Lake Presidential Golf Club

Layout has alway been great and challenging. Conditions were good, although soaked in areas.

One big criticism though, no beverage cart and food inside. Limited refreshment choices! Not sure what’s up with that.

It had been dry for days. Hit drive center fairway and found ball plugged on Impact in muck. So no roll off tee shot. Plenty of mucky spots on fairways. Beautiful course with challenging holes overall.

This Great course is racing to the bottom, not because it’s not a great course but due to poor management and poor decision making by the person(s) in charge .

For starters Aerating a course a week to a major two day tournament is bad business.

Aerating when the tournament is in progress is suicidal for any golf course not mentioning unethical any way you look at it.

This did happen during my three days of playing golf on this otherwise great course on October 8th, 10th and 11th 2023.

Truth be told I will never set foot on this course ever again in my golf life and not a dime of my money will go there directly or indirectly thanks to the course management.

Played at Lake Presidential for the Maryland Senior Open.

120 of the best golfers in Maryland converged on this “Great “PGA owned and operated golf course.

The course was recently Aerated, Informative that should have been conveyed to the major tournament organizers… for them to decide whether to hold the tournament there or not under those conditions.

On the first day of the tournament, Hole #11 was Aerated .To make matters worse on the second day of the tournament, Hole # 8 was being aerated as the tournament was going on…. The tour man organizers decided to have players skip the hole as it was not playable.

There has to be a really good reason to aerate a course during a major state tournament that escaped all the golfers and tournament organizers but was made business sense that was solely known by the course management.

One employee who has worked at the course for more than 30plus years could not pass judgement on that decision when questioned. Hats off to the decision maker for this outstanding disregard for paying golfers in the state.

I’m still reeling from the experience and will continue to do so for years to come. Hopefully never at Lake Presidential again…

Turns out the reviews were right. Hole 8 wasn’t playable, the flag was even gone. No warning. Speed of play was also really slow. When I asked at the turn to just start at #1 again (it was the afternoon) the staffer tried to convince me that my 2:30 front 9 was 24 mins ahead of schedule. What professional says that? I would NEVER come here on the weekend, and the regulars I interacted with while waiting felt the same way.

It’s too bad because the course is really pretty. It could be great if it were managed better. I think this is one and done for me.

Play here at least 3 times a year for last few years. Its in much better shape than previous years, i just wish they would work on pace of play. There must have been some tournament playing in front of the twilight golf when we showed up, and the participants were taking it very seriously, sometimes 3-4 minutes per shot to line up, practice and finally hit the ball.

Maryland State Golf Association, the governing body for golf in Maryland held their Senior Open Championship there today. Granted, the booking of courses is made well in advance, and you cannot control the weather, but you can certainly control your maintenance schedule. Who schedules aerifying prior to and during a tournament? The tenth fairway was covered in plugs with equipment present. You would think they would want to showcase the course during an event like this to help promote the property. There were over 100 low-handicap amateurs, along with PGA professional golfers from clubs all over Maryland, participating. Word of mouth is a powerful part of advertising, and this maintenance scheduling mistake is not going to help increase daily fee play. SMH

Course was in bad shape. Recently aerated, Information that should have been mentioned at booking. Greens were horrible and not cut. Was practicing for a tournament there. Felt like it was total waste of time and money. Travelled an hour to the course. I could have played elsewhere for better value. Played with someone who paid $37.00 to my $91. 00 we were equally dissatisfied with the course condition. Obviously I spent more for same outcome.

First time i went here we had a 130pm tee time. Somehow they didn’t have enough carts and we were pushed back about an hour. We weren’t able to finish our round because the pace was so slow that it was pitch black by the 17th hole. The friend I went with said it was like that last time he went there, but both days were weekends so maybe that’s why. I thought surely coming in on a Wednesday morning on aeration day it wouldn’t be slow. We ended up leaving after six holes. Talking to the groups in front and behind us they were saying they hate coming here because of the slow play (they also thought it wouldn’t be busy because all the open time slots). This is a good course but they need to fix this.

I had an 8:42 tee time for three to play 18 holes and arrived to be informed “if you want to play 18, you’ll have to play the front 9 twice” due to the back 9 being aerated. This would have been good information to have prior to arrival as we would have picked a different course. Not only that, but the 9 holes we did play TWICE was also in dreadful shape - fairways unmowed, bunkers that hadn’t seen a rake in weeks, and it had ALSO just been aerated, making the greens nearly unplayable. I understand that aeration takes precedence in this season, but just shut the course down if so little care is given to players during the process. The conditions of this course and the failure to tell us about the back 9 being closed left us felt like we were tricked into paying to play a course that was unprepared for golfers.

I pre-paid on Golf Now, and once I arrived, I was told only the front nine was open. The course was very wet with cartpaths only, and the greens were just aerated and unputtable. Once I made the turn, play was slow, with people being added in front of me. I need to play all 18 and thought the golf shop would accommodate and give me a rain check for the back nine at some off time. NOPE, and I was told to get my money back from Golf Now if I had a problem. Eisenhower and Compass Point are a better value.

My guests and I have played here several times in the past. We brought a new guest and for his first time playing at LP it was disappointing. Embarrassing for me and disappointing to the new guest.

Upon checking in with the pro shop we were told the back 9 holes were being aerated and we were only allowed to play the front 9 twice. No where on their website did they mention this.

We reach hole #1 and it was discovered that it to had been freshly aerated and sanded. Every hole was like this.

The drainage is extremely poor and between us we lost 4 golf balls from plugging in the middle of the fairway! Lost!

We finish 9 holes and go grab a hotdog from the bar. NO food! The worst money I've ever spent. I tried to find a phone number to golfnow to cancel and get a refund but was not able to find the contact info. Horribly run golf course.

Course was in good shape, tee boxes need some care, greens were above average, but almost every hole I repaired 2-3 ball marks. Staff was a little overwhelmed and not very courteous. If you can get a $50 rate here then play it.

The whole course is in great shape. From te boxes to the fairways to the greens are all as good as any course of there. Unfortunately you're more likely to play a 5+ hrs round on this course because there's never a Marshall help keep any pace of play.

This in one of, if not the best course in the washington dc area, "DMV". There were so many good holes, it keeps you engaged at all times. One can play this course 3-4 times per week and not get bored. I've played most of the nicer courses in the area and this one is top 3. Many courses have 4-6 nice holes, but lake presidential has 13-14 excellent holes. Go play it, you'll not be disappointed .