Which of the region’s golf bars are for you? Five sip and swing experiences in the D.C. area, explained.
The Park Service signed a 50-year lease with National Links Trust to manage East Potomac, Langston, and Rock Creek golf courses.
CitySwing’s owner says she wants to create a space where women and people of color feel comfortable learning to golf.
What is one of professional golf’s all-time greats smiling about? Best caption wins a free round of golf.
Yes, we’ve always had an inkling that Montgomery County was a tweak or two away from full-on collective dementia, but it appears as if the U.S. Open golf tournament at Congressional Country Club may have pushed it over the edge.
Steve Marino Sure, Tiger may have missed the cut for the first time in forever, but a much more interesting local story has developed in Scotland. Steve Marino, a Fairfax native who began swinging a golf club in his Northern Virginia backyard at the age of three, sat atop the leaderboard of the British Open as third-round play teed off this morning at Turnberry. Marino, who shot a solid 67 on Thursday and holed…
Tiger Woods celebrates after winning the AT&T National golf tournamentat Congressional Country Club, Sunday, July 5, 2009, in Bethesda, Md.(AP Photo/Nick Wass). Tiger Wins AT&T National: Although an incredibly strong round by Hunter Mahan — an eight-under 62, tying the course record that had been set by third-place finisher Anthony Kim on Thursday — held the end result temporarily in question at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, there just wasn’t any way that Tiger…
Photo of the Langston Legacy Golf Course by elswifterino Writing in the Examiner, Hayley Peterson reports on a resurrected bill from D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton that would allow private companies to take over running the District’s three public golf courses in order to finance much needed improvements. The plan, presumably, would mean access to the historically cheap public courses would become more expensive. Any readers out there care to educate this non-golfer on…
The idea is a simple one: close your eyes and imagine playing putt-putt golf. You played when you were a kid, but there aren’t exactly tons of courses close to the city, so it’s been a while. Still, you remember: the colorful balls, the tiny pencils to keep score with, the fanciful courses with themes like pirates or dinosaurs. Now, imagine you can combine all of that with your love of booze. Because really, what…
Neither Mozart nor Hockey Themed Washington works hard to burnish its dining credentials. D.C. fat cats who are literally fat need somewhere to eat, and they’re not going to throw down lobbyist dollars for just any slop. No. D.C. is a dining destination, beckoning the up-and-coming chefs and their myriad foodie followers. People are noticing, too. From the New York Times to the National Geographic Traveler, we’re a getting noticed — enough so that a…
