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Gold at Congressional Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Bethesda, Maryland.

It plays 6,844 yards from the Blue tees, rated 73.6/135 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
71
par
6,844
yards (tips)
135
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES447406221421212553501461387511190434150540413386407204142433445365758494105113124133145154164174183PAROUT 3,609 YDSIN 3,235 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
private
address
8500 River Road, Bethesda, MD, 20817
phone
301-469-2000
elevation
246 ft derived
opened
1924

38.98994, -77.17501 — open on OpenStreetMap →

From above

Aerial imagery of the area around Gold at Congressional Country Club. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it, and the frame follows the course's location rather than a surveyed property line.

Aerial imagery of the area around Gold at Congressional Country Club, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it.

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Aerial imagery of the area around Gold at Congressional Country Club, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it. The map itself needs JavaScript.

Aerial imagery only, nothing traced over it yet · USDA NAIP 2023-09-01

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 8 rows.

BlueM71684473.613536093235
GoldM71648371.713234063077
WhiteM71605069.812931792871
WhiteF71605076.414231792871
RedM71540366.811628412536
RedF71540371.912628412536
GreenF715045contested484169.211926112230
GreenM715045contested484165.511126112230

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Green tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443435544534354443 71
Blue 447406221421212553501461387511190434150540413386407204 6,844
Gold 429387195408190525493418361493175414142512395379393174 6,483
White 403360177386172503475370333481150366127484375364375149 6,050
Red 398335142374145426401312308451101344118420302345353102 5,403
Green 28327513833013842640131230841210123410240130229330580 5,045
Handicap 371311591751118104161426812

The Studio

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  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn MarylandNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,844 yds19th of 56=3,107th of 12,02534th of 101 in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area · =1,084th of 2,954 private courses · =3,087th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 135=9th of 44=2,233rd of 8,710=30th of 83 in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area · =978th of 2,300 private courses · =2,185th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.6=8th of 41=1,853rd of 7,615=22nd of 75 in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area · =759th of 2,143 private courses · =1,838th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,799 yds between tees16th of 53=3,465th of 11,52339th of 101 in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area · =1,039th of 2,885 private courses · =3,410th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1924=3rd of 47=1,112th of 9,368=7th of 88 in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area · =607th of 2,418 private courses · =827th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level246 ft derived 29th of 56=8,762nd of 12,43767th of 102 in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area · =1,964th of 3,026 private courses · =6,286th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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What's on this page

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  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
  • Course map, not built yet.We don't have a map of this course yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Kenwood Golf Country Club

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Columbia Country Club

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Chevy Chase Club

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Washington Golf Country Club

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River Bend Golf Country Club

6.4 mi · Great Falls · private · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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