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Trump's Golf Tab: $1 million per round. (Original Post) Capperdan Jan 2021 OP
What a fucking waste Blue Owl Jan 2021 #1
He enjoyed ripping us off in public, taking pleasure in doing wrong. He's a sadist. Karadeniz Jan 2021 #2
And His Courses Are Inflated Tracks ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #3
Hope it was worth it. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2021 #4
Dues at Maralago went up a lot (double?) when he became President. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #10
But, but....... MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #5
NYC golf courses PJMcK Jan 2021 #6
See, I get called an idiot all the time about the fact that I am not a sports enthusiast. tavernier Jan 2021 #7
More details here central scrutinizer Jan 2021 #8
Pray for random warning light preventing Air Force One takeoff Jan 20. Let him Uber to FL. IADEMO2004 Jan 2021 #9
Bet that'd buy a bunch of rural health clinics. Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #11

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
3. And His Courses Are Inflated Tracks
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 08:06 PM
Jan 2021

Whatever they cost, the golf related costs should be 25% of whatever they are.
There are a couple hundred public courses better, and over a hundred country clubs, that blow those tracks away.
But, it costs us 13,000 times when a round should be at those joints!
13,000 times!

A HERETIC I AM

(24,370 posts)
4. Hope it was worth it.
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 08:10 PM
Jan 2021

I see his entire golf “empire” crumbling in a very short period.

Palm Beach wants out of its lease for the land.

Ditto Dade County and Doral

And Scotland. And likely most of the rest.

He is toxic. He will come to, if he doesn’t already, represent insurrection against a stable democracy. He will be seen in the coming years as having fomented civil strife.

That’s just not good for business.

No corporation, bank or large investment fund will want anything to do with him.

A million per round? He’s cost the worldwide economy MUCH more than that.

But hey, whodathunkit? I mean, what could possibly go wrong when the worlds preeminent conman, fraud and criminal is given the reigns of the most powerful office in the world?

We are going to be paying for this mistake for DECADES.

Full Stop

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
10. Dues at Maralago went up a lot (double?) when he became President.
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 09:31 PM
Jan 2021

Dues at Maralago went up a lot (double?) when he became President.

Probably going down next month?

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
6. NYC golf courses
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 08:20 PM
Jan 2021

New York City has some wonderful public golf courses in all 5 boroughs and in spite of the high volume of play, they're mostly in pretty great condition.

The greens fee for a walking golfer at Clearview Golf Course is $28-$43. Not too bad for 4-5 hours of entertainment and sport. The facility is located in Queens at the southern foot of the magnificent Throgs Neck Bridge which is the western end of the beautiful Long Island Sound. The course has some fantastic views of the bridge and the waterfront as well as having a terrific variety of elevations.

Trump's NYC course in the Bronx at Ferry Point is directly across the upper East River, slightly to the west and at the Bronx side of the Whitestone Bridge. It has panoramic views of New York City, the East River and Long Island Sound. The greens fees range from $85-$250. It's a links-style course so it's pretty flat if you want to walk. But if you want a motor cart, you'll have to shell out and additional $35-$50.

All of that is too much money for public golf. Even though Jack Nicklaus designed the course, no public course should cost that much with the notable exceptions of Pebble Beach, TCP Sawgrass and maybe a couple more!

Since NYC is cancelling all of their contracts with Trump, someone else will be running the course in the Bronx and I hope they'll lower the rates!

tavernier

(12,392 posts)
7. See, I get called an idiot all the time about the fact that I am not a sports enthusiast.
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 08:29 PM
Jan 2021

And I do have to apologize to friends of mine who find a lot of joy and physical exercise on a golf course. That to me is just a way of swinging a stick at a little ball and I am trying to figure out why it is such a expensive luxury when you can walk out in the middle of any piece of property and do the same thing, and the farmer will only charge you five bucks and laugh at you, instead charging you millions of dollars per game

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