Let’s beat the dead horse with more Running Horse
Golf course architect Donald Trump is getting a lot of press out of his purchase of Running Horse. The LA Times managed to snag the money quote from the Donald.
“They ran out of a thing called money,” Trump said in a telephone interview, “so I bought it.”
I know this [...]
Running Horse owner looked gift horse in the mouth
Golf course architect Donald Trump pulled a fast one - a day after reporting that the Donald’s bid for the troubled Running Horse project had been pulled, the property’s developer accepted the Donald’s $40 million bid.
Owner Mick Evans signed a letter of intent with Trump for the sale of the troubled course, Evan’s attorney Harry [...]
Pete Dye explains how he designs a course
Pete Dye is building a course in the Tennessee mountains - 60 miles north of Knoxville - and he took time out to explain his design process.
“I’ll be doggone if I can see it (a course) on a piece of paper,” said the 81-year-old Dye. “And nobody else can either. But you have to come [...]
Running out of time, Trump pulls offer for Running Horse
Golf course architect Donald Trump has had enough. He’s pulled his $40 million offer for the project and decided to wait it out to bankruptcy.
“I think I’m better off withdrawing my bid and waiting for the bankruptcy,” Trump said on the show. “Eventually, I think it’s going to go to auction.”
Trump also expressed contempt for [...]
Running Horse tournament gallops to Florida
Golf course architect Donald Trump has put a bid in on the Running Horse project. His original bid of $10 million was rejected - but the Donald doesn’t go down without a fight.
Donald Trump told Action News Anchor Liz Harrison by phone Tuesday afternoon that he is ready to begin work on Running Horse immediately [...]
The Golf Club of Cape Cod opens
Rees Jones newest design, The Golf Club of Cape Cod, opened last week. The private club is located in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Looking at the press release and this article on the opening, there’s little that would necessarily be worthy of drawing attention to.
There is an older interview with Jones at GolfonCapeCod.com.
Most of the tees [...]
“I want you to make sure that your man here writes a good story about me. But whether he does or he doesn’t, I’m still worth six billion dollars.”
Golf course architect Donald Trump is the subject of this lengthy Michael Bamberger article at golf.com. The article is so long and interesting that I have no idea what to clip to post here because there is simply too much information worth retaining. The best I could come up was the headline, which was Trump’s [...]
Harding Park fees likely to increase
More evidence that redoing a golf course just isn’t worth the effort and cost to attract a professional golf tournament can be seen at San Fransisco’s Harding Park golf course. The course continues to operate in the red - to the tune of $1.4 million. In an attempt to bail out the course, the city [...]
TPC Smorgasbord: Avenel, Boston, Myrtle Beach, San Antonio, Scottsdale
Updates from all over on the ever changing TPCs.
TPC Avenel
Geoff Shackelford heads off the updates, with the find of Leonard Shapiro’s WaPo coloum on changes being made to Avenel - who hopes to nab Tiger’s event from Congressional. The Tour is sinking some major cash into the deal.
The PGA Tour, Sullivan said, has set the [...]
Running out of headlines for Running Horse
The drama that is the saga of Running Horse golf course keeps on chugging along. In April, it was reported the course and its PGA Tour tournament were in trouble. Then, golf course architect Donald Trump thankfully stepped into the picture to really give us something to talk about.
Well, it’s a week since the Donald [...]
