Trump Gets Go Ahead For Second Scottish Course

Plans for a second 18 hole course at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire have been approved

Trump Gets Go Ahead For Second Scottish Course

The Trump Organisation has been given the green light to build a second course at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire.

The resort will be getting a second 18-hole course called the ‘MacLeod’, named after US President Donald Trump’s Scottish mother Mary Anne MacLeod.

It is to be build to the south and west of the current course, which features highly in Golf Monthly’s UK and Ireland Top 100 Course rankings.

Councillors on the Formartine area committee in Aberdeenshire approved the plans for the second course by eight votes to four.

They recommended planning permission subject to conditions.

The new course is hoped to boost tourism as well as the economy in the local area, which could also have 550 new homes built if the Trump Organisation’s plans get approved in the coming days.

The Championship course at Trump International opened for play in 2012 and was designed by Martin Hawtree.

The Golf Monthly Top 100 panel say, “The ‘wow’ factor in among towering dunes never lets up right from the start to finish,” calling it “a spectacular course offering the best of modern links golf.”

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Executive vice president for Trump International Scotland, Sarah Malone, said: “We have already built what is widely recognised as being one of the greatest golf courses in the world and have delivered on our promise to create an internationally-renowned links that draws tens of thousands of golfers and visitors.

“The second golf course, designed to the same world-class standards, will be a tremendous addition to the site. We remain fully committed to delivering on our original vision, despite the many obstacles that have been thrown at us.”