Trump National Golf Club, Golf course in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Trump National Golf Club is a private club on 800 acres at Lowes Island in Potomac Falls, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C. It holds two par-72 courses: the Championship Course, redesigned by Tom Fazio, and the Riverview Course by Arthur Hills, which runs along the Potomac River. The grounds also contain a 50,000-square-foot clubhouse, an 82-foot swimming pool, an indoor tennis center and a fitness center.
The club was formerly the Lowes Island Club; its Riverview course was added in 1999, designed by Arthur Hills. Donald Trump bought the property in 2009 for $13 million from a bank after the previous owner defaulted, then invested at least $25 million and hired Tom Fazio to remake the courses. Renovations finished in June 2015, and the course hosted the Senior PGA Championship in May 2017, won by Bernhard Langer.
A stone pedestal between the 14th hole and 15th tee of the Championship Course holds a plaque about the "River of Blood", which claims many soldiers died at "The Rapids". Local historians found no record of such an event; the only Civil War deaths on the island were two soldiers of the 34th New York Infantry in 1861. The plaque drew wide attention during the 2016 campaign.
The private club sits on Lowes Island in Potomac Falls, northwest of Washington, D.C., and is reached from the Virginia side of the Potomac. The Championship Course, redesigned by Tom Fazio, and the Arthur Hills Riverview Course both play to par 72. Facilities include a 50,000-square-foot clubhouse, an 82-foot pool, an indoor tennis center and a fitness center.
The course layout integrates the rolling hills of Loudoun County with water features, creating different levels of difficulty across eighteen holes.
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