East Potomac Golf Links - Blue Course

Its wide open but with a lot of hazards. You still have to golf your ball and keep it in the short grass. Because the rough makes you pay. 👍🏾

This was my first time to Washington DC, so also my first round of golf there. The course is very busy with all kinds of activities. The pro shop is well stocked and the staff was very friendly. I had pre-booked a power cart but you don't need it. This might be the flattest golf course I've ever played. It has a nice layout and you can see the Washington Monument from several holes. The course is pretty open but has a few tight holes. The fairways and greens were acceptable. I would definitely play here again.

Fairways in rough shape, but the course is much improved from where it was a few years back. Sand was fluffy and raked, greens were soft (although slow), tee boxes patchy but mostly level.

You know what you are getting when you book a round here. Decent price, close to the city, lots of beginners roaming.

First time playing this course. Easy course to walk. Very flat. Several interesting holes and lots of views of the Washington Monument. STAFF was very friendly, course was in pretty good condition, greens were a little rough. I had a great time playing here and will play it again if I come back to DC.

Parking: 10/10

The golf course has tons of parking.

Clubhouse: 6/10

The clubhouse was okay, small, not much going for it. There was a restaurant like area that meets the needs.

Driving Range: 3/10

Tons of stalls & double decker. The stalls need to be updated, new mats, new balls. The range itself is mostly dirt.

Putting Green: 5/10

Okay. Small for the amount of people playing there.

Course: 6/10

A great muni for the price. Wide open. Fairways are green. Greens are fair, semi-undulating, some rough areas (patchy, dirt).

I will play there again.

Course was flat and easy to walk. Greens were slow and I didn’t get a birdie putt to the hole. Shot 77 but it could have been much better. All in all it was a fun round!

It’s very hard to know where the pin is located. Very frustrating. Why don’t they either use different flags ( red white and blue )or different numbers A-B-C based on the pin location. It’s not very hard.

Course is fine for the money. Fairways are a bit chewed up and the greens were very quick so you’d find yourself on the backside of the green pretty frequently. Bunkers could be better groomed- the sand was more like dry dirt.

If your shot ends up in the rough, good luck finding your ball. Lots of very thick grass and the roughs weren’t clean, so even if your shot landed somewhere in the open you’d still spend a lot of time looking for it. When that happens, you get groups behind you giving you a hard time about slowing the pace of play.

Lastly, we played for ~4 hours and didn’t see a beverage cart once. There are water stations every few holes, but if you want anything more than that you’ll have to wait until the turnaround and risk upsetting the group behind you again when they catch up to you.

Again, course fees are pretty low so it’s a fair value for what you pay. Just don’t expect anything close to a private club experience.

Fairways could have been better but the pace of play and greens were good.

Overall: 3/10

-Blue Course 18 Holes. Played 13.

-I was in a two man group with a cart.

Course condition: 4/10

-Course needs more signage designating which hole you are at, directions, easy to get lost.

-Great Views of the Potomac but the only good thing about the course was the greens.

-Cart Paths are a serious hazard.

Pace of Play:

-Had an Afternoon Tee time, marshall started us late which hindered our ability to play a full round.

-Waited on each hole for 10/15 minutes just to tee off.

-We had multiple groups of four in carts that were playing holes twice to pass the time, in front of them were multiple of players electing to walk the course ended up taking us 2.5-3 hours to finish 9 holes

-There is no course management, Marshall's will not speed anything up as they are no where to be found.

Range:

-Machines did not work waited for 35/40 minutes to try and have a warmup session but couldn’t.

Staff:

-Poor service, tried to seek out help a few times and when we did we were given unhelpful answers or “I dont know”.

-played 9 holes in 2.5-3 hours. Only got to play 13 holes due to the poor pace of play and we went to talk about what I have listed above in this review the responses from staff were “so what” “thats just the way it goes”.

Wouldn’t recommend this place.

The Blue Course is the best maintained of the 3 East Potomac courses in my opinion. The greens are spotty and the fairway isn’t the best quality grass but there aren’t dirt patches or holes and unkept rough like many other courses at this price point. Most holes are very straight with not much variation but that is great for a beginner like myself. Shot a career best 83 when I don’t always break 90, this course will definitely give you a confidence boost. Gorgeous scenery and a pleasant constant breeze with ample parking make this course an absolute must for NoVA/DC residents!

Nice day and nice people and course growing in nice.

Overall its a good course. Decent dinning facility and pro shop to get you going. The driving range needs new hitting matts to practice on. The practice putting green is decent. The course greens at the moment are not bad but I've seen better. I enjoyed playing this course and easy to say I'll be back to play another round!