Trump's Links courses

[shanker]

I've just read that Donald Trump is hoping to open a luxury golf complex at a place called Balmedie, north of Aberdeen. Apparently 36 holes of the ''best links golf in the world'', and villas from £400,000 to a million quid. I'll just dream about it.

 

[madandra]

I drove past the area this morning and it is beautiful, BUT it was effin baltic and it will be for 10 months out of the year. Go and have a go if you think your hard enough and if you have £150 per round.

 

[birdieman]

They breed 'em quite tough up there, Paul Lawrie, Richie Ramsay etc. There are currently a shed load of very very good amateurs in the NE. You are right about it being cold but it is a very dry part of the UK and you can play all winter.
The developers are in battle with the conservationists over stabilising 'moving' sand dunes and the effect on bird colonies but I expect the mighty $ will prevail. I dont expect us normal golfers will get a look in trying to play it but it will at least help the local economy. Lets just hope they get the courses right and not end up with St Andrews Bay style mediocrity.

 

[John_Findlay]

Have been keeping an eye on this project for some time now. It's been on the Scottish news for the last 2 years thanks to Mr Trump's notoriety. Personally I think the clue is in the fact that he has been complaining about the offshore windfarms just off his proposed development! It'll be like Cruden Bay on a windy day! Oh beejeezus.

 

[thebelgie24]

Wonder how hard they will make it,i think hes aiming for American tourists if its true links they might not return next hols

 

[John_Findlay]

I'm not so sure. I played up at Cruden Bay last September on a very windy day and was paired with an American tourist who loved it.

It seems to me that most American golfers who come over here are actually pretty good players, in my experience, with a great love for the game, particularly links golf. Yes, we all love to play in 70 degrees with no wind but real golfers know that we're playing an outdoor sport in the northern hemisphere so aren't gonna be blessed with the best of weather.

If it's too tough and windy some tourists won't be back but that doesn't seem to lose business for Carnoustie. Do we real golfers have a perverse love for the most impossible of challenges?