The venue within the property’s new 20,000-sq. ft. clubhouse, which was designed by Hart Howertown and opened with a ribbon-cutting earlier in June while President Trump was at his Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un, will be open to the public for breakfast, lunch and dinner and offer East River and sunset views. The…
Ribbon Cut on New Clubhouse at Trump Golf Links in New York
The new permanent clubhouse for the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx was opened two years ahead of the stipulation for it in the contract with New York City that gave the Trump Organization the right to build the new course on a landfill. Given recent reports of declining rounds and revenues…
Rounds Dip at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point
The municipal facility in the Bronx, N.Y., which cost $127 million to build, does not have a permanent clubhouse, lost revenue in its second year, and has come under sharp criticism from nearby residents who say the fees are too high. Under the terms of the city’s contract with the Trump Organization, the clubhouse must…
Vandalism, Protest Occur at Trump Courses
Some 200 protesters demonstrated in a public park within Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verde, Calif. to form the word “RESIST!” with their bodies, as course officials and sheriff’s deputies watched from the clubhouse. Across the country in the Bronx, New York, vandals cut down four 30-foot trees at Trump’s newest course, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point.
Request to Expand Trump’s New York Course Denied
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.
Nicklaus Design to Help with Historic Inner-City Golf Project in Buffalo, N.Y.
The golfing great’s design firm has offered to build two destination-caliber golf courses as part of the revival of the city’s historic Frederick Law Olmsted parks. The course designs would include landscaping for winter recreation, such as cross-country ski trails and sled runs. An education center for inner-city youth is also part of the plans for the $40 million project.
Trump’s New NYC Course Starts Taking Tee Times in Anticipation of April 1 Opening
Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, a $269 million collaboration between Donald Trump and designer Jack Nicklaus built on a former landfill in the Bronx, will be New York’s first new golf course in 52 years. Greens fees at the most expensive public golf facility ever built in the U.S. will range from $141 for New York residents during the week to $215 for non-residents on the weekend.
Cost of Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Balloons to $236M
At 10 times its original cost when construction started in August 2000, the Bronx, N.Y., property is expected to be complete next spring. Built on a former landfill, the city is spending $181.4 million on the 190-acre golf course itself, plus $54.6 million for 30 acres of adjacent parkland and a waterfront esplanade, according to the Independent Budget Office.
Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Completes Construction
Though it will not be open to the public until spring 2015, the Bronx, N.Y., property, which is built over a former landfill, has finished construction 12 years after it was initially scheduled to open. Trump stepped into the project in 2011 with a 20-year lease following the departure of the original developer, and invested $850,000 in the golf course and $10 million in a yet-to-be-built 12,000-sq. ft. clubhouse and practice area.