The Donald is not an open piggy bank
After pulling his $30 million dollar offer last week, Donald Trump has become an outsider in the ongoing soap opera of the Running Horse project. Hard to blame him - the original developer failed to acquire a number of parcels that would logically be part of the project. Trump wasn’t able to acquire the parcels, [...]
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Running Horse running into road blocks
Well, it’s off again. Like a typical California star relationship, golf course architect Donald Trump’s courting of the Running Horse project has ended - for the 3,463rd time.
Donald Trump withdrew his $30 million offer for the bankrupt Running Horse golf and residential development in Fresno.
Trump representatives said they are frustrated by failed attempts to buy [...]
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TPC courses sold; synergies found
The PGA Tour sold off three TPC properties to the Heritage Golf Group - Michigan, Eagle Trace in Florida and Piper Glen in North Carolina. David Pillsbury, president of PGA Tour properties, fired off this MBA speak that surely got him a free lunch from his boss.
“Our strategic alliance with Heritage Golf Group is a [...]
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The Donald saves the Horse, doesn’t ride a cowboy
Golf course architect Donald Trump’s horse has finally come in - Running Horse is the Donald’s fine mare now for $30 million. Hold your horses though, the deal will have to be approved by the bankruptcy judge, however. (I have to use up the horse cliches because…)
And the world won’t be calling it Running Horse. [...]
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Never count out the Donald
We heard stories of doom and gloom - that golf course architect Donald Trump was out of the running for Running Horse. But the deal is back on - maybe.
Billionaire developer Donald Trump and Running Horse owner Mick Evans are on the verge of signing a purchase agreement for the financially troubled golf and residential [...]
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The Donald makes a comeback on Friday?
According to ABC 30, an offer will be made on Friday for Running Horse, but forgets to mention if it’s golf course architect Donald Trump or somebody else.
Last week, Trump withdrew his $40M offer to purchase Running Horse. Trump wanted to pay $25M in cash and $15M in profits. That deal fizzled out when the [...]
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Tiger looking at a military course redo? And a Dubai Update
Tiger Woods must have the most efficient usage of time of any human being. He’s a new father, just hosted his own tournament and is preparing for the season’s final two majors. Well, that’s not all - Geoff Shackelford finds in the Washington Post that Tiger is looking at either building his own course in [...]
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The soap oprea of Running Horse continues
The current bankrupt owner of Running Horse golf course says the deal for the course by golf course architect Donald Trump is dead. Trump’s lawyers say otherwise. Nobody seems to know what really is going on.
Current Running Horse owner Mick Evans says, “They’re really close. The Trump Organization chose to stop negotiations at this point, [...]
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Trump International, Fresno faces hurdles
If Running Horse, to be renamed Trump International, Fresno, is to come to pass, it’s going to take a major effort on golf course architect Donald Trump’s part to make it happen.
It’s going to take a herculean effort to complete the sale of Running Horse to Donald Trump. Owner Mick Evans and his lawyers met [...]
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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 [...]
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