History

Maryland Country Club

club · active 1923–

The club with which David L. Johnson made arrangements in the spring of 1923 to open "an extensive golf links and tennis courts" on his rearranged bayside farm at Ocean City, "in easy access of the city and open to visitors at a moderate charge." From mid-June 1923 the Washington Evening Star's resort advertising carried a standing notice for the "Ocean City Golf Course. New Nine-Hole Course."

In the record (2)

  1. 1923

    Ocean City gets a golf course: a new nine holes and tennis courts laid out on David L. Johnson's bayside farm.

    The Board of Trade's May report: "David L. Johnson has rearranged his farm on the Bay, and has made arrangements with the Maryland Country Club to open an extensive golf links and tennis courts in easy access of the city and open to visitors at a moderate charge." From mid-June the Washington Evening Star's resort block carried its own standing advertisement — "Ocean City Golf Course. New Nine-Hole Course." — and the Breakers advertised "golf and tennis privileges" while the Plimhimmon simply listed "Golf" among its amenities.

    This is the year golf arrives at Ocean City, and it arrives on a farm.

    Plimhimmon Hotel / Plim PlazaBoard of Trade of Ocean CityDavid L. Johnson

    Source · checked 2026-08-06

  2. 1924 · 1924-10-29

    David L. Johnson sells ten tuberculin-tested milch cows 'at the Ocean City, Md., Golf Course.'

    A public-sale notice in the Milford Chronicle for 17 and 24 October 1924: '10 HEAD FINE Milch Cows, All Tuberculin Tested, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1924. DAVID L. JOHNSON, Ocean City, Md., Golf Course.' In 1923 Johnson 'rearranged his farm on the Bay' and made arrangements with the Maryland Country Club to open golf links and tennis courts. A year later the links are advertised in Washington every week of the season — 'New Nine-Hole Course. New Tea Room attached' — and the farm is still selling its dairy herd off the same ground. In September and again in November Johnson also took out warrants from the Land Office of Maryland for vacant land in Isle of Wight Bay, three miles south-west of the Isle of Wight Life Saving Station and a quarter of a mile west of the beach north of Ocean City, 'surrounded by the waters of Isle of Wight Bay.'

    Ocean City Golf and Country ClubDavid L. Johnson

    Source · checked 2026-08-06