WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: Logs and debris are piled on the course at East Potomac Golf Links on October 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. The National Park Service confirmed in a filing they had marked over 500 trees for removal as the Trump Administration mulls over a renovation for the golf course. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

CARY, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 18: Vijay Singh of Fiji does an interview with golf analyst John Cook after winning the SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club on October 18, 2026 in Cary, North Carolina. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

NEW DELHI, INDIA - OCTOBER 18: Eugenio Chacarra of Spain celebrates after his winning putt on the 18th green on day four of the DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club on October 18, 2026 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty images) *** BESTPIX ***

The Presidential limousine known as "The Beast" carrying US President Donald Trump leaves Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach heading towards Mar-A-Lago in Florida on October 18, 2026. President Trump is returning to Washington, DC later today after campaigning in Georgia and Kentucky over the weekend. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

The Presidential limousine known as "The Beast" carrying US President Donald Trump leaves Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach heading towards Mar-A-Lago in Florida on October 18, 2026. President Trump is returning to Washington, DC later today after campaigning in Georgia and Kentucky over the weekend. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Hains Point and the East Potomac Golf Links, including a mound of debris from the White House's East Wing project, is seen in Washington, DC, September 1, 2026. Trump on October 18, 2026, unveiled his plans for overhauling a beloved municipal golf course in the US capital, a project already mired in a contentious legal fight. On Truth Social, Trump posted a mockup of an 18-hole course which would dramatically change the historic East Potomac Golf Links, saying construction is set to start in November. A federal judge last week excoriated the Trump administration for cutting down hundreds of trees at the golf course with less than a day's notice, in an apparent circumvention of her previous order requiring prior notification of such work. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Golfers in East Potomac Park pass a debris pile from the excavation of the White House campus's ball room construction, in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. Trump on October 18, 2026, unveiled his plans for overhauling a beloved municipal golf course in the US capital, a project already mired in a contentious legal fight. On Truth Social, Trump posted a mockup of an 18-hole course which would dramatically change the historic East Potomac Golf Links, saying construction is set to start in November. A federal judge last week excoriated the Trump administration for cutting down hundreds of trees at the golf course with less than a day's notice, in an apparent circumvention of her previous order requiring prior notification of such work. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump speaks with golf course architect Tom Fazio (2L) and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (L) at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2026. Trump on October 18, 2026, unveiled his plans for overhauling a beloved municipal golf course in the US capital, a project already mired in a contentious legal fight. On Truth Social, Trump posted a mockup of an 18-hole course which would dramatically change the historic East Potomac Golf Links, saying construction is set to start in November. A federal judge last week excoriated the Trump administration for cutting down hundreds of trees at the golf course with less than a day's notice, in an apparent circumvention of her previous order requiring prior notification of such work. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)