Trump National Golf Club Washington DC
Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia · Loudoun County golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 36
- Architect(s)
- Tom Fazio, Arthur Hills
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Trump National Golf Club Washington DC sits on 800 acres along the Potomac River in Sterling, in the Potomac Falls area of eastern Loudoun County -- despite a name that reads as a Washington DC address, the club has never been physically located in the District. The property began life in 1991 as the Lowes Island Club, the golf centerpiece of the Lowes Island residential subdivision (itself part of the larger Cascades/Potomac Falls master-planned area), before the Trump Organization purchased it in 2009 and renamed and renovated it, engaging architect Tom Fazio to rework the course. Today the club carries two 18-hole, par-72 courses -- the Championship Course and the Riverview Course, both credited to Fazio and original architect Arthur Hills -- and is one of the most nationally visible golf addresses in Northern Virginia, thanks largely to its tournament history rather than to any bundled residential development of its own.
Golf & Course
The Championship Course plays to 7,693 yards and the Riverview Course, which runs along the Potomac shoreline, to 7,234 yards, both par 72 with bentgrass greens and fairways. The club hosted the 2017 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship and has become a recurring LIV Golf venue, hosting LIV Golf Washington DC in 2023 and confirmed as the host of LIV Golf Virginia presented by Maaden, May 8-10, 2026 -- the league's second visit to the venue and third Mid-Atlantic stop overall. That 2026 date makes this one of the few Virginia golf-residential anchors with an active, currently-scheduled professional event, a meaningful and rare fact for a course that is otherwise a private members' club rather than a public-facing tournament venue.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Play is restricted to members and their guests; the club does not appear to offer general public access. Membership draws from across Virginia, Maryland, and DC rather than being restricted to any single nearby neighborhood, and no source found this session describes membership as bundled to, or required of, any specific home purchase. Homeowners in the adjacent Estates at Lowes Island neighborhood or the broader Cascades/Potomac Falls community do not receive club access as part of buying there -- proximity to the club is not the same as access to it, and that distinction should be confirmed directly with the club by any buyer considering the area specifically for this reason.
Living in Trump National Golf Club Washington DC
The club sits at the center of what real estate sources describe as the Lowes Island portion of Cascades, a roughly 2,500-acre, ~6,500-home planned community that also includes Countryside, all within the Potomac Falls (ZIP 20165) area of Sterling. The smaller Estates at Lowes Island enclave (105 homes, split between Great Falls and Potomac Falls addresses) sits immediately around the course. None of this residential fabric is formally tied to club membership -- it is a case of a nationally known private club integrated into, but not administratively connected to, a large surrounding subdivision.
Location & Surrounding Area
The property sits along the Potomac River in eastern Loudoun County, roughly 25 miles from downtown Washington DC and convenient to the Dulles Toll Road/Route 7 corridor, Dulles International Airport, and the broader Loudoun/Fairfax tech corridor.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Initiation (range low)
Current$50,001
privateIQ directory estimate labeled as its 2026 membership-cost figure, not an official club-published rate sheet. Conflicts with a separate secondary-source claim of an initiation fee approaching $100,000; treat as directionally indicative only.
Initiation (range high)
Current$75,000
Same caveat as initiation_fee_min.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and annual dues directly with the club -- sources found this session conflict by tens of thousands of dollars.
- Confirm whether any residency-based membership sponsorship or priority exists for Estates at Lowes Island or Cascades/Potomac Falls homeowners (none was found, but the club's own membership terms were not directly accessible this session).
- Confirm gated/security status of the club grounds independent of the surrounding community's own HOA gates, if any.
Notable
- Originally developed in 1991 as the Lowes Island Club; acquired and renamed by the Trump Organization in 2009-2010.
- 800-acre site with two 18-hole, par-72 courses (Championship Course, 7,693 yards; Riverview Course, 7,234 yards).
- Hosted the 2017 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.
- Confirmed host of LIV Golf Virginia presented by Maaden, May 8-10, 2026 -- the venue's second LIV Golf event after its 2023 debut, which set attendance records for the league.
- The club's brand name, 'Washington DC,' does not reflect its actual physical location in Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia.
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