Turnberry (golf course)

Trump Turnberry

Trump Turnberry logo
Trump Turnberry Golf Course, November 2016
Club information
Turnberry (golf course) is located in Scotland
Turnberry (golf course)
Location in Scotland
Coordinates55°18′55″N 04°49′58″W / 55.31528°N 4.83278°W / 55.31528; -4.83278
LocationTurnberry, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Established1906, 118 years ago
TypePrivate
Owned byThe Trump Organization
Total holes45
Events hostedThe Open Championship (4)
Senior Open Champ. (7)
Women's British Open (1)
Walker Cup (1)
Websitewww.trumphotels.com/turnberry
Ailsa Course
Designed byWillie Fernie, redesigned by Mackenzie Ross 1949–51, redesigned by Martin Ebert 2015–16
Par71
Length7,448 yards (6,810 m)
King Robert the Bruce Course
Designed byMartin Ebert
Par72
Length7,204 yards (6,587 m)
Arran Course
Par31

Trump Turnberry is a golf resort in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, located on the Firth of Clyde in southwest Scotland. It comprises three links golf courses, a golf academy, a five-star James Miller-designed hotel from 1906, along with lodge and cottage accommodations. Turnberry was a popular golf course and resort from its inception, made accessible because of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. It closed in both World Wars for military use, and there was concern it would not open following World War II, but it was redesigned by Mackenzie Ross and re-opened in 1951.

The course was the scene of the 1977 Open Championship, where Tom Watson scored a close victory over Jack Nicklaus. The property has been owned by the Trump Organization since 2014,[1][2] who now brand the course Trump Turnberry.

  1. ^ Lemon, Jason (12 July 2018). "Trump in Scotland: What Does the President Own in the Northern U.K. Country?". Newsweek. Retrieved 17 September 2018. In December, the Turnberry course also lost a controversial tax break from the Scottish government, The Guardian reported. Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay was pressured to make the changes after it was revealed earlier in the year that the Trump property had kept more than $140,000 a year due to a business rates relief scheme.
  2. ^ MacAskill, Ewen (24 June 2016). "Donald Trump flies in for Scotland visit as protesters converge on Turnberry". The Guardian.