Given the former president’s connection to the game — owning 19 golf properties around the world — and the championships his courses have hosted, including the LIV Golf Finals at Trump National Doral in Miami, Trump’s courses are a common topic of conversation in golf circles.
Which courses are the best? Our course ranking panelists, who have evaluated candidate courses across the country and Canada, will let the ratings do the talking.
Trump’s international courses:
Trump Turnberry, Scotland
Donald Trump hired Martin Ebert to upgrade the legendary Ailsa course, which reopened in 2016. Changes included converting the par-4 ninth hole to a par-3 and moving the green of the par-3 11th over water, turning the hole in one par 3. nice and short one-shot.
Trump International G. Links, Scotland, Aberdeenshire
Our own Ron Whitten wrote of Trump International, Scotland: “This Martin Hawtree design is set in as spectacular a set of sand dunes as there is in golf. »
Trump International G. Links, Ireland, Doonbeg
The Greg Norman course opened in 2002 and was purchased by the Trump Organization in 2014. Trump hired Hawtree, who worked at Trump Turnberry, to modify the course.
Trump International GC, Dubai
Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner built Trump International Dubai in 2015 from barren land.
