REVERSIBLE DAY 2025 - AFTERNOON WAVE

An Ode to Walter Travis’ Original Design on April 18

‘Reversible Day’ is National Links Trust’s annual celebration of Golden Age architect, Walter Travis’ original design of the historic Blue Course at East Potomac Golf Links. The course hosted the 1923 US Amateur Public Links Championship, a national championship event for public golfers conducted by the USGA from 1922-2014. With its original design, the course also held the unique distinction of being one of the country’s few reversible routings.

When designing the course, Travis took inspiration from the Old Course at St. Andrews, and the layout was designed to be played in two directions, creating exciting variety for golfers on a day-to-day basis and spreading out the wear and tear from the droves of golfers patronizing the popular course. The two directions of the first nine were known as the A and B courses, and the two directions of the new holes were called the C and D nines. Today the course is played in a modified version of the B and D routing, though some changes have been made.

On April 18, 2025 at the fourth annual Reversible Day, participants will be granted the once-a-year privilege of playing a modified 14-hole version of the original A and C routings. This adventurous routing not only pays homage to Travis’ original masterpiece, but also provides a glimpse of what National Links Trust intends to restore with Tom Doak in the future. We hope you join us!

Registration

The format for this year’s friendly competition will be a two-person scramble on the 14-hole routing. Included in your registration are 14 holes of golf on the reversible routing, cart, tee gift, drink tickets, and post-round food.

You can register for both yourself and your teammate below by setting the entrance fee quantity to “2”. If you and your partner register individually, please send Chris Burns a note with your partner’s name and email so he can record your team in our records. Thank you!

As of 1:55 PM ET on January 31, the field is full. However, you can still join the waitlist below, and we will email you if a spot opens up.

Waitlist

Cancellation Policy: You can cancel your registration 60 days prior to the event and receive a 100% refund. If you cancel between 59 and 21 days prior to the event, you will receive a 50% refund. If you cancel between 20 and 11 days prior to the event, you will receive a 25% refund. Any cancellations 10 days prior to the event or less will receive no refund.

Weather Policy: This event will be played rain or shine; however, in the event of an extreme weather event, NLT may cancel 48 hours prior to the event. In this case, you may either receive a refund or convert your entrance fee to a 100% tax-deductible donation.

MORE INFORMATION

A Look at The Original Reversible Design

Photos from Past REVERSIBLE DAY Events