The Trump firm that created the well-known course is facing mandatory layoffs.
There may be plans to close one of Donald Trump’s golf properties in Scotland.
Following his election in 2016, the US President resigned from his position as a director of the charming Trump Turnberry club in Ayrshire.
In addition to the stunning surroundings of the Firth of Clyde, Turnberry is home to three links golf courses. Prior to its acquisition in 2014 for $60 million, it hosted The Open four times.
It reopened after being renovated in the wake of World War II, and it had been open for more than a century before Trump, a great golfer, acquired it.
Kai’s uncle, Eric Trump, who is Donald Trump’s son and nearly as accomplished a golfer as her grandfather, is now the sole owner of the club’s parent firm, Golf Recreation Scotland Limited.
Golf Recreation Scotland Limited was formally notified by Companies House for failing to submit the required documentation at the beginning of this year.
According to Jon Robinson of the financial news site City AM, “Companies House has served the firm behind the golf course with a first gazette notice for compulsory strike off after failing to submit a confirmation statement by 25 February this year.”
“A confirmation statement includes details of a firm’s directors, shareholders, registered office address and other key data.”
In the event that the business is struck off, Eric Trump may be barred from serving as a director for up to 15 years, and Trump Turnberry and its other assets would belong to the Crown.
One assumes the documents will now be filed because the company’s bank accounts would also be frozen.
“The strike off notice could be discontinued by Companies House if a confirmation statement is filed before the next stage is reached,” says City AM.
The previous time Turnberry hosted The Open was in 2009, when American Stewart Cink defeated fellow countryman Tom Watson in a four-hole play-off on the par-71 Ailsa course to win his sole major.
Accusations of systematic cheating follow Donald Trump around the fairways like an over-zealous caddy, and his love of golf is notorious.
One time, employees at one of Trump’s other courses promised the media that they would ensure he received a good lie.