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Donald Trump Golf Course Blacklisted From Hosting ‘The Open’
Turnberry, Donald Trump’s golf facility in Scotland, is reportedly banned from hosting The Open until the former President sells his property.
The former US President purchased the golf course in 2014, five years after it hosted the famous championship.
During a visit to the course in early May, Trump told GB News that ‘everybody wants to see the Open championship here,’ adding that only a few ‘minor adjustments’ would be required to get the course ready.
According to the Telegraph, the tournament’s organizing body, the R&A, is adamant that Turnberry will not be a host.
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After the attack on the Capitol in January 2021, Donald Trump is thought to have been informed that his candidacy would not be taken into consideration for the honour owing to the perceived threat of potential demonstrations at the occasion.
A source inside the company stressed that the position was ‘unchanged’, adding: “We have no plans to stage any of our championships there in the foreseeable future and will not return until we are convinced that the focus will be on the championship, the players, and the course itself.”
Another added: “The way it looks now, how would have to sell up before anything changes.”
The final choice will be disappointing to the former President, who has been eager to point out his connections to the R&A.
In an interview with GB News, Donald Trump said that, on the recommendation of the business’s former CEO Peter Dawson, he had lately made a significant investment in redeveloping the course.
“It was done with a great architect,” Trump said. “A great golf architect recommended by Peter Dawson. I said, give me the best one and (that’s) Martin Grant Hawtree. He’s a fabulous guy, a fabulous man. What he does is this type of course, he really did a great job.”
