The Trump Organization has sunk more than 150 million pounds ($196 million) into its Turnberry and Aberdeen properties, but they combined to lose 4.64 million pounds in 2017. Turnberry’s loss, its fourth consecutive annual deficit since it was bought by Trump in 2014, was smaller than in 2016, when it was closed for six months…

The project backed by Mike Keiser, developer of Bandon Dunes, Sand Valley and other acclaimed golf resorts, and Todd Warnock to build an 18-hole championship course on unique sand dunes on Scotland’s northeast coast has been given planning permission by the Highland Council. Environmentalists have raised objections to the project, but local businesses and golf…

A group headed by the Bandon Dunes developer is submitting a “thoroughly vetted planning document” to the Highland Council regarding the proposed development of the 18-hole course on the coast just north of Embo, Sutherland, Scotland. Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore have been retained to design the course, which would be located just 1.5 miles from Royal Dornach GC.

The Trump Organization was told by New York City’s Deputy Mayor that its proposal to annex nearby city parkland so it could extend the border of Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point to the waterfront would not be allowed, because it would cut off public access. Further challenges for the Republican presidential candidate’s golf-related business were reported from Scotland, where substantial losses were posted for Trump’s two Scottish courses.

In one 30-minute national nightly newscast, viewers were exposed to three reports that touched on noteworthy shifts in how prominent club and resort properties are now owned, operated, marketed and perceived.

The Romeoville, Ill. property will unveil its new clubhouse, featuring The Great Hall banquet facility and the 80-seat McWethy’s Tavern, on November 9, with a grand opening scheduled for next spring.

The bar manager at Haddington Golf Club reported that his alcohol sales have dropped 70 percent, and that he can now “sometimes go a day without serving any,” after new rules took effect December 5 that set limits for men to less than a pint and for women to a small glass of wine.

Donald Trump said the “horrible look” of the renovated Pinehurst No. 2 during the U.S. Open would “translate into poor television ratings” and contended that several of his own courses were “far superior.” Reaction included a suggestion that Trump might like Pinehurst better if it had “one of your waterfalls.”