Donald Trump to front Dubai’s new golf course
US tycoon Donald Trump will front a 7,205-yard par-71 Trump International Golf Course whose membership fees will be the most expensive in Dubai.
The announcement came more than two years after Trump’s plans to develop a 300-room hotel with Nakheel were scrapped.
"Golf is a significant part of my life as well as a business for me, and I am excited about the new championship course in Dubai," Trump told The National newspaper.
Under an agreement with developer Damac, Trump will supply branding to the course, provide technical services and manage and operate the course for a 25-year lease.
The new course will be located close to the stalled par-72 Tiger Woods-designed golf course in Dubailand that was planned by the Dubai Holding subsidiary Tatweer and was originally scheduled to open in September 2009.
Ziad El Chaar, the managing director of Damac Properties, said that the budget for building the golf course would be five times higher than that of developing a standard golf course.
He said that membership fees to the exclusive course were likely to be about the same price of those at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach in Florida, which are currently advertised at US$18,000 a year plus an initiation fee of $450,000.
"Membership of this golf course is going to be more expensive than any other golf course in Dubai. We know this for sure," El Chaar said.
Ian Jarrett
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