For Trump, a Major Win In the Homeland of Golf
November 04th, 2008 / News you can use / Add your comment
Two of my favorite passions, business and golf come together as one. Love him or hate him, Donald Trump knows how to work a room.
LONDON, Nov. 3 — Scottish officials on Monday approved U.S. tycoon Donald Trump’s controversial plans to build what Trump calls “the greatest golf course in the world” along Scotland’s wind-swept northeastern coast.
Over objections from environmentalists who say local officials have been “blinded by the bling,” government planners gave the go-ahead for Europe’s largest golf and housing resort, a 1,400-acre, $1.6 billion complex of two championship courses, a 450-bed hotel, 500 private houses and 950 time-share villas.
