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.