Marcus Byrd, a Washington, DC native, grew up at Langston Golf Course. Today, he competes as a professional golfer on the APGA Tour while trying to gain status within the PGA Tour. In this episode, Marcus details his upbringing at Langston, talks through his journey through the game of golf from junior tournaments to competing in college to his professional career, and shares how having access to a municipal golf facility like Langston shaped his life. 

Host Alex Dickson talks with Christine Fraser of Christine Fraser Design about her background in golf course architecture, her vision of the future of the game, and more. Christine will be a panelist at National Links Trust's 2022 Symposium on Municipal Golf on October 24th-26th in Washington, DC. 

The National Links Trust Podcast is back and with a brand new host! Alex Dickson of the "Beltway Golfer" podcast has signed on as host and will guide us through conversations with municipal golf stakeholders and golfers around the country. For the first episode of Alex's tenure, we welcome on National Links Trust co-founder, Will Smith. Smith shares insight on the current status of the revitalization projects at the municipal courses in Washington, DC, talks about upcoming National Links Trust events, and more. 

Michael Kornheiser spoke with Michael McCartin of McCartin Golf Design to get a progress report on the renovations at East Potomac, Langston & Rock Creek golf courses.

Michael and Claude spoke to Matt Ginella about his love for golf, municipal courses and the work happening at The Firepit Collective. Learn more at https://firepitcollective.com/

Michael Kornheiser and Claude Jennings spoke with Sinclair Eaddy, President & Chief Executive Officer at National Links Trust, about the work National Links Trust is doing to  protect and promote affordable and engaging municipal golf courses. They talked about the renovation projects happening at the 3 Washington DC municipal courses. 

Michael Kornheiser and Claude Jennings welcomes you to the National Links Trust Podcast, explains what this project is all about and share their experience playing the game at municipal golf courses in the DMV.