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Gainesville, Virginia 20155
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Robert Trent Jones Golf Club Teaching Center (for members only).The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Gently undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland and many lakeside holes (Lake Manassas).
Designer:
Original design by Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1991); modifications by Kyle Phillips (2014).
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1.5 mi SW of central Gainesville / 35 mi W of Washington, DC.
Robert Trent Jones GC
The private Robert Trent Jones Golf Club is home to one of the top-rated and finest championship golf courses in Virginia. Often referred to as the "father of modern golf course architecture," Robert Trent Jones Snr (1906-2000), considered the course he designed and built here on the banks of Lake Manassas as his crowning masterpiece.
Jones envisioned a championship course that would provide a top competition course, as well as a prestigious golfing retreat in the Washington DC area. The Club duly hosted the first four Presidents Cups that were played in the United States, and all were won by the USA team. The course has also hosted the PGA Tour, and a Solheim Cup (2024).
In this serene and wonderfully scenic lakeside setting, half the holes play directly alongside the lake. Plenty of elevation change, stylish bunkering and beautifully crafted holes are hallmarks of this superb layout.
Limited access: this private course is generally playable only by members and their invited guests.
Private club; visitors/guests may only play if hosted by a member.
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Robert Trent Jones Golf Club played host to the first four Presidents Cups that were staged in the USA (1994, 1996, 2000 and 2005). During this time span, the event was also played at Royal Melbourne (1998) and the Fancourt Links in South Africa (2003). This team event is now firmly established in the world's golfing calender, and is played between the top 12 male professional players of the United States and the top 12 from the rest of the world (excluding Europe).
Also on the banks of Lake Manassas, to the west of the RTJ GC, you will find the public-access Tom Jackson-designed Stonewall Golf Club. To the east of RTJ GC, before its permanent closure in 2017, lay Virginia Oaks Golf Club. Its course had three or four lakeside holes.
Virginia's 3rd best course (Golf Digest, 2023/24).
USA's 120th best course (Golf Digest, 2023).
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
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