New Aberdeenshire Golf Course by Donald Trump Set to Open in Summer | UK News
Announcement has been made that Donald Trump’s new golf course in Aberdeenshire will be opening next summer.
The 18-hole MacLeod Course is named after the former US president’s Scottish-born mother Mary Anne MacLeod.
The course is said to complement the existing championship links at Trump International near Balmedie in Aberdeenshire, offering what they call the “greatest 36 holes in golf“.
Mr Trump and his son Eric undertook the groundbreaking at the site last year, which provides views across the North Sea.
Mr Trump’s son Eric during a visit to Trump International Golf Links. Pic: PA
Trump International describes the links as “one of the most environmentally-friendly and sustainable courses ever built”.
In addition to the two courses in Aberdeenshire, Mr Trump – the Republican presidential candidate – also owns Turnberry golf club in Ayrshire.
Mr Trump’s golf resort near Balmedie has stirred controversy in the past as the coastal sand dunes at the site lost their protected status in 2020.
The dunes at Menie, north of Aberdeen, had been considered a “high quality example” of a geological system characteristic of northeast Scotland, according to NatureScot.
However, after Mr Trump’s golf resort was constructed, the dunes were no longer deemed a part of the site of special scientific interest.
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For the new golf course, Trump International stated that over 10 hectares of vegetation were translocated across the largest sand dunes in Scotland, allowing indigenous plants to thrive and expand.
Lead golf contractor Esie O’Mahoney, of Golflink Evolve, stated that this project was “by far the most environmentally-friendly and sustainable golf project we have ever worked on” in his 30 years in the industry.
In a recent incident, Ryan Routh was arrested after allegedly trying to assassinate Mr Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course in Florida.
