Trump administration asked NFL's Commanders to run historic D.C. golf course

With the president’s sights set on prime golf real estate, the Interior Department is seeking new partners to run Langston, the historic home of Black golf in D.C.

The Trump administration has approached an unusual potential operator to take over control of one of Washington’s historic public golf courses: the Washington Commanders football team.

Officials with the Interior Department last month asked the NFL team’s charitable foundation about overseeing Langston Golf Course in Northeast Washington, the historic home of African American golfers in the region, according to two people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them publicly. The golf course is less than a mile from the team’s future home at the former RFK Stadium site.

“We’ve been asked to look at if we can play any role in the renovation of Langston Golf Course adjacent to the future home of RFK stadium and are studying the needs of this historic facility that has contributed so much to D.C.’s golf history,” said a team spokesperson.

The team is not likely to take on the project because it falls far outside the charitable foundation’s scope of work, a person familiar with the discussions said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them publicly. The Commanders’ foundation primarily handles community initiatives such as clothing drives, holiday food distributions and community events, and does not operate golf courses or other properties.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/05/01/langston-trump-commanders-golf/