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Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course will host a DP World Tour event for the first time as the Scottish Championship returns to the circuit from 7-10 August.<\/b><\/p>\n
The event has been played once before, in October 2020 at Fairmont St Andrews, and will replace the cancelled Czech Masters.<\/p>\n
Owned by the president of the United States, the Trump International course in the Menie area, 10 miles north of Aberdeen, opened in 2012 and staged PGA seniors tournaments in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n
Guy Kinnings, chief executive of the DP World Tour, said: “Trump International Golf Links Scotland has already earned a reputation as one of the best modern links courses in the UK and it promises to be an excellent venue for the return of the Scottish Championship.”<\/p>\n
The tournament, with a $2.75m (\u00a32m) prize fund, will coincide with the FedEx St Jude Championship in the PGA Tour’s season-ending play-offs, as well as the Chicago event in LIV Golf.<\/p>\n
President Trump, who purchased Turnberry in 2014, handed over control of his Scottish golf courses to his sons shortly before he took office at the White House for the first time in 2017 but has retained a financial interest.<\/p>\n
Eric Trump, executive vice-president of The Trump Organisation and son of the president, said securing the Scottish Championship was a “significant milestone”.<\/p>\n
It comes following claims that President Trump has made repeated requests for the 2028 Open Championship<\/a> to be held at Turnberry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n