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W HEN THE O THER S IDE

E XPECTS A D UEL, O FFER

A PARTNERSHIP

Tr ump Inte r national Golf

Link s, Scot la nd

have always been interested in building a golf course in Scot-
Iland for two very good reasons aside from the spectacular
beauty of that country: My mother was born there, and Scotland
is the birthplace of golf. Golf has been an important part of my
life, and needless to say, so was my mother.
I spent five years reviewing sites and I turned down over
200 possibilities for development throughout Europe. I was
waiting patiently for the right place, and when I saw the links
land at Menie Estate, which is in northeast Scotland’s Grampian

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