Burning Tree Club

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Aerial photograph of Burning Tree Golf Club and its golf course.
Aerial photograph of Burning Tree Golf Club and its golf course.

Burning Tree Club is a private, all-male golf club in Bethesda, Maryland. Membership in the club is extremely exclusive. The course at Burning Tree has been played by numerous presidents, foreign dignitaries, high-ranking executive officials, members of Congress, and military leaders.

In the Seinfeld episode The Bottle Deposit Pt.1, Elaine bids on a set of golf clubs used by President John F. Kennedy at Burning Tree Club on the morning of the Bay of Pigs Invasion.