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.
New York City’s first new golf course in 52 years, which is scheduled to open April 1, began accepting its first online tee time reservations on March 11, Bloomberg News reported.
The long-awaited steps toward actually playing golf came as melting snow began to give way to green grass at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, the $269 million collaboration of Donald Trump and designer Jack Nicklaus that is built on a former landfill in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx, Bloomberg reported.
The most expensive public golf facility ever built in the U.S., Ferry Point has been almost two decades in the making, Bloomberg noted. The original plan was for the course to open in 2001, but the project was pushed back significantly by cost overruns and construction, legal and environmental delays.
C&RB has posted several reports on the development of Ferry Point through the years: http://clubandresortbusiness.com/?s=Trump+Golf+Links+at+Ferry+Point
“We’re incredibly excited about what’s about to happen for golf in the New York area,” Ron Lieberman, who oversees Ferry Point as Vice President of Special Projects for The Trump Organization, told Bloomberg in a telephone interview.
Ferry Point sits on the east side of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, which connects the New York City boroughs of the Bronx and Queens, and has views of the Manhattan skyline from some of its 18 holes. The treeless links-style course is on a 222-acre former landfill and includes tall grasses and dunes that reach heights of 55 feet.
Trump, who took over the project in 2011, said he expects Ferry Point to be a future major championship site, and U.S. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem has said he’s interested in holding a tournament at the course, Bloomberg noted.
Because of Ferry Point’s pedigree, the newest of the city’s 14 golf courses is also by far the most expensive, Bloomberg reported, with greens fees ranging from $141 for New York City residents during the week to $215 on the weekends for non-residents. Discounts will be available for seniors and juniors, and the course will also have caddies available.
“Golfers are going to get an exclusive, high-end, country-club experience,” said Lieberman, who compared the quality of Ferry Point to Trump’s private course in Bedminster, N.J, where some members pay $300,000 to join along with annual dues of $25,000. (C&RB featured Trump National-Bedminster as its January 2015 cover story: http://clubandresortbusiness.com/2015/01/29/youre-hired/
Ferry Point, which is scheduled to open its $10 million clubhouse next year, will be accepting reservations for April tee times online at its website and by phone, Bloomberg reported.
“We’ve still got some considerable snow drifts on the course, but we’ve had a good melt the past few days,” the club’s General Manager, Joe Roediger, told Bloomberg. “We can’t wait for the start of spring and the golf season.”
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