If you live close to the beltway and play golf, then you already know there is a "limited" number of courses to play.

Sure there are a couple of munis and few executives but playing a nice high-end championship venue normally entails a commute to the fringes of suburbia. Let’s face it, one of the reasons you choose to live so close to the city was to avoid commuting.

Luckily there are a couple of options and none do it better than Reston National Golf Club?

If you haven't played the course recently then your in for a real treat. Just this past winter the clubhouse interior was totally revamped and the range was expanded restoring the course back to a stellar championship venue.

In a time when some courses are being leveled for more town homes, management of Reston National has done a great service for golfers. Someone finally understands that the masses who commute during the work week don't want to commute to a decent golf course on the weekends.

Located only a couple of exits off the Dulles toll road the course is in an ideal location. The layout has stood the test of time and finally the amenities and creature comforts expected of an upscale course match the price charged to play.

On the course there are two dominating chrematistics that make it unique. First are the hardwood trees that tower within and around the course. The trees protect the fairways, provide obstacles to negotiate when you hit a wayward shot, but most importantly provide a serene natural setting that feels miles away from the city.

The second dominate quality of Reston National are the large uniquely sloped greens. The greens are enormous with a variety of slopes and swales to test even the best of putters. Some of the greens even resemble upside down bowls to an extent. Most of the slope resides on the perimeter of the green with a flat area in the middle.

Amigos Favorite Hole: Our favorite hole at Reston National was the downhill and narrow 431-yard par 4 number-10. The hole starts with a very intimidating tee shot. Even though it's straight downhill, the fairway narrows slightly in the middle with trees on both sides that seem to encroach slowly on the fairway.

If you hit a good drive, you should be left with a medium iron from about 150 yards. The fairway levels slightly at this spots and the green slightly elevated. Like many of the greens, you have a large target to work with but there is some trouble lurking.

There is a bunker on the right and the rough does slope down hill on the left side of the green. The green predominantly slopes back to front with a back left tier that would make for a tough pin position if the superintendent felt evil when cutting the cup.

Luckily we had a relative benign pin position and escaped the hole with no worse than a bogey out of the foursome.