Langston Golf Course
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| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Established | 1939 |
| Type | Public |
| Operated by | Golf Course Specialists, Inc. |
| Website | http://www.golfdc.com |
| Langston Golf Course | |
| Designed by | George Parish |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,340 yards (5,800 m) |
| Course rating | 69.5 |
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Langston Golf Course
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| Location | 2600 Benning Road NE, Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°54′10″N 076°58′04″W / 38.90278°N 76.96778°WCoordinates: 38°54′10″N 076°58′04″W / 38.90278°N 76.96778°W |
| Area | 145 acres (58.7 ha) |
| Built | 1939 |
| Visitation | 25,000 (2009) |
| NRHP Reference # | 91001525 |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1991 |
Langston Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course in Washington, D.C., established in 1939. It was named for John Mercer Langston, an African American who was the first dean of the Howard University School of Law, the first president of Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University), and the first African American elected to the United States Congress from Virginia. It was the second racially desegregated golf course in the District of Columbia, and in 1991 its first nine holes were added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The course's official address is 2600 Benning Road NE. The course's front nine are located just south of the National Arboretum. Part of the course's back nine holes are located on Kingman Island, which is bordered by the Anacostia River in the east and Kingman Lake in the west.
Langston Golf Course should not be confused with the Anacostia Golf Course, an 18-hole golf course also located in Anacostia Park. Anacostia Golf Course was on the eastern shore of the Anacostia River. It opened in May 1933 and closed in June 1958.
Langston Golf Course is an 18-hole, par 72 course. Other services offered at the course include a driving range with 50 slots, golf school, golf shop, putting green, and snack bar. There are several "junior golf" programs for children and teens, and a learning center aimed at low-income children. In 2009, about 25,000 rounds of golf were played on the course each year. Some of the more famous people who have regularly played the course include boxer Joe Louis, baseball player Maury Wills, golfer Ted Rhodes, golfer Calvin Peete, golfer Charlie Sifford, golfer Al Morton, comedian Bob Hope, President Gerald Ford, swing singer Billy Eckstine, tennis legend Althea Gibson, celebrated African American amateur golfer Ethel Funches, and football star Jim Thorpe. According to a report in the Washington Post, every great African American professional golfer in the United States has played at the course since its opening, with the exception of Tiger Woods.
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