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We are tired of fighting over golf plan, says Trump team
Friday, 5 March, 2010 - 18:38

Donald Trump’s team has moved to make peace with opponents of his north-east golf resort plans – by declaring that they are tired of fighting.

Five members of Trump International Golf Links Scotland, including the developer’s son – Donald Trump jun – toured Royal Aberdeen Golf Club yesterday.

They were on a fact-finding mission as work on what they hope will be the world’s greatest golf course begins at the Menie Estate, Balmedie.

The detailed masterplan for the site, which was submitted last month, includes four...

Challenges 'made Trump more determined'
Thursday, 4 March, 2010 - 19:06

The frontwoman for Donald Trump's golf resort in Scotland said problems involved with bringing his £1 billion vision to reality were "like a red rag to a bull" for the tycoon.

Sarah Malone, vice-president of Trump International Golf Links Scotland, said the American businessman had been warned about the planning challenges and sensitivities involved with creating a championship golf course at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire.

But she said they had only made him more determined to create "the world's greatest golf course"...

Council accused over Trump school sponsorship
Wednesday, 24 February, 2010 - 19:10
Council accused over Trump school sponsorship

Aberdeenshire Council has been accused of breaking its own rules on commercial sponsorship by allowing Donald Trump to fund sport and nature activities at a local primary school.

The US property tycoon has helped pay for a football strip bearing his name and a climbing wall for Balmedie school. The school is near where he plans to build his controversial £1 billion golf, hotel and housing resort...

Golfer should split from his wife – Trump
Sunday, 21 February, 2010 - 10:21

Donald Trump has told Tiger Woods that he should end his marriage, write it off as a “bad experience” and become an international playboy.

The businessman, who wants to build the world’s best golf course at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, stunned television viewers in America yesterday by claiming the golfer should “say bye-bye” and move on.

Mr Trump, who has been married three times, said the best thing Woods could do now was get back to the sport which made him a multimillionaire.

“Tiger’s a friend of mine and I...

Donald Trump's masterplan for ‘world's greatest golf course' in Scotland
Wednesday, 17 February, 2010 - 18:43
Donald Trump's masterplan for ‘world's greatest golf course' in Scotland

The American tycoon Donald Trump today revealed his masterplan for “the greatest golf course in the world” to be built on a windswept stretch of Scottish coastline.

The controversial proposals — first mooted more than three years ago — also include a new village, complete with shops, pubs and cafes.

Trump International Scotland received outline planning...

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