Langston’s Axe

Presented by the Washington Commanders

 

Sunday, September 13th | Langston Golf Course | Washington, DC

8:30 AM Check-In | 10 AM Shotgun | Reception to Follow!

The sixth annual Langston’s Axe presented by the Washington Commanders golf tournament will be held on Sunday, September 13th at the historic Langston Golf Course in Washington, DC. The Axe is our annual fundraising golf tournament and celebration of the historic golf course and its community. We hope you will join us to celebrate and raise money to support the future of the course so it can be rehabilitated in the coming years.

REGISTRATION Details

Registration includes:

  • 18 holes with cart in scramble format

  • Breakfast, lunch, and post-round reception

  • Open bar throughout the event

  • Titleist Vokey wedge (with custom fitting!) and other tee gifts

  • On-course contests and giveaways from Holderness & Bourne, Taylormade, Hyperice, B. Draddy, and more...

Event Waitlist

Registration for Langston’s Axe is currently closed. You can join the waitlist below, and if a spot opens up, a member of our team will reach out to you. Also, by joining the waitlist, you will receive priority access to registration in 2027. Thank you!

Thank you to our Event Sponsors

MORE ABOUT LANGSTON GOLF COURSE

BEHIND THE NAME

John Mercer Langston (1829 – 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician. An African American, he became the founding dean of the law school at Howard University, the first Black law school in the country. He was also the first president of what is now Virginia State University. 1n 1888, Langston was the first African American elected to the US Congress from Virginia and was the last for another century. Langston Golf Course was eventually named after him.

The celebrated Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes, memorialized his great uncle’s decades-long fight against racial discrimination when he described John Langston’s actions on discovering a street barrier erected by local whites to prevent him from passing through their section of the capital city. Hughes wrote:

“He got out, took his axe and chopped it down while the coachman held his gloves. From then on, without hindrance, he rode behind his snow- white horses through the streets of Washington – the ebony spokes of his highly lacquered carriage wheels gleaming.”

A LOOK AT PAST EDITIONS OF LANGSTON’s AXE

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Sponsorships for the 2026 Langston’s Axe are available. Please email Katy Cannon Pearce for more information.