Donald Trump, the US businessman has been given courtesy of the course by Aberdeenshire Council's Formartine area committee and is to proceed with the building of a massive 36 hole complex on the Menie Estate, Aberdeenshire.
Trump. who's mother,Mary MacLeod, hails from the island of Lewis in Stornaway believes that he has the right credentials to return near to his family roots.
The complex, which will also have a hotel, golf academy, residential homes and turf grass research centre.
The design is being handled by the Hawtree practice who are the longest established, and still operating, golf architecture company in the world.
I suspect that there will be announcement shortly for greenkeeping staff. I also suspect a real clamour for the prestigious jobs and will await avidly news of who is to take charge.
I have been looking over some of the photographs and you can almost see the fairways already. It will be true links golf as it was designed to be. I wonder how long it will be before the Open is held there?
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