East Potomac Golf Links - Blue Course

Even for a public course it should be in better condition. Tee boxes uneven, greens horrible shape with serious divot issues along with random animal holes with no carts available. I couldn't focus on playing while stepping in massive geese feces wet and dry all over the place. I'm told the course will shut down and get a face lift which it needs. Just because business is good, 100% by default as there's not many courses in the area.

Getting to play East Potomac as part of the National Links Trust Symposium on Municipal Golf was a treat. I'm sure that for locals, playing golf practically in the shadow of the Washington Monument, less than two miles away, feels somewhat normal. But as an out-of-towner, it gave me goosebumps to get to swing a club and chase a ball so close to the institutions of our great democracy.

The ambiance is so overwhelming that the nuts-and-bolts golf experience at East Potomac seems secondary. But thanks to the National Links Trust's stewardship, it is rapidly improving, and if the NLT's big plans for course restoration (Tom Doak restoring Walter Travis' original, reversible design) come to fruition, the course will be a bona fide national treasure. For now, it shows its age and decades of mostly benign neglect, but the greens are among the best I've putted all year, public or resort or private golf course, and they have enough interesting shaping and movement to keep you on your toes.

When you hang out at "East Po," you get to play the game you love in a unique setting, among a diverse and energetic crowd of fellow golf lovers. That's a value at almost any price, but for $38 to walk, it is hard to imagine many golf experiences in the country where that money feels better spent. If you love your country, you should adore this place.

Visiting from out of town and thought the coursewas s great value. Not difficult and well managed. Will play again when the rain passes

This course is nice for the average golfer. Very forgiving! As long as it doesn't rain 1-2 days prior, it will be great. If just a little rain it will be dreadful and drainage is terrible. Today was fantastic.

Had the first Tee Time as a 3some.

Finished 18 in 3 hours 40 minutes.

Blue course was tight but fun. Good conditions but some standing water on course. Would certainly play again.

Is this the best course ever? Absolutely not. Is it good for a weekday round? Absolutely. The greens are ok - if people fixed ball marks they’d be able to care for the greens and let them run better. The fairways are fine but not great. The rough is fair.

You’re getting what you pay for, but you might be getting more than your money is worth. The course isn’t going to wow you but there are some pretty great views of monuments. It’s an affordable, decent, and very convenient course.

The course conditions were good, a major improvement.

All the greens rolled smooth and fast. Fairways and rough were improved but need minor touch ups. We finished the round in 3.5 hrs on a busy day. Not bad for a historic municipal golf course.