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Blue Course
Before the 2011 U.S. Open, Rees Jones changed how Congressional’s Blue Course finished. In 2006 he reversed the old par-three eighteenth to create a new tenth, making the former seventeenth the closing hole. The redesign altered the sequence without abandoning most of the course’s established corridors.1
Open the Club record- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Club location
- Potomac Maryland
The Blue Course prepared for 2011
The greens were later rebuilt to USGA standards while retaining their 1989 contours. Changes made in 2010 included a longer eighteenth tee and a shift of the eleventh fairway toward its stream. This is the course configuration documented before the 2011 championship, rather than an account of later redesign work.1
Sources and record notes9 references
Sources for this history
- Congressional Fully Prepped in Advance of 2011 U.S. Open
Rees Jones Inc.
PDF pages 1–2: 2006 reversal of old 18th; retained contours and 2010 changes. Historical 2011 configuration only.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Course record sources
- Club mark sourceClub Mark
- USGA National Course Rating Database: Congressional Blue, CourseID 31211Course record
- USGA National Course Rating Database: Congressional Blue Course physical factsCourse holes and par
- Rees Jones Inc.Rees Jones · Redesign · 2006
- Rees Jones Inc.Rees Jones · Renovation · 2008
- Rees Jones Inc.Rees Jones · Renovation · 2010
- PGA: Congressional Blue course director guideAndrew Green · Renovation · 2019–2021
- J. Drew Rogers: Congressional project and course historyDevereux Emmet · Original design · Date unrecorded