The Interior Department is seeking new partners to run Langston, the historic home of Black golf in Washington, D.C., including the NFL’s Washington Commanders. The course is less than a mile from the team’s future home, the former RFK Stadium.
Officials with the Interior Dept. last month asked the team’s charitable foundation about overseeing Langston Golf Course in NE Washington and making improvements, the Washington Post reported. The foundation normally organizes community charity activities and does not operate golf courses or other properties.
The administration is searching for a new operator for Langston after terminating the government’s lease in December with National Links Trust, a nonprofit that restores and preserves public golf courses. The group had operated Langston and the city’s two other public courses—East Potomac Golf Links and Rock Creek Park Golf—under a long-term agreement, with plans for millions of dollars in upgrades aimed at restoring the courses while keeping them accessible to everyday golfers.
East Potomac, which President Donald Trump wants to remake into a championship course, will stay open for now.
U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes told the Trump administration it cannot make major changes at East Potomac Golf Links without advance notice.