Second Trump Course at Balmedie

[Mark Pearce]

Balmedie, Florida 


https://www.australiangolfdigest.com.au/trump-golf-course-aberdeen-scotland/

Doesn't that look more like Arizona?  Whatever it is, it doesn't look like a links.  There are lots of reasons I won't go there and that photo gets added to the list.

[Michael Graham]

That green in the foreground is giving off strong mid noughties Bro Hof vibes.

[Ally Mcintosh]

Think you’re picking on one photo and being a bit harsh folks.


I give you that the clean rock edge can be seen as a misfire. But that area of the site was incredibly wet so they’ve just embraced it.


I’m actually far more interested in this course than I was before. They could have shaped the inland holes in a very “faux dune” poor way to tie it in to the real links holes (7 to 14) but they’ve embraced the vegetation and water to give an overall experience that could be a bit of fun.


Certainly more encouraged.

[Thomas Dai]

Used to be a nice place to go for a walk.
Atb

[Garland Bayley]

Used to be a nice place to go for a walk.
Atb

Are you saying it is now becoming a good walk spoiled?

Ally seems to be indicating it may be better than the first course, which would make the place a shoo in for best 36 holes of any site in the world. After all, the first course was awarded "Best Course in the World"!

(by a Trump magazine)

[Steve Salmen]

I once played the first course up there and liked it a lot.  It's confusing why they would bastardize such a wonderful, rare piece of linksland.

[Jim Sherma]

Not sure how that type of green is expected to work in a heavy wind. Also, if keeping the green firm firm how can you not have real issues with run out given that there is no option to play the shot short of the green. It all looks well done, just less than appropriate given the location.

[Ally Mcintosh]

Hi Jim,


You may be looking at the photo the wrong way. The near green (the 6th) plays as a 4 or 5 from bottom left of the photo. Pin is back right. The green in the distance (7th) is played as a par-3 from tees just out of picture to the right.

Unless - of course - you are actually talking about the green in the distance

(N.B. I am giving this info from working out the routing on an old Google Earth before any of this was grassed.)

[Jim Sherma]

Ally - you are correct, I was thinking that the near green was being played form the right or bottom right as a forced carry. Still a scary shot with firm turf and any wind kicking from the left.

[Daryl David]

Trump can't be that much younger than Ruddy ?

Trump 78, Ruddy 79