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Northwest Golf Course - Island 9

Location icon 15711 Layhill Rd, Silver Spring, MD
Phone icon (301) 598-6100
9

Holes

34

Par

3,105

Yards

34.1

Rating

120

Slope

Yes

Driving Range

Description

Northwest’s Island 9 offers a shorter, more flexible golf option that’s great for quick rounds and sharpening specific parts of your game. The holes typically reward clean contact and distance control, especially if you’re using the loop to practice scoring clubs and keep a steady rhythm. Because it’s a nine-hole experience, it’s easier to fit into a busy schedule and still feel like you played “real golf.” It can also be a confidence builder—good swings show up quickly on shorter tracks. Island 9 feels like approachable, convenient golf with a clear focus on fun and repetition.

Mon, Apr 13

89

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Tue, Apr 14

81

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Wed, Apr 15

93

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Thu, Apr 16

86

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Fri, Apr 17

79

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Sat, Apr 18

86

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Sun, Apr 19

87

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Review for the driving range. Large and clean with decent prices. Don't go at sunset though because you'll be looking straight into the sun. PS watch out for mosquitoes during the summer

Jeff

3

10 months ago

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Took some lessons here with Billy and they were definitely worth the price. He was very patient with a high handicap golfer such as myself and the things he taught me definitely helped lower my scores. They also added top tracers to the range which is always nice to have. 100% recommend getting lessons with Billy they helped me finally break 100.

Brendan

5

4 months ago

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This isn’t really a four-star course. The people working here are great, they run an efficient operation, but unfortunately the course just isn’t up to par with other courses in the area. You can drive 20 to 30 minutes further north and west and spend the same amount of money fora 4 to 5 star course that blows Northwest out of the water. On the positive side, everything is fairly well-maintained here and the bunkers are actually very above average. The course has a great layout and great length, especially in comparison to other courses in this area. The greens roll true and are pretty quick. The negatives are just that there are a lot of patchy spots on both the fairways and the greens. The tee boxes aren’t very well-maintained, generally you are teeing up in a divot or sandy spot. There are weeds growing on the tee boxes as well, not a huge deal, just not a great look for a golf course. There are so many areas just off the rough that seem like they could be cleaned up so easily, it’s unclear why they aren’t. Pipes spewing water into the creek on two separate holes was odd as well. So much potential here with the layout. If I could give it 3.5 stars I probably would, as it’s hard to beat the location of this course. Needs too many improvements though.

Clayton

3

about 7 years ago

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Beautiful and long course, good condition and enough variety to make it a challenge. Well stocked pro shop, snack bar and grill with above average fare and a clubhouse patio with a great view of the first tees. Well covered and heated driving range is a plus.

Alan

4

about 5 years ago

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Got a very bad starter today (09/04/2025). I booked 4:05 pm. The pace is very slow due to some HS kids matching. We started on back 9, but decided to move on hole 18 from hole 10 as the HS kids not even on hole 17 yet. However, the starter (Kevin) was very rude and stopped us continually play hole 1. This is the first time we meet such a nonsense management member in Northwest. We have to cancel the play as we know there is no way we can even finish 9 holes .

Chuck

1

7 months ago

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