Golf in Washington

Washington is the capital of the United States, a planned city laid out by Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791 where the broad diagonal avenues and monumental architecture of the federal core reflect the founders' ambitions for a capital worthy of the republic. The golf facilities serving the District are concentrated in the city's park system—the National Park Service operates East Potomac Golf Links on the Potomac peninsula, where courses play beneath views of the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument, and Rock Creek Golf Course within the national park corridor that bisects the city from north to south. Langston Golf Course in northeast Washington carries historical weight as a site of African American sporting culture during the segregation era, when it served the Black golfing community excluded from other District facilities. The Armed Forces Retirement Home Golf Course serves the military community from a campus where Lincoln spent his Civil War summers.