Golf in Issue

Issue is a small St. Mary's County community on the tidal Potomac in one of Maryland's most geographically isolated regions—the Southern Maryland peninsula between the Potomac and the Patuxent, far from any major highway interchange. Swan Point Yacht & Country Club sits at the river's edge, its marina and golf course serving a membership that regards waterfront access as the primary attraction. This part of St. Mary's County retains a distinctive rural-waterfront character shaped by centuries of tobacco farming and Chesapeake Bay waterman culture, and Swan Point represents the recreational dimension of a community life organized around the river rather than the land. The Potomac's tidal reach here is wide enough to feel oceanic on windy days, and the Maryland-Virginia border runs through the river channel a short distance offshore.