Donald Trump’s Turnberry a viable future Open Championship host? | Live From The Open | Golf Channel

Donald Trump’s Turnberry a viable future Open Championship host? | Live From The Open | Golf Channel

PRESS CONFERENCE AS THE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE RNA . ON THE QUESTION ABOUT TRUMP WHO WILL BE IN OFFICE UNTIL 2028. AND FOR RNA WITH ST. ANDREWS AFTER THAT. THEY SEEMED OPEN TO HEAVEN TO ME HAVING THE TOURNAMENT AT TRUMP RNA . WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? >> WHEN YOU CHOOSE VENUES, THERE IS WHERE, WHEN AND WHY NOT? THERE ARE THREE STRIKES AGAINST TRUNBERRY RIGHT NOW. THE QUALITY OF THE GOLF COURSE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE QUALITY OF THE COURSE IS NOT THE ONLY REASON THAT COURSES ARE CHOSEN. THERE IS OWNERSHIP. AND WITH HIS PREDECESSOR, IF THEY HAVE A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP ON DONALD TRUMP’S GOLF COURSE, THE FOCUS WOULD NOT BE ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP . LOGISTICS IS ANOTHER ISSUE. IT IS A VERY NARROW ONE RODE INTO TRUNBERRY AND THERE IS NOT A TOWN NEARBY . THAT IS WHY HE TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF THE OTHER COURSE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. THE FINANCIALS ARE ALSO A CONCERN. IN 2009 THERE WERE 120,000 SPECTATORS AND THERE WILL BE 275,000 THIS YEAR. THE POTENTIAL CAST LAWS FOR THE RNA AND THEIR BIGGEST FINANCIAL DRIVER OF THE YEAR, TO GO TO THAT VENUE, I DON’T THINK VERY IRNA POSITION. AS LONG AS DONALD TRUMP IS PUSHING IT, LET’S HAVE A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THAT WILL KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. THEY ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT DUBLIN. THEY HAVE OPTIONS THAT DON’T COME WITH BAGGAGE. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THE RNA WOULD LIKE TO AVOID . >> THIS IS MY FIRST TRIP TO IRELAND, UNFORTUNATELY. AT 50 YEARS OLD, IS MY FIRST TRIP. I WAITED TOO LONG TO COME HERE. THE VENUE IS SPECTACULAR IN THE TOWN IS FANTASTIC. I’VE BEEN HERE FOUR DAYS AND I’M HAVING A GREAT TIME. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN IRELAND. AND FOR MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE TAKEN TRIPS ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND ARE GOLF ARCHITECTURE NURSE AND HAVE BEEN TO THE GREATEST GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE PLAYED ALL OVER IRELAND AND HAVE TOLD ME COUNTLESS TIMES HOW GREAT THE GOLF IS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, SPECIFICALLY. AND PORTMARNOCK WAS AT THE TIP OF THEIR TONGUE AS FAR AS BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST GOLF COURSES ON THE PLANET. IF THE PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED, WHICH I’M SURE THEY CAN, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE COUNTRY OF IRELAND, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC . >> AND OF COURSE THE PEOPLE ARE FANTASTIC. AND IN THE MEDIA CENTER FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I WANT TO GET BACK TO TRUNBERRY WITH YOU . THE FACT THAT THE RNA HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TRUMP OFFICIALS. YOU THINK THEY COULD PLAY AT TRUMP TRUNBERRY ? >> AND THERE IS SCOTLAND’S PERIOD WHERE IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THERE ARE COURSES THEY COULD ADD AND IF YOU DO, YOU WILL PUSH ANOTHER VENUE DOWN THE ROAD. THE ONE YOU PUSH DOWN IS TURNBERRY. WITH THE NEXT FEW YEARS OF WHAT THAT WOULD BRING. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, I WOULD ARGUE THERE IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE LIABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE LARGE CROWDS THAT THE RNA WANTS . AND I WAS TALKING TO THE MEMBERS AT DEERFIELD AND WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED WITH THE SCOTTISH OPEN. IT IS BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT. THERE IS MORE ABOUT HANDLING TRACK DINGING TRAFFIC FLOW AND THEY ARE READY TO MAKE THE MOVE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. >> AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RNA AND DECIDING WORLD RANKING POINTS. HE DIDN’T GIVE US MUCH IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE BUT WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE AWAY? >> FIRST, I WANT FIVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IN ORDER. HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE FIELD? THE FIELD SITE IS A QUESTION. AND TWO, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THREE ROUNDS VERSUS FOUR? THAT CAN BE HANDLED. THREE, HOW DO YOU HANDLE TEAM PLAY. A MASSIVE STICKING POINT FOR ME AS FAR AS MAKING THE COMPETITION OR COMPROMISING THE COMPETITION AND FOUR, HAD YOU HANDLE SHOTGUN STARTS? THIS IS A PROBLEM TO ME. I DO NOT LIKE SHOTGUN STARTS. I THINK IT IS PAROCHIAL AND I THINK IT IS YOUR ROOM AT REMINISCENT OF YOUR LOCAL CLUB MATCHES WITH A BUCKET OF BEER AND A CIGAR AND LOUD MUSIC. I’M NOT INTO THAT WITH GOLF AND RANKING POINTS. >> LETS IN THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ON TWO VERSUS 18 WHICH IS CURIOUS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. THAT’S A STICKING POINT WITH ME AND I DON’T INC. IT IS TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH. AND ANOTHER ONE FOR ME IS ACCESS RELEGATION WHICH I THINK IS A STICKING POINT. I THINK THAT CAN BE SOLVED. BUT SHOTGUN STARTS HAVE TO GO THE WAY OF THE DODO. >> AND YOU DID SUBMIT THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE OWGR DID TELL THEM 15 MONTHS AGO WITH WHAT THE STICKING POINTS WERE WITH AROUND THE MARY TYNAN TEAM GOLF. >> AND THE THING ABOUT TREVOR AND THEY MENTIONED HIM. I THINK THERE IS A CAMPAIGN TO MAKE TREVOR FEEL HE IS A POTENTIAL OBJECT. HE IS NOT GOING TO BE

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