Golf Clubs Bought and Rebuilt Under Trump

Almost none of these courses were laid out from scratch: they were established clubs, distressed resorts and private estates acquired and then reworked, so the interesting question at each is what the ground was before. Dick Wilson's 1962 Blue Monster at Doral, the Rancho Palos Verdes links whose eighteenth hole slid into the Pacific in 1999, and the New Jersey clubhouse that began as a private house all sit here for that reason. Entries track the acquisition, the earlier designer where one is documented, and which holes survived the redesign.

Places in this collection

  • Trump National Doral Miami — Established in 1962 and bought out of bankruptcy by the Trump Organization in February 2012 for $150 million, the resort carries 90 holes a…
  • Trump National Golf Club, Colts Neck — Jerry Pate designed every hole here, including the 19th, an island green kept for settling matches. A nine-hole short course sits alongside…
  • Trump National Golf Club, Westchester — Jim Fazio laid out the course, which carries the highest slope rating in the Metro New York area, about thirty minutes north of Manhattan.…
  • Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles — The course runs along the Palos Verdes cliffs above the Pacific and measures 7,300 yards from the back tees. It is one of the few Trump-own…
  • Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster — Thirty-six holes in Somerset County and the best known of the private clubs in the portfolio. It held the 2009 U.S. Junior Amateur, and the…

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