River Bend Golf & Country Club

2015 GRAA Top 50 Golf Range / Private Facilities

River Bend Golf & Country Club

John Madden, PGA Head Professional

375 Walker Road

Great Falls, VA 20194

http://www.rbgcc.org

golfshop@rbgcc.org

Facility Amenities:

  • Grass tees (2 acres of grass tees – space for 80 players to hit at one time)
  • Bays with mats (36)
  • Accurate yardage measurements on tees to targets
  • Short Game Practice Area
  • Grass Putting Green
  • Golf shop (1,550 sq. ft.)
  • Ball flight monitor

Type of Range Targets:

  • Flags
  • Bunkers
  • Built-up greens
  • Fairway cuts
  • 6 wedge target nets

Instruction provided.

Number of PGA Professional Instructors: 6

Clubfitting services provided.

Number of range balls dispensed per year: 2,000,000

Number of range balls in inventory: 10,000

New balls are acquired: Annually

Best range promotion: We have a very active instruction program for adults and juniors. For adults, we run golf schools, 3 levels of Get Golf Ready Classes that run year round, Practice Programs, extensive on-course clinics, and on-going player development programs. For Juniors, we offer year round clinics, weekly golf schools during the summer, PGA Junior League, Interclub play, and a weekly summertime competition series.

Special programs: Our facility has hosted the Regional Finals for the Drive, Chip & Putt Championship for the last 2 years.