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MacLeod Course, Trump International

Where: Balmedie, Aberdeenshire
Designer: Martin Hawtree
ETA: TBC

Named for site owner Donald Trump’s mother, a second course at Trump International in Aberdeenshire was finally approved by Aberdeen City Council in the north-east late in 2020.

To
be built adjacent to the existing 18-hole course on the Menie Estate,
plans for the former US president’s second track were approved by local councillors
in September 2019. Various campaigners subsequently called for that
decision to be overturned but to no avail, full planning permission for
the Martin Hawtree-designed links being granted last October.

According to the Trump Organisation,
the new course “will contribute towards the significant social and
economic benefits expected to be delivered by the wider development
proposals within the Menie estate”.

Shortly after the plans for the second course were first approved last year, councillors also rubber-stamped plans for 550 houses to be built at the Menie resort, as well as shops and food outlets.

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Michael McEwan is bunkered's Head of Content and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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