1750 Dunnington Place,
Potomac Shores, Virginia 22026
Office
+1 (571) 383 3050Pro shop
+1 (571) 383 3050Website
Visit websiteGolf pro
Todd Van Meer (PGA, Head Golf Professional).The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Significantly undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland.
Designer:
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design
38.576323
-77.270003
9 mi S of Woodbridge / 32 mi SW of Washington, DC
Potomac Shores
Potomac Shores Golf Club is the first publicly accessible Jack Nicklaus Signature design in the Washington DC metro area. Located 20 miles south of the city's "Capital Beltway", the course lies in a forested area, alongside the point where Powells Creek flows into the Potomac River. The golf club is the centrepiece for a master-planned community of residential housing.
This excellently crafted Nicklaus design expansively sweeps its way out-and-back through an attractive hardwood forest. Although lacking any holes that play directly alongside the creek or river, the roaming layout does incorporate many dramatic elevation changes. The holes are typically lined by tall mature hardwood trees, with wide playing corridors and testing green complexes.
This wouldn't be a Nicklaus layout without plenty of stylish bunkering along the fairways and around the greens, although unusually for the "Golden Bear", water is conspicuous by its absence. Housing is noticeable (and not entirely "out of range" of a sliced drive) alongside one or two holes, but most of the time you'll be playing through a pleasantly wooded environment.
Amongst an excellent collection of par-3s, the 13th is probably the toughest. Measuring 230-yards from the tips, the hole plays across a small vegetation-filled creek to a handsomely bunkered green. Long fescues and tall hardwoods provide the hole with its scenic backdrop. The par-4 2nd also presents a wetland area to be crossed in front of its green.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Walking permitted at certain times, but there are several long, steep drives between holes.
Excellent
Potomac Shores is managed by Troon Golf, a world leader in upscale golf course management.
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
You can subscribe to the Where2Golf channel on YT if you like to see more video content. You'll find a "Subscribe" button on any of our YouTube videos. Or if you want a quick and direct access subscribe here. Once done, any new published videos will show up in your Subscriptions feed.