Burgum Touts New DC-Area Golf Course Design: Fazio’s ‘Championship Quality’ but ‘Affordable’
The plan calls for championship-quality golf at highly discounted rates for National Capital Region residents as a federal court fight continues over the course’s future.
- On Thursday, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum unveiled a rendering for the renovated East Potomac Golf Links, featuring a redesigned 18-hole championship course by Fazio Design.
- Trump struck a deal with the National Links Trust to renovate the site after terminating the nonprofit's 50-year lease in December, which also includes Langston Golf Course and Rock Creek Park Golf.
- Architect Tom Fazio's plan replaces the existing 36-hole layout with a single 18-hole course, featuring a revamped driving range and reserved green space at the peninsula's tip.
- Advocacy group Save East criticized the proposal Thursday, citing "zero public input" and the reduction from 36 holes to 27, arguing design offers "less access for the people who have used this place for generations."
- Burgum compared the project to public facilities like Bethpage Black and Torrey Pines, promising "highly discounted rates" as the administration intends to transform the properties into premier public golf courses.
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Interior Secretary unveils plans for renovated East Potomac Golf course, fees
Plans for the renovation of East Potomac Golf Links in D.C. are coming into clearer view Thursday after Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shared on social media an image of the design.
District Links: Trump administration posts rendering for ‘championship-quality’ course at East Potomac; ad spending picks up in mayoral race; and more
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum this morning unveiled the first official rendering of Fazio Design’s concept for a renovated East Potomac golf course, posting on social media that it would offer the region’s residents “championship-quality golf at affordable, highly discounted rates.”
Burgum touts new DC-area golf course design: Fazio’s ‘championship quality’ but ‘affordable’
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday revealed a rendering of the renovated East Potomac Golf Links, located just outside of Washington, D.C. Burgum wrote on social platform X that he was “excited to unveil the design” of the renovated layout. Fazio Design, founded by golf course architect Tom Fazio, will work on the project, he…
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