WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to close East Potomac Park on Sunday so work could begin on a championship-caliber public golf course is on hold after a federal judge on Saturday ordered the park, its golf course and Ohio Drive SW to remain open to the public through Nov. 28.
President Trump has said the overhaul will turn the aging Hains Point course into a “World Championship Public Facility” able to host events such as the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup. In an Oct. 26 post quoted in the court’s order, he wrote that the site would close “as scheduled on November 15th in order to renovate and rebuild for Competitive (with other such projects!), Safety, Modernization, and Aesthetic reasons,” and that development “must begin, immediately, if it is to be completed in a timely and seasonal manner.”
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