With the youth movement on the PGA tour and the dominance of long ball hitters becoming all too commonplace, it is nice to know that courses like the Pohick Bay Golf Course still exist. A course designed before the time of titanium drivers that are seamlessly propelling the average drive distance further and further, Pohick Bay demands your ability to direct each shots direction and distance with necessary accuracy without distance being the most dominating aspect of the game.

On paper the course reaches less than 6500 yards from the tips and has only a handful of sand traps throughout, but from the first tee box its evidently clear that "length" is not your friend at Pohick Bay. This hilly gem with very little rough on the fairways sides, blind tee shots and some of the most densely tree lined fairways of any course in the DC area gives you a round that demands the best from your game and then some.

Amigos favorite Hole: The hole that stands out the most at Pohick Bay is the multi-dimensional challenge of the Par-5 483-yard Number 13. With a course that has a dog leg theme throughout, this hard dogleg right requires a tee shot of only 225 yards to a rather narrow landing area.

We would suggest during your round to ride up to the turn of this hole and see the approach to the green prior to your tee shot if possible. From the bend away from the tee shot landing area of the fairway the hole drops off to and gives way to a medium sized lake with accented water fountains.  Setting up the crucial second shot is a must because if unable to clear the corner you’re forced to lay up to the landing area before your approach to the green.

This miss hit will definitely cost you a stroke because the bend leg of hole is so drastic. If you try and fad your approach around the bend your most likely to go for a swim in the encroaching lake. If you are able to make that pivotal “good” tee shot your set up perfectly to reach the green in two with a fairway wood or long iron.

On this beautiful Saturday all but one Amigo had a good tee shot with a chance to reach the green in two. The one Amigo not so lucky had to pitch to the landing area and go for the green on his third stroke.

Both Amigos with good tee shots went wide right on there second shot to the green and the one Amigo that was penalized with the inadequate tee shot was just off the right of green in three. With a good chip up and onto the green the one Amigo that took three shots to the green was able to save a Par with a good two putt while one of the three that did approach the green in two came away with the only Birdie of the day.