Donald Trump is set to transform two of the most iconic holes at Turnberry’s Ailsa championship golf course.
SunSport can reveal planners have given the green light. Work To begin with the seventh and eighth holes, the course on which The Open Championship was held, including the 1977 Duel in the Sun.
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The seventh hole will be moved west from its current location, bringing it right next to the beautiful southern coast. Ayrshire beach.
The tees for the eighth hole will move to the right of the new seventh hole – which is just a stone’s throw from the iconic Turnberry Lighthouse.
These changes are temporary Close However golfers can still play on Turnberry’s King Robert the Bruce and Arran courses while the work is underway.
The changes represent the biggest renovations at Ailsa since a major project undertaken by renowned architect Martin Ebert in 2016 on the ninth, tenth and 11th holes.
The Open has been held on the Ailsa Course four times, most recently in 2009 when Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson in a play-off win This was his first major title.
But the famous course was removed from the Open rota after the US Capitol riot In January 2021, in which former U.S. chairman Trump — who has owned the resort since 2014 — has been widely accused of wrongdoings.
Before last year’s Open Championships But Royal liverpoolThe R&A’s outgoing chief executive Martin Slumbers reiterated the governing body’s position to move the event back there.
Slumbers said: “Until we are confident that any coverage at Turnberry will be about golf, the golf course and the championship, we will not return any of our championships there.”
Speaking to Bunkered magazine last year, Trump Organization executive vice president Eric Trump insisted that the R&A’s situation would eventually change.
He said: “Turnberry is by far regarded as the best course on the rota. That’s just the way it is. Everyone will tell you that.
“If the decision is political, as it appears to be, there’s nothing I can do about it.
“What I can do is build the best golf courses in the world Earth.It always ranks in the top five anywhere in the world. It’s been rated No. 1 several times. That’s the only thing I can control.
“When the tournament comes and they want to do it, it will be fantastic. We will be there with open arms. We Love to do.”
It remains to be seen whether the latest course changes will encourage the R&A to reconsider the Open Championship.
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Approximately 55,000 rounds of golf are played at Trump Turnberry each year, with 31,500 of those rounds played on the Ailsa Course.
Since the 2016 changes, Ailsa has been ranked by Golf Monthly UK and Ireland’s No.1 golf course.
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