What to know about Trump's golf business in Scotland and British Open bid amid overseas trip
Well, this seems like only a family business trip --to drum up business.
What to know about Trump's golf business in Scotland and British Open bid amid overseas trip
The Trump Organization has golf resorts in Turnberry and Aberdeenshire
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-golf-business-scotland-british-open-bid-amid/story?id=123972692
By Benjamin Siegel and Lalee Ibssa July 25, 2025, 8:04 AM
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ABC News Live Mounted police patrol in front of the hotel at Trump Turnberry Golf Courses, in Turnberry on the south west coast of Scotland, July 25, 2025, prior to the arrival of U.S. President.
President Donald Trump is making his fourth international trip of his second term this week, traveling to Scotland, where his mother was born, and where he plans to spend several days at his family's golf courses -- including one he's said should host the British Open.
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In 2020, ABC News confirmed that Woody Johnson, then-U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, told colleagues he was asked by Trump if he could persuade the British government to hold the British Open golf tournament at Turnberry. The British government later said Johnson never made a request to Scottish officials, and Trump denied asking Johnson to do so.
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, which organizes the Open, the world's oldest golf tournament, said in a statement shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack that it had "no plans" to stage the Open at Turnberry and "will not do so in the foreseeable future."
"We will not return until we are convinced that the focus will be on the championship, the players and the course itself and we do not believe that is achievable in the current circumstances," the chief executive of The R&A wrote in the statement at the time..................