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United News of India
06-05-2025
- Business
- United News of India
Trump course to host revived Scottish Championship
London, May 6 (UNI) Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf course will host a DP World Tour event for the first time as the Scottish Championship returns to the circuit from August 7-10. The event has been played once before, in October 2020 at Fairmont St Andrews, and will replace the cancelled Czech Masters. Owned by the president of the United States, the Trump International course in the Menie area, 10 miles north of Aberdeen, opened in 2012 and staged PGA seniors tournaments in 2023 and 2024. Guy Kinnings, CEO of the DP World Tour, said: "Trump International Golf Links Scotland has already earned a reputation as one of the best modern links courses in the UK and it promises to be an excellent venue for the return of the Scottish Championship." The tournament, with a $2.75m (£2m) prize fund, will coincide with the FedEx St Jude Championship in the PGA Tour's season-ending play-offs, as well as the Chicago event in LIV Golf, the BBC reported. President Trump, who purchased Turnberry in 2014, handed over control of his Scottish golf courses to his sons shortly before he took office at the White House for the first time in 2017 but has retained a financial interest. Eric Trump, executive vice-president of The Trump Organisation and son of the president, said securing the Scottish Championship was a "significant milestone". It comes following claims that President Trump has made repeated requests for the 2028 Open Championship to be held at Turnberry. The UK government last week said it would be up to the R&A, organisers of the major, to decide which course stages the tournament. President Trump and White House officials have reportedly spoken to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer about the Open returning to the Ayrshire venue, which last hosted the event in 2009. BBC Sport has been told by several sources that the UK government has asked the R&A about its position on the matter in recent months. Some £200m of improvements have been carried out at Turnberry since the Trump acquisition of the course. New R&A chief executive Mark Darbon said in April he "would love" the course to host the tournament again, specifying that logistical issues pose the stumbling block, not who owns it. The number of spectators attending the Open has dramatically increased since 120,000 people attended Turnberry in 2009, with 278,000 spectators set to attend this year's event at Royal Portrush. For now, the Scottish Championship will thrust a Trump course into the spotlight. Spaniard Adrian Otaegui was the winner of the inaugural Scottish Championship five years ago. UNI BM
Daily Record
05-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Record
Donald Trump boost as Scottish golf course to host top-level event for first time
The US President has made no secret of his ambition to attract the world's top players to his two golf courses in Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire. Donald Trump's dream of establishing his Scottish golf courses as leading venues for top level events has received a boost amid reports a DP World Tour competition will be staged at one for the first time. It is understood an announcement is imminent over a deal to bring a professional tournament with a purse worth $2.25m to the Trump International Scotland resort in Aberdeenshire this August. It will be a boost for the links course after it posted losses for each of the past 11 financial years. The tournament will be played from August 7-10 in Aberdeenshire but it is unlikely to draw a star-studded cast due to clashing with both the FedEx St Jude Championship and the LIV Golf's event in Chicago, The Times reported. It is the first time the former European Tour will take a regular event to a Trump-owned course in Europe. The US President has made no secret of his ambition to attract the world's top players to his two golf courses in Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire. Trump's ultimate priority is to see the return of the prestigious Open championship to his five-star Turnberry Hotel. Whitehall officials have discussed the staging the tournament at the South Ayrshire course with the R&A after repeated requests from the US president. The Prime Minister's official spokesman last week did not deny that officials had spoken to the R&A about the venue for the 2028 tournament. But he insisted it was not a decision for the Government. He said: He said: 'I wouldn't get into specific conversations but it's for sporting bodies to make decisions on tournament venues, not the Government. 'Obviously the Government is in regular contact with sporting bodies on tournaments in the usual way but not beyond that.' He added: 'It's clearly right and proper and usual for Government to engage with organisers of major sporting events as part of the business of government, but in terms of decisions around tournament hosting venues, that is for the relevant sporting bodies to take decisions on.' Trump has asked Keir Starmer multiple times about the possibility of hosting the Open at Turnberry, according to the Guardian.
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Donald Trump's Scottish golf course set to host top-level event for first time
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf course is set to host a world tour tournament for the first time this year. With a prize purse of around £2.25million, the DP World Tour event at Trump International Scotland Golf Links is lined up for this August and will be officially announced within the next fortnight, The Times has reported. The news comes after the course, which was opened in 2012, reported its 11th consecutive annual loss in October, with pre-tax figures revealing a £1.4m deficit for 2023. It is the first time the former European Tour will take a regular event to a Trump-owned course in Europe, but is unlikely to draw a star-studded line-up as its date clashes with both the FedEx St Jude Championship, the first event in the PGA Tour's season-ending play-offs, and LIV Golf's event in Chicago. READ MORE: Labour planning asylum crack down on students after brutal election losses to Reform The DP World Tour event follows Trump's attempts to woo the heads of the R&A, which organises the Open championship, to allow him to host the tournament at his Turnberry course in South Ayrshire. UK officials have also asked the championship organisers what the hurdles would be to hosting the 2028 Open at Turnberry, the Guardian reported this week. (Image: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire) One source said the talks were direct lobbying from the UK Government while another told the Guardian: 'The government is doing everything it can to get close to Trump. 'One concrete thing is that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have been involved in pushing for the Open to return to Trump-owned Turnberry.' Two other people reportedly briefed on conversations between the US president and Keir Starmer said Trump had asked the Prime Minister multiple times about hosting the Open at Turnberry. A spokesperson for the prime minister did not deny the claims, but told the BBC that any contact the UK Government had with sporting bodies was 'part of the business of government' and not hosting decisions. 'I wouldn't get into specific conversations but it's for sporting bodies to make decisions on tournament venues, not the government," the spokesperson said. 'Obviously, the government is in regular contact with sporting bodies on tournaments in the usual way, but not beyond that.' A spokesperson for the R&A said: 'We regularly engage with government and local government regarding venues. 'We have explained the logistical challenges around Turnberry to the government and they are aware of the position.' Last November, the then-head of the R&A said he did not want 'media noise' detracting from the game. However, since then, the organisation has changed leadership with March Darbon, the new chief executive, saying he would like to see the championship return to Turnberry 'at some point'.
The National
04-05-2025
- Business
- The National
Donald Trump's Scottish golf course to host DP World Tour event
With a prize purse of around £2.25million, the DP World Tour event at Trump International Scotland Golf Links is lined up for this August and will be officially announced within the next fortnight, The Times has reported. The news comes after the course, which was opened in 2012, reported its 11th consecutive annual loss in October, with pre-tax figures revealing a £1.4m deficit for 2023. It is the first time the former European Tour will take a regular event to a Trump-owned course in Europe, but is unlikely to draw a star-studded line-up as its date clashes with both the FedEx St Jude Championship, the first event in the PGA Tour's season-ending play-offs, and LIV Golf's event in Chicago. READ MORE: Labour planning asylum crack down on students after brutal election losses to Reform The DP World Tour event follows Trump's attempts to woo the heads of the R&A, which organises the Open championship, to allow him to host the tournament at his Turnberry course in South Ayrshire. UK officials have also asked the championship organisers what the hurdles would be to hosting the 2028 Open at Turnberry, the Guardian reported this week. (Image: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire) One source said the talks were direct lobbying from the UK Government while another told the Guardian: 'The government is doing everything it can to get close to Trump. 'One concrete thing is that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have been involved in pushing for the Open to return to Trump-owned Turnberry.' Two other people reportedly briefed on conversations between the US president and Keir Starmer said Trump had asked the Prime Minister multiple times about hosting the Open at Turnberry. A spokesperson for the prime minister did not deny the claims, but told the BBC that any contact the UK Government had with sporting bodies was 'part of the business of government' and not hosting decisions. 'I wouldn't get into specific conversations but it's for sporting bodies to make decisions on tournament venues, not the government," the spokesperson said. 'Obviously, the government is in regular contact with sporting bodies on tournaments in the usual way, but not beyond that.' A spokesperson for the R&A said: 'We regularly engage with government and local government regarding venues. 'We have explained the logistical challenges around Turnberry to the government and they are aware of the position.' Last November, the then-head of the R&A said he did not want 'media noise' detracting from the game. However, since then, the organisation has changed leadership with March Darbon, the new chief executive, saying he would like to see the championship return to Turnberry 'at some point'.
