Robert Trent Jones Golf Club Course Review

The Robert Trent Jones Golf Club is the namesake of the famous golf architect and its just like the Augusta National is for Bobby Jones, Dornoch and Pinehurst are for Donald Ross and Muirfield Village is for Jack Nicklaus, i.e. its one of the American meccas of golfing. Robert Trent Jones designed over five hundred courses and it makes for one of the biggest name in golf architecture, but the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club should be his best work, because it wears his name after all, doesnt it? So, if this course is arguably the best design of Robert Trent Jones, its definitely worth paying a visit, right? To begin with the basics, the golf course was designed by you know who and it was built in 1991, being a private facility available for its members and their guests. As per accolades, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club was ranked recently, in 2015, as number 65th on Golfweeks Top One Hundred Modern Courses and also ranked 2nd in Virginia by Golf Digests 2015-2016 Best in State list. Its worth mentioning that the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club hosted the 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2005 Presidents Cup and the 2015 Quicken Loans National Tour Event.

Basically, this baby has them all: a great name, an awesome design and a lot of accolades in its very short career sort to speak. What to expect playing the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club? Well, this is a very exclusive golfing resort to begin with, located 1 hour west of the White House and its membership is composed of the whos who of the Washington DCs political scene. There are other national members as well, but you know what I mean. The course was designed and built specifically for hosting PGA Tour and other major golfing events and that says it all. The bunkering around the course is amazing and very attractive, creating lots of opportunities for golfers to analyze their game and the conditioning is impeccable all throughout the course, with exceptionally beautiful fairways and the truest greens in the universe.