National Golf Club

I paid for my green fees through GolfNow. When I arrived at the course, the staff tell me they are in a dispute with GolfNow and I have to pay for the green fees again. They claim GolfNow doesn’t pay them the green fees.

Overall the course is decent but not worth the hassle of trying to get your money back.

Pace of play was average. Bunkers were recently filled with fresh sand. The course layout features a lot of doglegs. You cannot just use the big stick to over power it. Greens were rolling at a decent speed but were a little bumpy. Seemed recently aerated which probably contributed to this. Overall solid course for the money. There wasn’t any water coolers in the course and no beverage cart.

Images of a course new to me collided with reality. Leaves everywhere, lost 4 balls over the first 8 holes - all right around the greens. Many grassless areas forcing play off of dirt. Greens well maintained, lots of well maintained traps. Friendly staff but overall not a target for my future golf plans.

Very nice layout and amenities. A bit slow pace but not terrible

Great , challenging layout. Beautiful landscape. But terrible fairways, dried out and hard. Aerated greens, slow. Some T boxes had very little grass

Conditions were leas than ideal…half of it is bare and the other half is dead. Greens were punched and we had no warning. Just way to expensive for the conditions it’s in. It has a great layout and tons of potential but in it’s current state, take your money elsewhere

Paid 60 for holiday AM so value was really good imo. Course conditions were not that bad. Spotty here and there but definitely playable. Good pace greens in decent shape.

This course has an interesting layout, requires strategic approach. 14th, 15th and tee shot on 16 (make sure to go to the elevated tee) are highlights. Unfortunately course is not in great shape. Tee boxes variable, greens ok but slow.

Nice features are the included driving range balls, and separate practice green for short game.

Clubhouse is barebones, did not see food/beverage options.

On the plus side, very convenient to downtown DC, and not crowded. On a Monday mid-morning played in 3.5 hours.

The layout of the course is really fun, and the greens were in really good shape. The problem is, they’ve completely lost the fairways. Most of them are at least half hardpan dirt, and even where there is grass it’s sparse and mostly dead. It’s very difficult to hit any type of shot off the fairway. The back 9 was in slightly better shape fairway wise but it overall it really detracts from an otherwise fantastic course.