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National Treasure: The White House's Dirty Takeover of Public Golf Courses

Pablo Torre Finds Out

The Athletic

January 23, 2026

Show Notes

Golf can be for the people. But politics has come to the tee-boxes of D.C., as Trump literally takes a dump on public courses, with a gilded mission to re-shape the people's fairway — and a historically Black home of the sport — in his own image. Garrett Morrison of Fried Egg Golf explains the rubber-stamp meetings, pimp-my-ride addendums and bros in the ear of a president chasing faux-luxury waterfalls, A.I. logos and... asbestos?


• Read more at Fried Egg Golf: "The National Links Trust's Battle with the Trump Administration, Explained"


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