Ocean City Golf

George Warren "Moose" Mix Sr., a well-known Towson attorney whose legal expertise included administrative, criminal and family law, died May 4 of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The 30-year Lutherville resident was 74. "I knew Warren when I was a prosecutor and later as a defense attorney, and he was often in three jurisdictions during a single day. He was a stand-up, honest and hardworking guy when it came to his clients. He'd fight for his people," said Gov. Martin J. O'Malley.

HENRY J. BAUER, SR, of Ocean Pines, MD, retired Vice President of E. Stewart Mitchell, Inc., a Baltimore asphalt company, died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday, August 21, 2003. He was 74. Mr. Bauer is survived by his wife, Ann M. Bauer (nee Kirby); his children, Henry J. Bauer, Jr., Jeffrey G. Bauer, Donald P. Bauer, JoAnn Houck (nee Bauer), and David G. Bauer; his grandchildren, Lindsay Veronica Venneman, Kirby Nicole Houck, James William Houck, IV, Allyson Mae Bauer, Anna Elizabeth Bauer, and Christopher Michael Bauer, his aunt, Mary Elizabeth Bauer; his sister, Rita Bauer Miller; brothers Robert J. Bauer, William F. Bauer (predeceased)

Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club is something of an enigma in the picture of Ocean City area golf. It is an excellent course, designed by perhaps the best-known modern course architect, Robert Trent Jones. But it is primarily a private club; the only way you can play it is to be a member at another club and ask for reciprocal privileges, or play as a guest of an Ocean Pines member.Although Mr. Jones once told me that it was not one of his best efforts, the members seem to like the Ocean Pines course, and it is crowded most of the time.

Well, it's August already. A fine time to be making plans for coming down to Greater Ocean City's excellent golf courses for some late summer and fall golf.Motels and hotels in the area begin offering golf packages at rates lower than summer tariffs.For anyone unfamiliar with this area's golf: Eagle's Landing, Ocean City Golf & Yacht Club, Ocean Pines, River Run, Pine Shore, the Bay Club and the Beach Club are all within a 15-minute or less drive of Ocean City. A bit farther out, within 30 minutes, are Nutter's Crossing in Salisbury and Nassawango in Snow Hill.

Gary and Helga Bancroft of Lutherville in Baltimore County were down the shore enjoying a stay at a friend's house and enjoying the golf in our area. Gary is a 10 handicap and Helga carries a 31 and they are serious golfers.The first day in the area, still in transit, they stopped in Easton to play the fabulous Hog's Neck Golf Course, rated as one of the best public courses in the country. The Bancrofts pronounced it a great course with its wide-open front nine and tightly wooded back nine.

MITCHELLVILLE -- Host professional Larry Ringer fired a bogey-free 35-3368 and took a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the 72nd annual Maryland Open at Prince George's Country Club yesterday.Amateur Tom Iredell of Indian Spring CC posted 37-3370, followed by three at 71, including defending champion Jon Stanley of Burning Tree Club.From a field of 200, it took a score of 77 to advance to today's second round. There will be 62 players and two with a chance at that number -- Jon LeSage and Bob Dolan -- will return at 7 a.m. to complete their rounds.

It's not too early to set your sights on one of the top golf events of the year -- the American Express/Toyota Celebrity Golf Tournament, which will be held Oct. 22 and 23 at Eagle's Landing. Its success last year is attracting some big-name contestants.Already signed up to play are Seattle Mariners hitting coach Ken Griffey Sr., which shouldn't be surprising since the Mariners third-base coach, Sam Perlozzo, is involved in getting stars to play. Others on the roster include Don Nottingham, who ran for the Baltimore Colts, and all-time great Larry Brown of the Washington Redskins.

In the ninth and next-to-last round of the 1994 Toyota/B. J.'s Ocean City Challenge Cup, the Beach Club picked on the pair from Cripple Creek and whomped them 8.5 points to .5 point. John Ruddo and Hunt Crosby were the Beach boys and they clinched a playoff berth with this penultimate effort.But the big win didn't wrap things up for the Beachmen, since the second-place Ocean City Golf & Yacht Club matched the 8.5 to .5 result and stayed only 4 points behind Beach in the Blue Division. Dave Quelland and Stuart Jarmon were far more than the hapless Green Hill team could handle and they wound up at 51 points to the Beach Club's 55, leaving the Ocean City lads with only needing 2 points in the final match to make the playoffs.

Nassawango Country Club in Snow Hill is the last in our series of golf courses in the area of Ocean City that are available for visitors to the shore to play. While Snow Hill is not a chip and a putt from Ocean City, it is not an excessively long drive, either. You can probably get there in an easy 45 minutes from downtown Ocean City.Nassawango opened in 1970. It was designed by Russell Roberts and located along the scenic Pocomoke River in Snow Hill. This mature course winds through pine and cypress forests and along a 3-acre lake.

Daniel Trimper III, who had retired as head of several Ocean City businesses, including the complex of rides at the lower end of the boardwalk that includes a turn-of-the-century carousel, died Monday of cancer at his home in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 84.Mr. Trimper also maintained a home in Ocean City, where his grandfather started the amusement business and his father was mayor.Mr. Trimper retired nearly 10 years ago as president of Windsor Resorts Inc., the family business that operates the carousel and other rides, and as owner of the Trimper Marine Railway and a dredging business, both in West Ocean City.