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3.6
1333 Reviews (1333)
5 Stars
434
4 Stars
433
3 Stars
199
2 Stars
136
1 Stars
131
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.5
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.5
67.6%
Recommend this course
967 out of 1333 reviews
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3.4
39 Reviews (39)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
3.8
64.1%
Recommend this course
25 out of 39 reviews
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3.5
76 Reviews (76)
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
25
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.5
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.1
64.5%
Recommend this course
49 out of 76 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns high praise for its challenging elevation changes, blind shots, and wide fairways that reward thoughtful play. Welcoming staff at check-in and strong overall value make this course a worthwhile booking.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7060 yards
Slope 137
Rating 74.3

Lake Presidential Golf Club is one of Maryland's most popular public courses. It is a challenging championship layout that is player friendly enough to accommodate a wide range of skill levels. It stands out from run-of-the-mill municipal courses with exceptional conditions from the tees to the greens. The layout offers a diverse mix of holes that will have golfers using every club in their bag. There are some especially interesting par 3s that are visible but with enough hazards to make them a challenge. Houses border the front nine holes but they are absent on the back nine. The fairways on the last nine holes are densely lined with mature trees. The golf course finishes with an enjoyable par 5 that plays over a lake. It can be reached in two with a little skill and accuracy.

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Course Details

Year Built 2008
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

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  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2018 #5)
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Reviews

3.6
1333 Reviews (1333)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 33
19th Hole Scenic Views 24
Patio Dining 15
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 53
Water Hazards 53
Forced Carries 50
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 52
Locals 31
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 29
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 47
Worth the Drive 38
Convenient to the City 34

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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Bush League Presidential

I booked a round for 7:48 Friday Morning 10/10. We we had a wedding in the late afternoon. Should have had no issue completing a round in time. Lake Pres 2x booked another group at our time and told me I was supposed to tee off at 7:39 when I checked in.

My email reservation confirmed 7:48. Because they deemed us 'late" for our phantom 7:39 time, we got screwed by the starter and shuffled back behind 3 groups and didn't tee off until almost 8:15. Now we were stuck behind groups slower than a turtle's rear end. We had to leave after 13 holes.

Other friends of mine experienced having another group booked same time as theirs in the past. It appears to be a trend. They have no serviceable bar. Absolutely lame. Guys behind the register were nice at least.

Buyer beware.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 10/17/2025:
Sorry to hear about your experience. We’re looking into what went wrong and will be addressing it with our team. Thank you for helping us grow through your feedback.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout, challenging hazards

No notice of green aeration, poorly sanded, and excess plugs remaining in fringe

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Rundown

This is a championship course that is treated like a shabby unkept public course. No one fixes ball marks. Greens were aerated and we weren't informed. The bunkers are construction sand and never raked. Off fairways is all crab grass. They don't cut anything except greens, tees, and fairways (fairways were in pretty good shape). This course has the best layout in the area and should be treated that way!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 09/26/2025:
Thanks for your review. We know there’s room to improve, and we’re already working to enhance things. We’d love a second chance to give you a better experience.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great track, quite difficult

Love playing here. Played after a bad Rian storm but the place was in pretty good shape for this time of the year. Will be back!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Beginner
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Played On
Reviews 18
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course, painfully slow

I love the course, but pace of play is often a problem with the last round taking 5 and a half hours

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

So much potential wasted

The course is fun. It has a good design, lovely views, and decent condition. However, I played out there on a beautiful Saturday. The pace of play was terrible. It took almost 6 hours to complete a round. The cart girl only came twice during those 6 hours. The second time was as we were heading to tee off on the 18th hole.

The staff was friendly, but the marshall/ranger staff is useless. Two foursomes were playing together, and a single was playing between two threesomes in front of us. Despite multiple calls to the clubhouse to come out and help speed things up, nothing was done.

I would love to play this course again because it is a fun golf course, but the pace of play and lack of hydration stations or timely cart girls make me never want to return.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Lovely and challenging course

Great course to play! Carts had GPS and blue tooth speakers, the only complaint is the grill isn't fully operational, you can get some food and drinks but having such a nice course without being able to hang out on the wonderful patio afterwards is a shame. But!!! Will be back!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Ax

The staff who greeted us were wonderful. The course layout is fair and challenging. The tee boxes were in decent shape, the traps were fine, the greens were in great shape and rolled true, however the fairways were really wet so you had to take great care not to hit a ball remotely fat. Our round took 5 and a half hours but we weren’t in hurry so we were fine. We would definitely play the course again if we weren’t in a hurry as we noticed many reviews mentioning slow play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is going downhill

Have been playing this course for quite a few years. Over the years the condition has been deteriorating, this time to new low. There are weeds everywhere in the rough, bunkers packed rock hard and not raked, almost unplayable, greens are full of unrepaired ball marks and some bare spots, and no water available on the course. And carts raced by ahead unannounced, and groups cutting in at the turn. Overall not a good experience on a perfectly sunny summer day. What a shame for such a nice setup. It is now just a shadow of its yesteryear glory. We are probably not coming back to play here anymore.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Previously Played

great course layout and all the staff was very nice but the pace of play is beyond slow everytime i’m there and the fairways are in awful shape. it’s very obvious no one repairs their ball marks on the green or fill their divots in the fairway because there are chunks of grass missing everywhere. overall not worth $100+

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/08/2025:
Thanks for your review. We know there’s room to improve, and we’re already working to enhance things. We’d love a second chance to give you a better experience.
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Some tee boxes had long grass growing on them and all the greens had unrepaired divots and spike mark around the hole. Bunkers were inconsistent some with sand and some with almost no sand. Challenging layout though

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Overcharge for greens fees

Booked a foursome, one of our group didn’t show up, I got charged for the missing person. I don’t care if it’s written on the website under cancellations – that was $119. I will warn every golfer that I meet that they should be aware of how Lake Presidential operates.

Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather

Nice course but it never fails that no matter how early your tee time is you are looking at a 5 hour round. There is never a marshal out on the course making sure pace of play is in line, you always have groups searching endlessly for golf balls on every hole so its constantly backed up.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Response from on 08/04/2025:
Appreciate the honest review. Your feedback helps guide our improvements, and we hope the next time you visit it feels like a big step forward.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

Great layout & challenging - especially in the wet conditions! Be careful on the cart paths - carts will slip on the hills. Loved the course & staff - will definitely play again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 08/05/2025:
Thank you for the awesome review! We're so glad to hear you had a great experience and look forward to having you back again.
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The Best Golf Course in P.G County.. Period!

I’m so disappointed with how high the price is to play golf these days, and some of these courses are absolutely a ‘dog track’ .. but not here at Lake Presidential.. the price is very reasonable and the course layout & conditions are a top notch .. don’t take my words for it just go experience it for yourself ..

happy golfing !

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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