TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm
History
TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm opened in May 1986, originally known as TPC Avenel, and was designed by the firm of Edmund Ault and Thomas Clark (with tour player Ed Sneed as consultant) on 220 acres of rolling wooded countryside in Montgomery County, Maryland, fewer than 20 miles from the U.S. Capitol. It was notably the third TPC stadium course constructed and the first to plant its fairways in Zoysia grass. The course hosted the Kemper Open and its successors — ultimately the Booz Allen Classic — as a regular PGA Tour stop for more than two decades. Following the departure of the Tour event, the original design drew criticism for some uninspired routing. The layout was comprehensively redesigned by PGA Tour Design Services (led by Steve Wenzloff and Jim Hardy) and reopened in April 2009 as a dramatically improved 7,139-yard, par-70 test, with Rock Run Creek expanded and integrated more naturally throughout. TPC Potomac remains one of the premier private golf clubs in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Signature Hole
17th hole, par 3 — a demanding mid-iron shot over Rock Run Creek to a well-bunkered green surrounded by natural hardwood landscape
Notable Tournaments
- Kemper Open (1980–1999)
- Booz Allen Classic (2000–2006)