An indoor golf training center is hosting open houses this week as it prepares to open near Ballston.
The Golf Yards, a 24/7 “golf performance club” located in Three Ballston Plaza at 1100 N. Glebe Road, is hosting drop-in tours this week and temporarily waiving its initiation fee — normally $1000 for an individual, or $1500 for a family plan — as it seeks to welcome its first members.
An indoor training center meant to help golfers improve their game year-round is under construction inside an office building near Ballston.
The Golf Yards, a membership-only training facility with golfing simulators, a sand bunker and “elite-level coaching” for golfers of all experience levels is aiming for an early April opening at Three Ballston Plaza (1100 N. Glebe Road).
Few high-school golfers from Arlington teams have participated in the annual Girls State Open since the competition began in 2002.
This year, three broke through and qualified — the most in any season.
Having not played well on the same course two weeks earlier, Finn Watson said he had “no expectations” when returning to the Bristow Manor Golf Club to play in the Class 6 state tournament.
He proceeded to make the most of the second chance.
A close but still disappointing runner-up finish in last year’s region golf tournament helped motivate the Washington-Liberty Generals to win this fall’s event.
The Generals captured the 36-hole 6D North Region tourney by carding a two-day score of 298-319–617 on the par-72 Bristow Manor Golf Club near Manassas.
For the second straight year, the same two high-school golf teams from Arlington carded top finishes in the Liberty District tournament.
The county’s Washington-Liberty Generals successfully defended their title, with the first-round leader Yorktown Patriots placing second.
It was by a slimmer margin than in 2024, but the Washington-Liberty Generals recently won the three-team Arlington County high-school golf championship for the second straight year.
The Generals finished first with a 9-hole score of 143 on the East Potomac Park Golf Links course in D.C. The Yorktown Patriots were second with 146 and the Wakefield Warriors third at 149.
Golfers from two Arlington high school teams recently participated in a competition, aiming to advance in the qualifying process to earn a spot to play in this summer’s U.S. Open championship in Pennsylvania.
Finn Watson from Washington-Liberty High School and Logan Reilly from Bishop O’Connell High played in the U.S. Open 18-hole local qualifying tournament at Northwest Golf Course near Silver Spring.
With top finishes in the spring season’s three biggest tournaments, the Bishop O’Connell Knights enjoyed their best golf campaign in years.
The high-school team finished second in the Washington-Catholic Athletic Conference tourney, fourth at the Washington Metro Boys Golf Championship, then tied for fourth at the season-ending co-ed Division I private-school state competition.
A first-round lead didn’t hold up the second day as the defending golf champion Marymount University Saints finished second in the Centennial Conference Championships.
The two-day, 36-hole women’s event was held at Waynesboro Country Club in Pennsylvania. Although finishing second, Marymount did not earn a berth to participate in the NCAA Division III tournament.
Golf in Arlington County can’t be discussed for long until Henry Kerfoot‘s name is mentioned.
From the 1940s until his death in late January, Kerfoot was a pioneer in the sport, even during his senior years.
With three top players back from last spring’s Centennial Conference championship women’s team, the Marymount University Saints are in a good position to have another strong season.
The Saints opened their 2025 spring campaign by winning the Shenandoah University Spring Fling in Bradenton, Fla., at Heritage Harbour Golf Club.
