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Course Design & Features

Course Design & Features

East Potomac Golf Links Faces a Major Redesign: What the 400+ Tree Removal Fight Means for Public Golf

East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., has become the center of one of the most consequential public-golf disputes in the United States. More than 400 trees were removed from the historic course in October 2026, triggering a federal court confrontation over whether the work was part of a legitimate restoration effort or an accelerated…

Grant Fairchild
Course Design & Features

Walnut Cove Course Fit for Biltmore Championship

Walnut Cove Course Fit examined through par-71 yardage, turf, hole mix, and scoring from the 2026 Biltmore Championship debut.

Grant Fairchild
Course Design & Features

East Potomac Upgrades: Infrastructure Review

East Potomac Upgrades remain under review as design, seawall, tree, access and practice-facility questions shape the Hains Point plan.

Grant Fairchild
Course Design & Features

Medinah No. 3 Strategy After the Redesign

Medinah No. 3 redesign turned width, fescue, Lake Kadijah routing, and larger greens into a sharper Presidents Cup test.

Marcus Bellamy
Course Design & Features

Frenchman’s Creek Renovations: South Course

Frenchman’s Creek Renovations reshaped South Course strategy through ninth-hole water work, practice access, and infrastructure upgrades.

Grant Fairchild
Course Design & Features

East Potomac trees and the Golf Links Future

East Potomac trees remain central to the course redesign dispute, with removals, court limits, and access questions shaping the debate.

Brooke Whitaker