East Potomac Golf Course

2013 GRAA Top 50 Golf Range / Public Facilities

East Potomac Golf Course

Tim Krebs

972 Ohio Drive, SW

Washington, DC 20024

http://www.eastpotomacgolf.com/

tkrebs@golfdc.com

Facility Amenities:

  • Grass tees (3)
  • Bays with Mats (100)
  • Heated Bays (26)
  • Accurate yardage measurements from tees to targets
  • Short game practice area
  • Lighting for night use
  • Grass Putting Green
  • Covered Areas
  • Golf shop (1,000 sq. ft.)
  • Food & beverage
  • Miniature golf course (18 holes)
  • Indoor simulator
  • Ball flight monitor

Type of Range Targets:

  • Flags
  • Built-up greens

Instruction provided.

Number of PGA Professional Instructors: 10

Number of LPGA Professional Instructors: 2

Clubfitting services provided.

Number of range balls dispensed per year: 13,000,000

Number of range balls in inventory: 120,000

New balls are acquired: Twice per year

Best range promotion: East Potomac Golf Course gives (for free) all group lesson students(2,631 students in last year) $20 range cards to encourage them to practice at the range facility in between lessons. East Potomac Golf Course gives Rewards members points back on every purchase made at the range which will allow them to pay for future range purchases. We also offer free supervised practice days two times per week in dedicated areas at the range which are open to all group lesson students who are looking for additional help.

East Potomac hosts a weekly Young Professional’s Driving Range Social event welcoming new young golfers to the range and offers a package deal, for $8 they get a token for 52 balls and a beer. In an advertisement in the Washington Nationals baseball program, East Potomac gave away a free bucket of range balls to anyone who scanned the deal.

Special programs: The First Tee of Washington D.C. uses East Potomac as their D.C. home base they. It operates out of our facility and runs their non-profit programs on our courses.
-East Potomac annually hosts Paul Berry Neediest Kids “Get Hooked on Golf” programs for DC Public School kids
-East Potomac partners with the Middle Atlantic PGA and hosts Play Golf America Day, welcoming over
400 guests each year
-LPGA partners with East Potomac on regular events and programs
-The Executive Women’s Golf Association, Metro Washington, DC Chapter, and East Potomac annually hosts a Women’s
Golf Month Networking Reception celebrating Women’s Golf and is open to the public. There are over 400 guests each year participating in the reception, including LPGA girls and First Tee students.
-East Potomac is Audubon International Certified and a proud member