It is true that Trump has made an offer on Engineers. However, this is very far from being a done deal. Unlike Briar Hall, which was close to succumbing from unbearable debt, and the NJ clubs which all involved Bank foreclosure issues; Engineers is far from being dead in the water. This summer has been a disaster with 6 greens wiped out by anthracnose and the rest severely damaged to the point where recently aerified greens putted better. In addition, the fairways were devestated by heat stress and are a good 30% lost. And adding insult to injurt the 25 yeaar old irrigation system suffered many major and minor leaks and other issues--there is a desperate need for an up to date system. This being said, there is a membership meeting concerning the offer in a couple of weeks--nothing concrete has happened other than an offer. He has expressed a big interest in having a Long Island presence and really thought highly of the course when he walked throughout the property. Supposedly, he has also expressed interest in some other Long Island clubs including some near the Hamptons. Also, there are members of Engineers who possess the wealth to top a Trump offer for no other reason than to maintain their games with friends of much lesser wealth. Also, Trump may find it harder to do anything in this town than any other in metro-NY--cutting trees down is an unbelievably difficult proceedure, let alone doing any sort of building.