Washington D.C.’s three municipal golf courses’ future hangs in the balance as the Trump administration officially issued a default notice to the group currently managing these sites. The National Links Trust has operated East Potomac, Rock Creek, and Langston since 2020 and holds a 50-year lease with the National Park Service to rehabilitate this land.

Now, a battle for control brews over who will shape the District’s most visible public land and fairways. The Trump administration is making a claim through the Interior Department stating that the nonprofit is violating the deal and threatening to seize the properties. The renovation timeline of the National Links Trust isn’t fast enough as per the claim, putting the group in breach of its active lease agreement.

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