Someone here...I think it may have been David Carroll...had really good things to say about Glen Riddle, but I haven't gotten there yet...will do this fall.
I've played all the others and most of the comments so far I've agreed with. Just as an FYI, here's the design story of Baywood Greens from a GolfLink story by Alan Nichols;
In the early 90's, before Baywood was conceived, a community resident encountered Tunnell in a local coffee shop. "Rob," he asked, "have you ever considered building a golf course?" Tunnell, a very infrequent golfer who knew nothing about golf course development, nonetheless liked the idea.
Before the year was out, he had hired Bill Love, then with Ault Clark & Associates, a well known design firm in Kensington, MD, to do the blueprints.
The course would be built on a portion of what eventually was the Baywood tract, 750 acres purchased in a series of piecemeal acquisitions. The tract is at the juncture of Delaware Rt. 24, which leads directly into Rehobeth, and Long Neck Rd., which leads out to the canal between the two bays. With its variegated features, the land was ideal for golf.
Portions of the site are thickly wooded with loblolly pines and hardwoods of white and northern red oak, maple, hickory and sweet gum. It also has protected wetlands and tidal marshes, and a sizable acreage of open flatland.
During initial construction, Love left Ault Clark to go on his own. Tunnell wanted to retain Love, but the contract was with Ault Clark. Tunnell recalled his attempts to negotiate with Ault. "I told Brian, 'Design me a Cadillac. I want it to be the best it can be.'" Tunnell said he offered Clark virtually a blank check.
But because of their conflicting visions for the project, Tunnell and Clark parted ways. Instead of hiring another design firm, Tunnell decided to go in-house to finish the course. He put to work his own landscape and maintenance crew, led by Tunnell's then land sculptor Larry DeWitt, who performed the actual shaping.
"Using Love's design as a template, Tunnell and DeWitt superimposed their own ideas, adding a bunker or mound here, creating an additional lake or enlarging a planned one there, raising or lowering a green to blend with the other evolving features, and otherwise relying on instinct and restrained judgment."
What they wound up with was a design that shows superior artistry and maturity marked by self-discipline. The course is a simple yet elegant design. Each hole has its own distinctive character, but it blends seamlessly with the whole. The same can be said for the greens whose slopes will test but not detonate a round. The fairways are consistently generous and largely flat to fit the overall terrain. And the 27 acres of created lakes, mounds, and some 70 bunkers are placed to challenge players but not make them feel they are at a penal colony. For all its design elements, the course is the product of a remarkably coherent vision.
The course on some holes departs dramatically from the original design. The builders nearly doubled the size of the lake on the second hole and, in a moment of brilliance, they built stunning flower-decorated island tee boxes out on another lake on No. 18.
The 14th was originally designed as a moderate right to left dogleg with no water. As they were shaping this hole, DeWitt needed more dirt which led to creating a lake. Then the pair decided to add an island fairway. The experiment worked so well, No. 14 is arguably Baywood Greens' signature hole. It is stunning. From the back tee of this 425-yarder (409 from the blacks, 385 from the greens), the bulkheaded and beautifully landscaped island fairway seems dauntingly small. Land safely and players cut 100 yards off the hole. The less daring have the option of a right-hand fairway that leaves a much longer approach. The builders never forgot who their market is. They always designed in plenty of bail outs.
The beauty and originality of the course prompted a player from Minnesota to exclaim, "Last year I played Aviara in California and at the time I thought it was the prettiest course I had ever played. But this (Baywood Greens) is real close."
The first 12 holes of the layout are set amidst the hardwood-pine forest, while the final six holes are in an open setting. The tee boxes, fairways, and greens are composed of L93 bent, and the first cut of rough is a fescue-rye mix. The course plays to par 72 and ranges from 3,539 (from the junior tees) to 6,983 yards.
The course is excellently maintained, as are its amenities. The restrooms are carpeted, wall-papered and air-conditioned and look like mini-clubhouses. The shelters have breezeways furnished with wicker chairs and overhanging plants. The building serving the large practice facility includes restrooms and sheltered hitting bays, in addition to short and long game hitting areas off grass plots. The two-laned cart paths are first class. The wooded areas of the course are enhanced with pine straw imported from Georgia. Park-like signs which read, "Scenic view ahead," and, "Oooo, aah, beautiful" draw attention to the floral areas.