A nonprofit has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to continue operating public golf courses in the nation’s capital, ending a months-long dispute.
National Links Trust and the Department of the Interior reached the deal, announced the deal on the night of May 8. The Trust will have a long-term lease at Rock Creek Park Golf and Langston Golf Course. The nonprofit will also continue operating East Potomac Golf Links until the National Park Service begins a historic restoration there.
“We are pleased that Washington, DC’s municipal golf courses—East Potomac Golf Links, Langston Golf Course, and Rock Creek Park Golf—will now remain open, accessible, and affordable for the residents and communities that depend on them,” Mike McCartin and Will Smith, co-founders of National Links Trust, said in a statement….
Department of the Interior Reaches Deal With DC Golf Courses
