Leisure World Golf Club

Leisure World Golf Club is the clearest example in Maryland's DC suburbs of golf genuinely bundled to residency rather than sold as a separate country-club membership. The 18-hole, par-71 course, designed by Desmond Muirhead, sits inside Leisure World of Maryland, a private, gated, 650-acre active-adult community in Silver Spring home to more than 8,000 residents aged 55 and older -- one of the largest age-restricted communities in the state. The course is explicitly framed as a community amenity: it is open to all residents and their friends and family, and while a formal Golf Club (organized into Men's, Ladies' 18-Hole, and Ladies' 9-Hole leagues) exists and is encouraged, joining it is not required simply to play.

This distinction matters for a golf-oriented buyer evaluating Leisure World: the golf itself functions like a bundled community amenity (similar in spirit to a pool or clubhouse), while the formal club/league structure layered on top is closer to an optional social membership. Housing in the community ranges from single-family homes to attached homes and condos, all sold as resale properties, spanning below $100,000 to the low $800,000s -- a genuinely wide range reflecting the community's age and unit-type diversity. Every homeowner pays a mutual fee (set by their specific building/section association) plus a community-wide Trust fee (2026 example: $275.73/month, covering basic cable and high-speed internet) regardless of whether they golf.