National Park Service Terminates Leases on Public DC Golf Courses

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration this week terminated the leases of the public golf courses in the nation’s capital. East Potomac Golf Links, Rock Creek Park Golf, and Langston Golf Course were leased by the National Park Service to National Links Trust, a nonprofit. In a statement, National Links Trust said it is “devastated” by the end of the 50-year leases that were signed in 2020 and that it has “consistently complied with all lease obligations as we work to ensure the brightest possible future for public golf in DC.” The administration said that National Links Trust has been in default under the leases. The nonprofit said it disagreed with that characterization, saying it had “invested over $8.5 million in capital improvement projects at the courses, including critical short-term improvements that have paid significant dividends, more than doubling rounds and revenues while keeping green fees well below the market average for area public courses.”...