{"id":2620639,"date":"2026-06-28T18:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-renovations-to-dcs-east-potomac-golf-links-begin-in-september\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:59:47","slug":"trump-renovations-to-dcs-east-potomac-golf-links-begin-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-renovations-to-dcs-east-potomac-golf-links-begin-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Renovations to DC&#8217;s East Potomac Golf Links begin in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-renovations-to-dcs-east-potomac-golf-links-begin-in-september%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2620639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President donald Trump announced that the renovation of East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., is set to begin on September 1. During a tour, Trump highlighted the poor condition of the current golf course and expressed confidence that it can be transformed into one of the world&#8217;s best courses, capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-open-blames-biden-admin-if-unvaccinated-novak-djokovic-restricted-from-playing\/\" title=\"U.S. Open Blames Biden Admin If Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic Restricted From Playing\">hosting major tournaments<\/a> like the U.S. Open and ryder Cup. The renovation project,led by course designer Tom Fazio,follows a deal wiht the National Links Trust and the Department of the Interior. The redesigned course will feature new facilities, including a driving range facing the Washington Monument and an 18-hole course replacing the existing smaller courses. Trump emphasized that the project will elevate Washington&#8217;s prestige and provide quality, affordable golf for locals, with standards aiming to meet top-tier golf course quality. The plan also involves renovating the other two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interior-department-paves-way-for-possible-trump-dc-golf-course-renovation\/\" title=\"... Department paves way for possible Trump DC ... course ...\">public courses<\/a> in the area, Langston and Rock Creek Park.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Sunday the renovation of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/sports\/\">East Potomac Golf Links<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, will begin on Sep. 1 after months of consternation over the local project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a lengthy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116829203090822692\">Truth Social post<\/a> detailing a Sunday morning \u201ctour of various Statues, Monuments, Foundations and, most importantly, an old and rundown Golf Course\u201d Trump provided updates on the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s Reflecting Pool, Lafayette Park, and the \u201cdilapidated, worn out, and very dangerous and outdated Golf Course known as East Potomac Golf Links.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4628136\/trump-meet-communist-dc-mayor-janeese-lewis-george\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he\u2019ll meet with \u2018communist\u2019 DC mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4628098\/trump-criminally-made-algae-reflecting-pool\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says \u2018criminally made\u2019 algae purged from Reflecting Pool<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4628044\/trump-haberman-swan-regime-change-book\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump\u2019s 2020 election loss enabled powerful second term: Haberman and Swan<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">President Donald Trump, third right, tours the East Potomac Park golf course, Sunday, June 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/06\/localimages\/AP26179534888515.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump, third right, tours the East Potomac Park golf course, Sunday, June 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said Tom Fazio, the renowned course designer leading the renovations, was on the tour where it was determined that \u201cwe will build one of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship, and other top PGA Tour events,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThe grass is largely dead, the greens are virtually unplayable, and the Course is in very poor general condition, but, after many years of horrendous maintenance, and little money devoted to the process of the upkeep, we have determined that this location can bring tremendous success and prestige back to Washington, D.C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4568810\/doug-burgum-east-potomac-golf-links-layout\/\">struck a deal<\/a> in May with the National Links Trust, the group that has long leased the course, to begin renovations on Washington\u2019s three <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >public golf courses alongside<\/a> the National Park Service and \u201cother partners.\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/interior-department\/\">Department of the Interior<\/a> Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\">Doug Burgum<\/a> released the new design just days later, which appears to include a new driving range facing the Washington Monument and a new 18-hole course replacing the current two 9-hole courses and one 18-hole course.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excited to unveil the design for the East Potomac Golf Links renovation from Fazio Design. <\/p>\n<p>Like iconic public courses of Bethpage Black &#038; Torrey Pines, East Potomac will offer locals\u2014of the National Capital Region\u2014championship-quality golf at affordable, highly discounted\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/foLZAAcsj3\">pic.twitter.com\/foLZAAcsj3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Doug Burgum (@SecretaryBurgum) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretaryBurgum\/status\/2054934836771488181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4568810\/doug-burgum-east-potomac-golf-links-layout\/\"><strong>DOUG BURGUM RELEASES NEW EAST POTOMAC GOLF LINKS LAYOUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt will be built through the Department of the Interior, and designed to the Highest Standards of Golf, but also in such a way that the General Public will love it,\u201d Trump added in the post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">East Potomac Golf Links is one of Washington\u2019s three public courses, alongside Langston Golf Course and Rock Creek Park Golf, which will also be renovated under the plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump announces East Potomac Golf Links renovation to start September 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2620640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26179525827067.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81867,81868,50439,81869,3634],"class_list":["post-2620639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dc-golf","tag-east-potomac-golf-links","tag-renovations","tag-september-construction","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26179525827067.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620639"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620643,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620639\/revisions\/2620643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}