traditions forever rendered irrelevant.

By Rick Woelfel

Peninsula Golf Course

The Peninsula’s private, 7,200-yard, par 72 Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course is a marvel of engineering, ingenuity and breathtaking beauty, ensuring its future as one of the country’s most celebrated places to play. Delaware’s first private Signature Course weaves strategically through The Peninsula’s 800 acres. Seven holes of the golf course are set dramatically along the Indian River Bay and Lingo Creek, and set the tone for the special feel of the Troon Golf Experience at The Peninsula.

 At its grand finale is the spectacular 18th Hole, which, in the Golden Bear’s own words, “will become The Pebble Beach of the East.” As a designated Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, the course was planned, developed, and played by the Master himself. So, once you step out onto the greens at The Peninsula, you’ll be walking in the legend’s footsteps…and living his dream.

Why Do Golfers Yell “Fore” for Errant Shots?

Fore” is another word for “ahead” (think of a ship’s fore and aft). Yelling “fore” is simply a shorter way  to yell “watch out ahead” (or “watch out before”). It allows golfers to be forewarned, in other words.

The British Golf Museum cites an 1881 reference to “fore” in a golf book, establishing that the term was already in use at that early date (the USGA suggests the term may have been in use as early as the 1700s). The museum also surmises that the term evolved from “forecaddie.”

A forecaddie is a person who accompanies a group around the golf course, often going forward to be in a position to pinpoint the locations of the groups’ shots. If a member of the group hit an errant shot, the thinking goes, they may have alerted the forecaddie by yelling out the term. It was eventually shorted to just “fore.”

A popular theory is that the term has a military origin. In warfare of the 17th and 18th century (a time period when golf was really taking hold in Britain), infantry advanced in formation while artillery batteries fired from behind, over their heads. An artilleryman about to fire would yell “beware before,” alerting nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid the shells screaming overhead.

So when golfers misfired and send their missiles – golf balls – screaming off target, “beware before” became shortened to “fore.”

This is another term, however, whose exact origin can’t be stated. It does originate, however, in the fact that “fore” means “ahead” and, used by a golfer, is a warning to those ahead.

FREE Happy Hour!

Travel in the Spring or Fall & Join the Staff of Pam’s Ocean City Golf Getaways for a FREE Happy Hour!

 After a Day on the Golf Course… Is there Anything Better than Enjoying a Few Cold Beverages With Your Friends….. For FREE? 

  Yeah we’ve been around for 20 years, but it didn’t take us long to figure out what golfers wanted most in a golf vacation:

• Beautiful and Well Conditioned Golf Courses!
• Incredible Selection of Accommodations!
• Great Food & Cold Drinks!

You could say the FREE Happy Hours are our way of saying thanks for choosing Pam’s Golf and we haven’t met too many groups that didn’t appreciate our kind gesture…

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