The Donald is getting the Yankee treatment in Scotland

Yes, I was reaching with that headline.

Golf course architect Donald Trump is finding his dream of building the best-golf-course-ever-in-the-history-of-the-earth-and-I-don’t-care-if-you-think-otherwise keeps hitting snags.

My tribute to Hal Sutton - to keep it simple - let’s just throw up the links to the stories.

Bid to put Trump’s resort plan off course

Fears raised over Trump golf plan

Green concerns over Trump golf plan

Basically, it’s the age old love story - economic advancement versus environmental protection.

Conservation agency Scottish Natural Heritage said it had advised the authority that the proposed complex would seriously damage an important nature conservation site and sand dune habitats.

It would also effectively destroy a third of the important natural heritage features of Foveran Links Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), SNH said.

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Taylor Anderson is a registered professional engineer in the state of Georgia. He provides consulting services with a firm in the Atlanta suburbs to individuals and companies working on land development in the state of Georgia.

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