About
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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Awards & Recognition
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Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses(2018 #5)
Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by lk3aizvOAMUf2BvDEVUl on 08/29/2026
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Photo submitted by lk3aizvOAMUf2BvDEVUl on 08/29/2026
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Tee time 12:09 just pulled up at 10 hole Photo submitted by 5LwZY47aMMdDcOUWJuoG on 05/17/2026
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nice tee box Photo submitted by 5LwZY47aMMdDcOUWJuoG on 05/17/2026
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Photo submitted by ChuckD925 on 03/31/2025
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Photo submitted by OJ5lVvGagMcAIhKOsiGs on 06/06/2023
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Photo submitted by OJ5lVvGagMcAIhKOsiGs on 05/25/2023
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Photo submitted by Earl6682541 on 05/25/2023
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Photo submitted by Earl6682541 on 05/25/2023
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Photo submitted by DCobbs27 on 04/08/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163113091 on 09/15/2022
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Photo submitted by u314160400694 on 04/12/2022
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Photo submitted by Caps4Life on 04/04/2022
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18 tee Photo submitted by JethroTull69 on 05/31/2021
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Photo submitted by JethroTull69 on 05/31/2021
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Looking down the 18th fairway Photo submitted by Chase6086409 on 08/30/2020
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Photo submitted by Bradley3605592 on 07/14/2019
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Photo submitted by CoffyBlackz on 06/25/2019
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Photo submitted by CoffyBlackz on 06/25/2019
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Can be intimidating...l Photo submitted by Richard2188714 on 06/02/2018
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Photo submitted by airman86 on 09/23/2015
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18th Fairway Photo submitted by u000004793512 on 09/11/2013
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Photo submitted by Michael5933060 on 06/15/2013
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Photo submitted by Bkbutler on 01/21/2013
Golfer Reviews
Amazing course
This course is very challenging course.
Lake, Woods, I really enjoyed playing this course. Definitely, the best course in D.C and Maryland area.
Also, price is very reasonable.
I played here $100 15 years ago. But now $130 on weekend.
Thank you
Great Course, Especially for the price.
Great Course. I went out on Christmas day. Greens were still well maintained. Clearly, The fairway looked a little bit rough, but that was because of the season we were in. I still had a great time and my playing partner loved it as well, who has played several tour courses, like Augusta, so he knows a bit more about courses than I. I cant wait to go back in the spring/ summer
Beautiful golf course 🍀🍀🍀🍀
As always the best choice to spend a day . Beautiful golf course and great layout .
Tee boxes have more sand than their bunkers. Stupid cart would lock up randomly on the fairway. This place is very overpriced and I would not come back again
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.
Great layout, challenging hazards
No notice of green aeration, poorly sanded, and excess plugs remaining in fringe
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!
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!
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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+