Located near Washington D.C. in northern Virginia is Lansdowne Resort, located on the Potomac River just 30 minutes from Washington Dulles Airport (airport shuttle available). This AAA Four Diamond, 296-room and suite property is home to 45 holes of golf, including a 9-hole short course designed by Greg Norman, the Shark Bite course. Norman…
Salamander Resort & Spa is a luxury hotel on 340 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains about an hour's drive west from Washington D.C.. It does not have a golf course onsite, just a putting green, but it has an exclusive arrangement with the private Creighton Farms Golf Club nearby. Rounds can be arranged through the concierge. The resort has an…
Located in the central-west region of Florida, aptly known as the Nature Coast, Cabot Citrus Farms is set across 1,200 acres of pristine natural beauty about an hour north of Tampa. Boasting dramatic elevation changes, sandy soil, and rolling hills canopied by towering sand pines, palmetto trees, and century-old moss-covered oaks, the unique…
The 72-room Bavarian Inn sits on an 11-acre bluff overlooking the Potomac River. The inn's hospitality at the European-inspired boutique resort has been recognized with AAA Four Diamond and Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence. The Infinity 101 Pool and Bar and new Bavarian Brothers Brewery and outdoor beer garden keep guests well fed and…
Finding a quality public golf course in the Washington, D.C. area is about as easy as finding a lobbyist or lawyer on K Street. Like the D.C. population, the golf course selection is large and diverse.
The 45-hole Lansdowne Resort and Spa in the heart of the Virginia wine country will change what you think you know about golf in the Washington D.C. area.
Beltway big wigs aren't the only ones in the D.C. area who can enjoy top-notch golf, thanks to the public Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club in northern Virginia. The course is in most parts not only wide open with few parallel holes but affords plenty expansive views of the sparsely populated surroundings - a welcomed sight from the dense metropolis just minutes away.
Reston National Golf Course reflects a philosophy of leisure and privacy. It's a classically designed, secluded golf course lined with mature trees on gently rolling landscape that makes for as timeless a setting for golf as you'll find in the otherwise maddening hubbub of the Beltway.
Stonewall Golf Club in Gainesville, Va. may be public, but it lives like a private club from the well-manicured course to the 13,000-square-foot clubhouse with its coffered ceilings and massive stone fireplace. Set against a backdrop of the Bull Run Mountains and Lake Manassas, this scenic Tom Jackson design is blessed by gently rolling hills and plenty of tall trees.
Located in a park-rich region of Northern Virginia, General's Ridge is a relatively short public course, where long drives are less effective than accurate placement. There's dog legs, blind holes, hills and ravines aplenty - but it's the slick stiff grass on the greens that will have you struggling to make par.
Blue Mash Golf Course filled a glaring need when it opened in 2001. In a wealthy area with plenty of open space, there wasn't a single upscale public golf course in Montgomery County, Maryland. Blue Mash changed all that. Kevin Dunleavy has more from Laytonsville, Md.
Built on land occupied until 2000 by a maximum-security prison, Laurel Hill Golf Club was a revelation when it opened to golfers five years later. The transformation of the forbidding property, formerly marked by guard towers and razor wire, to perhaps the Washington, D.C.-area's premium public golf address is an intriguing success story.
Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club is a public access course in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. It was built in 1996 and designed by Gary Player, who called the site "perfect for a golf course." The land is very scenic and natural, and the namesake falls run down along the 18th tee box.
The nine-hole Sharkbite Course at Lansdowne Resort and Spa near Washington D.C. is perfect for every level of golfer who wants to get in a premium golf experience in less than two hours.
Watching fairways go from lush to threadbare at Bull Run Golf Club in the late 2000s was an unsettling sight for public golfers in Northern Virginia. But an upturn in the economy and a takeover by Raspberry Golf Management has restored Rick Jacobson-designed Bull Run to its immaculate state of old. Fun and forgiving, the course is set on a dramatic parcel of land in the shadow of Bull Run Mountain. It traverses scenic woodlands, meadows and ponds.
Reston National is one of two courses located in Reston - but it is the only public one. Located halfway between the District of Columbia and Washington Dulles International Airport, this Ed Auld design sits on gently rolling, mature land filled with tall trees and features just a handful of water hazards.
RedGate Golf Course is gaining traction under the direction of Billy Casper Golf Management. Few courses in the Washington, D.C., area can beat its convenience or price. And none can match the neighborhood feel of the traditional 6,378-yard, par-71 track, which dates to 1974.
Laurel Hill Golf Club, which opened in 2005, has quickly become an old favorite. There aren't many trees and water only comes into play on one hole. Instead, the challenges come from the length and the elevation changes. Designer Bill Love also incorporated sprawling, asymmetric bunkers that both narrow the fairways and protect the greens.